product review

veggie miso soup

by Kristina Sloggett on November 16, 2012

in Dinner,Gluten Free,product review,recipes,Vegan

A couple weeks ago, I made a huge batch of miso soup. We enjoyed that soup for days - I found myself drinking it out of mugs on cold mornings. Better than coffee, I tell ya.

I have never followed a recipe for miso soup, I generally chop up some broth friendly veggies I have on hand, add some miso and broth… taste… adjust… taste… so it was good for me to finally write down a method I sometimes kinda loosely follow.

I recently had the opportunity to try a gluten free soy sauce, Little Soya. In addition to being gluten free, it is non GMO, contains no MSG, and is packed in single serve fish:

Cute, right? Recyclable and resealable – these cute little fishies are good to go! I have tried so many soy sauce products and Little Soya has a very good flavor – which to me is just as important as a gluten free product. The portability is nice as well – we can take this with us to use anywhere we go!

Want to try this yourself? Little Soya will send six readers their own gluten free soy sauce fish!

veggie miso soup

dairy, egg, and gluten free, vegan

2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 pint baby portobello mushrooms, chopped fine
4 1/2 cups vegetable broth (32 ounce box)
1/4 cup miso paste
3 teaspoons soy sauce (approximately 2 Little Soya fish)
1 tablespoon Nori Komi Furikake
3 green onions, chopped 

In large pot, saute mushrooms in sesame oil. When mushrooms soften, add remaining ingredients and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.

Garnish with cheesy jalapeno miso biscuits.

The giveaway – SIX winners, several ways to enter – leave a comment for each:

#1) do you cook with soy sauce often? 

#2) what recipes would you like to see me prepare with soy sauce?

#3) tweet about this giveaway, including a link back to this post (tweet this):

enter to win gluten free soy sauce from @spabettie – SIX winners! –> http://spabettie.com/?p=10869

#4) follow Little Soya on twitter

#5) like Little Soya on facebook

Enter through midnight Tuesday November 20th. Winners are selected via random number generator and notified via email on Wednesday November 21st. Winners have 72 hours to respond before another winner is chosen.

COMPENSATION WAS PROVIDED BY LITTLE SOYA VIA HELLO HOUSTON MEDIA.  THESE OPINIONS ARE THOSE OF SPABETTIE AND ARE NOT THE OPINIONS OF LITTLE SOYA.

 

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Are you guys tired of my “I love fall” talk?

I know I’ve been talking about fall a lot, and how much I am looking forward to it…  I really have enjoyed this summer – summer in Portland is generally good and this year has been perfect. We still have very warm days (yesterday’s temperature was 90!), but I am loving the cool evenings that have that smoky scent in the air. Fall is coming.

But! We are still loving summer, still loving grilling. We have enjoyed several varieties of veggie and bean based burgers this summer – and here is another.

Lentils and mushrooms make a deliciously savory and juicy burger. I may have used extra garlic. and I think I used a bit more olive oil. I definitely used a flax egg. Which resulted in a perfect burger.

I made a cheese sauce to top the burgers, following that recipe but using Jack cheese. and we used gluten free buns from this local company. We liked them, we grilled them.

The recipe I followed, from Cooking Light –> mushroom lentil burgers.

We paired these burgers with some fresh pineapple and some crunch, in the form of Plentils

Yes, I made lentil burgers and the chips we ate with them? Made of lentils. It works, right?

Well yes – yes it does. These are our new favorite chip, for real. The ‘margherita pizza’ and the sea salt are my favorite flavors, but I loved all of them. Those sea salt chips? Five ingredients total. All the flavors? Free of gluten, dairy, and all of the common allergens (as the Enjoy Life brand always is).

Your favorite chip? Are you clinging to summer or welcoming fall?

 

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new Daiya wedge cheese

by Kristina Sloggett on July 15, 2012

in Gluten Free,product review,Vegan

I don’t talk much about products I do not like, simply because I learned long ago that many people do not really read, and I don’t want any skimmers to see a brand name mentioned and think I like it. (This is also a stipulation when companies offer me product to review – if I am at all interested I tell them I reserve the right to not review the product at all).

That said, I have explained here many times that I am a product junkie and I love to share things I love.

Daiya is a hugely popular cheese in the world of plant based and dairy free eaters. I have never been a big fan of the original shreds (although I do like the pepperjack flavor shreds!), so when they came out with the wedge cheeses, I was intrigued.

One of my new friends from class brought in two of the new flavors for us to try – the cheddar and the jack. I really liked the cheddar, and the jack was okay. This piqued my curiosity enough to buy them, and I brought home a cheddar and a havarti the next day.

The first thing I could not wait to do is test their melt-ability. Totally a word.

Also totally successful at the melting.

Look at that melty goodness on the Italian parm hot dog!

The new Daiya cheese blocks or “wedges” not only melt wonderfully, they taste pretty darn good. My favorite is the havarti, and I really like the cheddar also. The cheddar makes a good addition to my crunchy iceberg and hummus sandwich.

This is not a sponsored / paid post, nor did Daiya provide samples. I simply love the new Daiya wedges and wanted to share!

I know asking this question is like opening that proverbial can of worms, but are you a fan of vegan/dairy free cheese? Do you have a favorite?

 

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