Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ceci-Roasted Red Pepper Soup


Ceci-Roasted Red Pepper Soup

For my second foray into Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan RecipesI was attracted to a soup called Ceci-Roasted Red Pepper Soup.   Mmm, doesn’t that sound good?   It has all the flavours I love; roasted bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, chickpeas, coriander and rosemary.  I was a little nervous that the called for quantity of rosemary would overpower the soup and after tasting it I definitely found it to be the dominant flavour.   It’s a very hearty soup and I will definitely make it again but next time I’ll use less rosemary.   I also found it slightly salty and after tasting thought it needed a tiny bit of sweetness so I squeezed in a squirt of agave nectar which seemed to help.  This soup made for an easy week-night supper and with a few, tiny tweaks it gets a big, thumbs up!
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My lovely friend Kathryn has been cooking up lots of yummy food while I've been distracted by other things.   She's way ahead of me on our cooking challenge so I will link all of her entries here.   Check out her most recent dishes!  



4 comments:

  1. I'm not a huge red pepper fan. (I tend to like peppers such as jalapeños.) But, this, with some tweaks you mentioned, looks delicious. And very pretty dish, the food and the plate!!

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  2. Looking yummy! I was just thinking I'd like to make a soup of the leftovers in my opened jar of roasted peppers... Shame I don't have your cookbook at hand! ;)

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  3. I finally got this book from the library and am already planning to buy a copy when I can. It has so many recipes that sound super yummy and not intimidating. YAY!

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  4. The roasted red pepper flavour was not strong and actually I wish I could have detected more of it in the soup.

    Kathryn, I don't think you will be disappointed in this book.

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