Chocolate-Covered Katie

(For those who haven’t read Harry Potter, a “muggle” is a person who lacks magical ability.)

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If you have leftovers that you just cannot stand to look at one more time, click here for an idea of what to do ‘em. 

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And now, my favorite Magic Soup-ified recipe:

Red Pepper Magic Soup

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Red Pepper Magic Soup

(Makes 1 generous serving)

• 200 grams raw, sliced mushrooms
• 200 grams red pepper slices
• Oil, water, or broth for sautéing
• Liquid, such as non-dairy milk, broth, water, or a combination
• Garlic (I use 1 and 1/2 tablespoons)
• Salt to taste

Sauté the peppers over high heat in your sautéing-liquid-of-choice, with a dash of salt. After about a minute, add the garlic.  When the peppers are soft, add the mushrooms and a bit more salt.  Stir fry for a few minutes more, then transfer to your food processor, blender, or Magic Bullet.  Add the liquid and blend.  I like to leave some of the mushrooms out of the blender (to be added in after blending, for extra chew). 

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Chocolate-Covered Meals of the Day

(You get two this time.  Everyone knows that two is better than one )

Above, with a banana, raw chard, and a bistro burger, cut in half (as per usual)

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Above, with Zesty Zucchini Fries, a Nectar bar, and a banana

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Don’t forget about these lovelies up for grabs. 

If you’re planning to make a recipe and get 6 extra entries, please try to do it before Saturday so I can enter your name 6 extra times .

Looking for an easy way to get the 6 extra entries?

Making Magic Soup—any version, not just the red pepper one—totally counts. So find you some leftovers and start blending, STAT )

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Random note of the Day

Speaking of Magic… Harry Potter comes out today.  Anyone else excited?  When my sister first introduced me to the books, I had absolutely no interest.  But Little Sister just would not shut up about them!  So finally, I gave in… and was converted into a Harry Potter fan.  I’m definitely not as big of a fanatic as Little Sister, though.  She’s read every book at least 10 times, saw the movie at midnight on her birthday a few years ago, and she even asked me to make her a Harry Potter-themed cake.  

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Glad I’m not the only one who thinks the “white foods are bad for you” idea is totally silly!

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We’ve had an icky cold front this past week.

20s to 30s all darn day.  I dunno where the myth comes from that Texas winters are warm.  Maybe in Austin… but then again, I heard that even they got some snow this week!

Weather it be cold or warm, one can always count on soup. 

(And yes, I’m aware of the spelling error in that sentence.)

   

 

“Magic Soup” isn’t so much a recipe as a technique. 

In fact, I’m betting a lot of you already make magic soup and just call it something else.  I call it “magic soup” because it is quick and easy, and it transforms one dish into something totally different—like magic!  (The photo above is cauliflower magic soup)

Have you ever made a recipe yielding so many leftovers that, by the fifth day of eating it, you were screaming, “I don’t want to look at this recipe ever again!”?  Then enter Magic Soup

All you have to do is throw your leftovers—be it a stir fry, casserole, curry, or whatever—into a bowl or blender with some liquid (broth, milk, water) and pulverize to make a creamy soup.  (You can leave some of the leftovers un-pulverized for a chunkier soup.) 

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 Magically, your boring leftovers have morphed into something totally new and exciting. 

Samantha Stevens would be proud.

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One of my favorite things to turn into Magic Soup is Fall’s Favorite Curry.    

 

(Above, Fall’s Favorite Curry with raw spinach, raw walnuts and a squishy little Love Muffin)

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Or leftover Pepperonata veggies

 

Creamy Pepperonata magic soup with a peach, roasted purple cauliflower, and a Rudi’s English Muffin.  Oh yeah, and chocolate .

My other favorite recipe to make into Magic Soup is Red Pepper Magic Soup.  Recipe to come tomorrow.

Question of the Day:

What would be (or what is) your ideal meal to Magic Soup-ify? 

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Keep sending in your photos

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Did you know that there’s such a thing as the “No white foods” diet?

Scarily enough, it’s true!  The real idea behind the diet is to cut out white, processed/starchy foods (i.e. white flour).  But apparently, followers are told to stay away from all white foods so they don’t get confused as to what’s acceptable and what’s not.

Well count me out (not that I was looking for a diet plan anyway).

Imagine a life without coconut, almond milk, tofu, coconut, coconut, cauliflower, coconut … did I say coconut yet?

