the truculent vegetable

Whoa... haven't posted here in a while. Believe it or not, I have been eating. Believe it or not, I  haven't been particularly creative with regards to food lately.

I finally felt like making something worthy of posting here though.

I've made this corn chowder soup from Isa of the Post Punk Kitchen's "Vegan with a Vengeance" book before (I love that cookbook. Most awesome ever). Today after battling through the wind and cold that is Canadian winter, I decided I could really use some of the awesome soup again.

I don't have the recipe on hand, but it involves carrots, onions, potatoes, corn (obviously) and some yummy spices like thyme and rosemary (and cayenne!). I left out a few things from the original like maple syrup and lime juice and bell peppers. It was super quick and easy to make.

As you might be able to see from the picture, it turned more into a stew than a soup. Which made it even nicer to eat after I came in from freezing my fingers off watching a pile of kids play shinny hockey outside.

Oh and being still hungry afterwards, I hunted through the fridge and found some leftover angel-haired pasta. I just tossed it with some olive oil, garlic and dried basil. Not as nice as the soup, but not bad either :D