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Meatball Soup with Vodka Sauce

October 27, 2021 By Asha Shivakumar

This creamy meatball soup recipe with vodka sauce is a low carb, hearty, and a warming dish that comes together in 30 minutes and one pot. This blog post is sponsored by BERTOLI .

Soup season is here and I am loving it. Bringing you the simples pleasures of Tuscany to your table through this soup. I am all for a thick creamy soup and this one is a winner. A warm and flavorful bowl on a chilly night is so comforting and satisfying. This short cut creamy meatball soup is one of my favorites, it’s chunky and delicious. The love for meatball is real at home and this dill meatball works great in this soup.

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Vegan Roasted Cauliflower and Onion Soup

October 2, 2021 By Asha Shivakumar

My favorite homemade roasted cauliflower onion soup recipe is simple, deceptively rich tasting and full of flavor. This roasted cauliflower soup is nutty and delicious, especially topped with candied pecans, this soup is perfect for the cooler weather.

Happy October!!

Time time to do nothing while doing things we enjoy.

Time to gather your thoughts. It’s time to feel the nip in the air.

Time to listen to the sounds of nature.

Too many events fill your day, crowd you out of your life, and leave you exhausted without a clear recollection of what you did. If you paused, took time to set your expectations aside, go for a walk instead, youd remember that time, empty of intention, more clearly than your busy day. It is in the empty spaces that life takes place–not in the planning, but in the repose.

You need to see little things, the volume of things. The expanse of sky, the breadth of horizon. Be more on the edge, living the simple life. Truth gathers there and defines your being.

Take time to enjoy the simplicity, just like this soup:)….

Kathirikka Rasam/Eggplant Rasam

July 18, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Rasam is a quintessential side dish that’s enjoyed with rice. This kathirikka rasam is a very special rasam that’s served in temples, or on special occasions. It’s a specialty in some parts of Tamil Nadu that uses eggplant and a spice paste made with coconut.

Some recipes are just meant to come your way and steal your heart.

Even if you despise eggplant as I used to, you are going to like this one. Take this from someone who used to be a staunch eggplant hater.

Many of you who follow me on Instagram know I was in India for four months during this pandemic, from March to end of June. Let’s just say it wasn’t a fun one. However, like many things in life, things happen for a reason, and I chose to see the positive in everything….

Cozy Vegan Autumn Veggie Potato Creamy Soup

November 28, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

This Cozy Vegan Autumn Veggie Potato Creamy Soup Soup is full of hearty seasonal vegetables and wild rice, it’s wonderfully creamy and comforting, and easy to make in the Instant Pot, Crock-Pot or on the stove top.

For those days when you’re craving a cozy, creamy, comforting bowl of soup…I have the perfect new recipe for you.

It’s a riff on a dish I grew up and love. A coconut milk stew. I’ve loaded this soup up with lots of seasonal veggies, but you can add shredded chicken to it too. And added in some bolder savory seasonings. The coconut milk is creamy and delicate, instead of heavy cream. And the result?

Basically the most delicious, hearty, sweet-and-savory, thick-and-creamy, comforting soup a girl could ask for. ♡…

Indian inspired Spicy Carrot Soup with Walnut Crumble & Monday Musings

October 7, 2018 By Asha Shivakumar

This is super healthy soup that gives you all the fresh, warm fall flavors. The spicy carrot soup is easy on the ingredients and boast big flavors. Loaded with ginger and garlic, lime juice for punch, with some sesame seeds. It is tangy, nutty, very creamy and intensely flavored, Made with few ingredients and 30 minutes, this is an incredible easy and delicious meal any time of the year.

The endless cascade of nutritional information—about localism, vegetarianism, veganism, organic food, the environmental impact of eating meat, poultry, or fish, and more—makes the simple goal of a healthy, sustainable diet seem hopelessly complex.

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” That’s what the French lawyer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who happened to have a deep love of gastronomy, wrote in 1825. A century later, a diet-hawking American nutritionist named Victor Lindlahr rendered it as: “You are what you eat.” I propose revising it further: Tell me what you eat and I will tell you how you impact the planet.

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Shortcut Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup

September 18, 2018 By Asha Shivakumar

This flavorful shortcut chicken tortilla soup is loaded with beans, corn, tomatoes, and chicken, and it comes together in under thirty minutes. To serve, garnish with your favorite tortilla chips or toasted corn tortillas cut into strips, along with avocado, cilantro, cheese, and onions.

A year ago when my teen expressed that he wants to pursue his studies in New York , it was bittersweet. I made up my mind that I’ll be giving him a small diary filled with 15-30 minute easy recipes. After a quick survey on Instagram, I had so many requests for easy healthy recipes, weeknight dinners, and bachelor recipes… Voila, it’s better to also blog those recipes, right?!…

Quick and Easy Miso Ramen with Spicy Tofu Scramble

September 5, 2018 By Asha Shivakumar

Calling all ramen lovers! You will have to give this quick, delicious, homemade, easy miso ramen recipe a try! This ramen can be made fully vegan and topped with eggs, corn, bok choy, and amazing ramen noodles. This will satisfy your ramen craving in a mere thirty minutes.

Happy September!! We are into soup weather, cozy sweaters, and festivities.

I had to dive into my favorite season EVER with this beautiful and ambrosial ramen, which I love just as much.

I had ramen for the first time many years ago and wasn’t impressed. Three years ago, however, when I had it in Totto Ramen, I was converted. We enjoyed it so much that we had it a couple of times during that trip alone, which is quite uncommon for us. After we got back, I was determined to find a good ramen in San Francisco. Although I’ve found a few good places, it has never hit a spot like Totto. Then, it was time to try it at home. After making ramen many times, I still felt like something was missing. I was determined, however, so I kept on. So here it is, almost a year into trial and error, the easiest miso ramen which is the closest that I’ve come to New York ramen. SO GOOD!!…

Garlicky Tomato-Vegetable Chickpea Orzo/pasta soup with a touch of heat

February 11, 2017 By Asha Shivakumar

We are still in soup season. It’s raining, and it’s still cold around here. Our umbrellas are in full use, and so are our scarves. Our weekend evenings are filled with soup under blankets on the sofa. Mornings are dark, with no peeking of sunlight, and I want to sleep in more. Sometimes, the best things can happen in dark moments on a rainy day. I wake up, bake a batch of muffins, and put on a kettle of water to brew some coffee.

There are some quiet moments before the boys get down. No one to talk to, just me and my coffee with little Waffles (our puppy) by my feet. Silence sometimes is healing. Kind of a rehab. That feeling cannot be explained to the fullest. Silence is about feelings. I go out for a small walk with my large polka dot umbrella with frills, and it’s still drizzling. That moment, when there’s not a worry about anything that’s happening around.

I open the door after my walk, setting the umbrella down, I get a jump from my puppy and a hug and kiss. One by one the boys come down to hug and kiss me “Morning!”

Yes, sometimes I don’t want to think of what’s happening around.

On that note, there are many things happening right now, and there will always be. Let’s do something about it. Do what you believe in, go for it, fight for it. Speak your mind, or write what’s in your mind. We spend way too many nights thinking if everything would get alright. In the end, though, there’s nothing given up and nothing to quit as yet. In the end, love will always win.

Soups are not my thing, but this is one of my favorite soups. There are so many variations to make with this. You can add any vegetable you want, and the base for the soup can be made to your liking. It’s a hearty and a delicious soup which is great any time of the year.

This is a take on a chutney I make and the recipe was an accident, a very happy one. I love adding beets to it; not only does it add color but also lot of flavor and the slight sweetness.

Hope you get to try it out sometime.

Sending hugs!!

5.0 from 2 reviews

Tomato-Vegetable Soup with Orzo

Prep time

40 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

55 mins

Author: Ash

Recipe type: Soup

Cuisine: American, Italian

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

5 roma tomatoes or vine tomatoes
2 whole garlic
3 carrots
½ Beet
1 red onion
10 dried red chilies
2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
½ tsp freshly crushed black pepper
2 cups low sodium or no sodium vegetable stock
½ cup orzo pasta(use more or less)
1 tsp onion powder
½ tsp garlic powder
2 cups cooked garbanzo beans or canned(rinsed and drained)
10-12 basil leaves

For garnish

chives, toasted pine nuts and thinly sliced jalapenos

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Cut the tomatoes in half, cut the garlic in halves, carrots and beet cut to 1 inch size, 1 inch onion. Put all this in a baking tray, add the red chilies, drizzle oil, add the salt and pepper and toss well. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Take it out and grind with 2 cups of vegetable stock or water. Transfer in a soup pot, add the orzo, onion and garlic powder. Let it simmer and cook for about 6-8 minutes.
Once the pasta is cooked, add the chickpeas, tear the basil leaves and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Serve hot with chopped chives, jalapeno and toasted pine nuts.

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Best Authentic Vegetarian Vegetarian Khow Suey – Lightly Spiced Coconut Milk Curry with Noodles and Condiments

October 6, 2015 By Asha Shivakumar

It’s October, it’s Autumn. To me, it’s the start of a lot of baking, cooking, festivities and entertaining. I hope everyone’s as excited for Fall, Pumpkins, Warm Spices, and Soups.

All of that can get overwhelming at times.

But, sometimes, even too much of a good thing is really good, like this soup!

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3 Bean Carrot-Spinach Soup (Spicy Indian Style)

January 22, 2015 By Asha Shivakumar

While in many places it’s snowing and freezing, late winter brings bright sunny weather in Northern California. I had to remind myself that it is winter as I drove around in 65 degree weather today. The excitement of winter is only when we drive up for a few hours to see the snow. After a few rash rains, the doldrums of January bring foggy mornings and warm yet cozy afternoons. The sun stays awake for as long as it can, as the fog gives us the perfect picturesque view on early morning walks. Living in the Bay Area sure has its beautiful moments….