Yay for white!

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Good things that are white

(not all of which are foods) 

Exhibit A:

The Raw Coconut Crème Pie about which I can’t stop dreaming…

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Exhibit B: Snow in Dallas

Wait a sec.  Everyone knows it doesn’t snow in Dallas.

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Exhibit C:

Um ok… Well, I guess it *technically* does fit with the theme of the post

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Exhibit D:

There’s pale, and then there’s just plain creepy.

Get thee to the nearest Planet Tan!

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Please, let’s go back to the food, shall we?

Exhibit E:

The delightfully melty snack from yesterday’s post

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Question of the day:

Why do so many people think Edward Cullen, with his ghostly white face and devil red eyes, is insanely hot?

What are your favorite white foods?

 

Slather it all over some 24 Carrot Cake Cupcakes and fall in love.

Did I eat the best afternoon snack yesterday or what? 

Two 24 Carrot Cake Cupcakes + lotsa melty Artisana coconut butter = one very happy CCV

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Seriously, I think if you ate this coconut butter mixed into dirt, it would still taste good. 

Reason #5 million that I wish I could enter my own Coconut Butter Giveaway

(Or at least become the Artisana mascot and thus receive free coconut butter for life)

 

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Other topping ideas for 24 Carrot Cake Cupcakes

(Not all of which are white)

1. absolutely nothing (Naked! Scandalous!)

2. agave or maple syrup

3. Regular or flavored peanut butter

4. vegan butter

5. Pillsbury cream cheese frosting (it’s vegan!)

6. Cheesecake Mousse

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Question of the day:

What was the best thing to grace your mouth in the past 24 hours?

Mama Pea says I can’t talk about Mr. Banana Hammock any more, so today’s post’ll have to be about something else.  Sorry to disappoint.

 

Hmmmmm… what to talk about? 

There’s always Cookie Dough Babies…  

But you’ve already seen quite a lot of them in the past month.

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There’s the Halloween Hotties… 

But something tells me  Mama Pea wouldn’t approve of them either.

(I wonder what she’d think of this guy  )

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I could talk about Operation Chocolate-Covered Kindness.

But foodbuzz still hasn’t posted how much money we raised last month.

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I know!  I’ll post Pink Doughnut Eater photos

No one could ever get sick of seeing the Pink Doughnut Eater, right?

Could he be a Gerber model or what?  I keep telling his mom. 

Makes me consider having a baby for real (i.e. not of the fudge variety). 

Calm down, people.  I said “consider.”

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Artisana Coconut Butter (and other nut butters too) Giveaway here. 

Don’t forget you can get 6 extra entries .

As I’ve written before, it’s always super-exciting when someone makes a chocolate-covered recipe (especially since others add their own flair to the recipes, making them even better than the originals!). So every now and then I try to write a tribute post to honor all the awesome bloggers and readers out there that have made me so happy. But it’s hard to keep track of all the posts and photos, and I don’t want to leave anyone out. Therefore…

I’m going to try something new: Once every few weeks or so, I’ll do a tribute post, featuring anyone who wants their wonderfulness to be extolled on the blog.  I want to show off others’ creations, not just my own.

All you have to do is:
Either send me a photo of your creation or a link to where you blogged about it (if you send a link, you don’t need to send a photo).  Then, I’ll feature you and include a link to your blog if you have one.  You can either leave a comment on a blog post or email me at veggieprincess@msn.com.   

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Speaking of recipes…

I finally got around to organizing the recipe page, which was in serious need of some updates. 

Recipes now added include:

Chocolate Mudslide Oatmeal 

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Cozy Kuzu Stew 

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Pumpkin Pie Salad Dressing

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Stir Fry Salads 

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Pumpkin Pie Babies 

   

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And yesterday’s Banana Hammocks

 

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Oops!!!  Wrong Banana Hammock!

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That’s better

Will the real Banana Hammocks please stand up? 

Go away, Borat.  You scare people!

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Gosh, it feels good to be organized.

Question of the Day:

Are you an organized person?  I actually am very organized, even though the opposite seems true from looking at my exploding school binders and notes.  One of my teachers classified me as “Disorganizedly organized,” because I have junk everywhere, but if you ask me to find something, I know exactly where it is.  I just don’t bother to waste the time making it look pretty and organized .

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Don’t forget to enter the Holy Coconuts Artisana Nut Butter Giveaway for TWO chances to win all of this: