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Originally Posted by HuggaBuggaMommy

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Tonight's dinner was awesome -- I couldn't wait to come here & tell y'all.

I veganized a potato soup recipe from the cookbook that came with the VitaMix.

Get this . . . and I had to see it to believe it, but . . . if you blend long enough, the food will heat up. As in hot. Soup hot.

I cooked potatoes in the crockpot the other night, so I saved a couple for this moment. I tossed them in whole & cold. Then I added 1/2 can of Great Northern beans, a chunk of onion (1/4 cup eyeballed), some dried rosemary, some bouillon & a couple cups of water.

I let it blend for 6 minutes & realized I meant to add nutritional yeast. Then I decided it needed more salt, so I added a bit & blended for another 2 minutes. Then I turned the speed way down & added a small handful of spinach & the rest of the beans. I let it chop for probably 20 seconds.

Then I served it. My kids complained it was too hot.

This was so fun.

After I served everyone, because I was a bit excited & obnoxious, I added water & a drop of dishsoap & let it blend to self clean. Dinner done & cleanup very minimal.

Too cool.

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------

Next up, I want to veganize the Tortilla Soup recipe that came with the book.

The base is: broth, tomato, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, yellow squash, red bell pepper, cabbage, mushroom & some Mexican seasonings. After it's hot, add optional items & chop coarsely. I would probably add: black beans, corn, possibly maybe previously frozen tofu, & garnish with chopped avocado, possibly diced tomato, cilantro, olives & crushed tortilla chips.

Even though I've had an old school VitaMix for many years, I am having so much fun with this new one. It helped that I learned a few tricks from the helpful Costco guy. My kids ask for smoothies every day. And guess who's been sneaking in vegetables?

+++++

And to give a recipe that's not VitaMix, last night's dinner was an old one I had forgotten about.

I wanted to make Vegetable Polenta but I didn't have zucchini. So instead, I rummaged through the cabinets & found cornmeal, olives & vegetarian chili.

So I made polenta with some chili powder for seasoning, spread it in a baking dish, then topped with chili, cheese & olives. Then I baked it at 350 for 20 mins. Kids loved it. In hindsight, I should've used my cast iron so it would be 1-pot, but next time.