Sunday, September 28, 2008

a get-better dinner

Dan has been nursing a cold all weekend long. Phooey! Lucky for him I had planned on making vegetarian "chicken and dumplings" for dinner tonight!
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I followed this recipe, courtesy of Cooking Light, with a few modifications, as always: I doubled the recipe, used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth, used one recipe of chicken-style seitan (the recipe I have is from Vegan Vittles, I think,) instead of chicken, and used almond milk instead of dairy milk in the dumplings. So delicious! (And vegan!) I would use less seitan next time, but that's about the only change I would make. Oh -- and I'd definitely make MORE dumplings!! Those went first, of course. :)

I quartered the last of the beets and crumbled the rest of the goat cheese on our side salads. I figure, if I'm making a "get-better" dinner, there better be as many vitamins in there as humanly possible, right??

5 comments:

Bex said...

I made a very similar soup recently. I am so in love with dumplings! Your soup makes me want more.

funwithyourfood said...

beets and goat cheese?! you're spoiling him haha :)

Teddy

Anonymous said...

Your soup looks delish! I haven't tried making dumpling soup, but now I'm tempted. care to share the recipe? :-D

Catherine Weber said...

Bex, aren't dumplings the best?? I hardly ever make them, but they are SOOOO good. I have a Mexican-style soup that has masa dumplings in it . . . that might have to be next on the list!

Teddy, he is spoiled ROTTEN! But, he knows it, and is grateful. :)

Leng, the recipe I modified from is linked in the post -- hope that helps!

Anonymous said...

Oh I see it! Thanks! I didn't catch it the first time because the font and your background are both blue. haha. Yay I get dumpling soup! (Dance) I get dumpling soup! (dance)