Food Tuesday: Soup and Salad, Naturally Vegetarian

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Two things I know:

  1. Some foods, asparagus chief among them, do not take well to freezing.
  2. Some foods, asparagus chief among them, do not take well to steaming.

So I bought a Steam-In-Bag of asparagus. It was as nasty as you think.

BUT, waste not, want not, so I made asparagus soup.

Another one o’ them green photos.

I cut the tips off my leftover spears and set them aside, and cut the other spears up. I brought a cup of water with Not-Chick-n vegan bouillon in it to boil, added the asparagus (minus the tips), then pureed them with my new immersion blender. I took it off the heat, melted in a couple heaping tablespoons of vegan sour cream, stirred in the tips, and voila!

The salad is a fresh pear, walnut pieces, vegan “feta”, and (because I had half an orange in my refrigerator) the juice of half an orange.

I really need to get a new tablecloth. Maybe I’ll be able to keep it for a couple of weeks before one or another of the cats makes mincemeat out of it.

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Why we can’t have nice things.

MA

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I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is.

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One thought on “Food Tuesday: Soup and Salad, Naturally Vegetarian

  1. Dan Antion

    February 1, 2025 at 2:57pm

    I’ll take your word for it. I usually make asparagus on the grill. My wife steams it.

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  2. Dan Antion

    January 31, 2025 at 1:27pm

    I thought asparagus was ok when steamed, but we don’t have it very often. I don’t think I could handle asparagus soup, but good job.

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      Marian Allen

      February 1, 2025 at 12:31pm

      I think if you steam it yourself from fresh, it can be delicious, but this was soggy. And asparagus soup is DELICIOUS! Especially with sour cream in it.

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