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Recipe testing: Isa Chandra's vegan pesto gnocchi soup - The Vegan Twist
There is a recipe that has been circling the twitterverse lately that was just too tasty sounding to pass up: pesto gnocchi soup with chard. The recipe is from Isa Chandra, posted on The Guardian website. You can also find it in the Isa Does It cookbook (one of my favorite vegan cookbooks at the moment). Instead of regular chard, I used baby rainbow chard and some baby spinach. I also didn’t use any beans or pine nuts, as I’m not a huge fan of them on their own. Instead, I used some of my cashew “parmesan” as a topper to give it a bit of nuttiness. All in all the recipe is really simple and easy to make, not to mention super healthy – perfect for a chilly midweek meal. It was so good that Andrew and I were practically licking the pot clean. So I guess the only thing I wish I had changed was doubling the recipe so we had leftovers! Ingredients (adapted from the original) 2 tsp olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 small head cauliflower (about 450g), trimmed and cut into florets 1.25l vegetable stock ½ tsp dried thyme ½ tsp salt Several pinches of […]