Check out that color!!! Mmmmm. This is the asparagus-cilantro soup from The Real Food Daily Cookbook. Have you ever made it? No? Well, you should! It's super full of asparagus flavor. Musty spoiled me and bought me a loaf of delicious roasted garlic sourdough bread, so we had some toast for dinner.Recently, Musty playfully accused me of being a "Health Nut," which I was surprised by. Am I a Health Nut? My dear readers, you know how many cookies I make (and eat!). And yet, when I felt such a gleeful sense of abandon simply by eating a piece of unbleached flour sourdough toast with a skimpy amount of Earth Balance... I started to wonder if maybe he was right. At least maybe a little bit.
But, would a Health Nut eat this tasty morsel!? Health Nut or not, I sure enjoyed this neat little Italian treat. I got this goodie at the same spot where I bought Musty's fancy birthday noodles. Isn't that packaging beautiful? It reminded me of some of the beautiful candies I used to buy myself when I lived in Italy. I was SO happy to see that it was vegan!!! I haven't found a fancy Italian candy that was vegan in a long time.
Here's a glimpse of the inside. You can see that it was friendly and petite... Crunchy nuts and toffee bits. You know something I REALLY miss as a vegan? NOUGAT. Any ideas?
I want some asparagus soup! So perfect for spring.
ReplyDeleteOooh, that bar! yum yum.
ReplyDeleteAlso, nougat: http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/mars.htm
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?RowID=1924&CS=vegane&All=
There's vegan italian candy?! AHH!!! I'm so excited!
ReplyDeleteI miss nougat so much too. =( Sucks no being able to eat it at Christmas anymore.
That soup looks SENSATIONAL!!If you find vegan nougat, PLEASE let your loyal readers know!!! I miss it too :0)
ReplyDeleteBoth Pangea Vegan Store and Vegan Essentials sell a really lovely nougat. Here's the link for Vegan Essentials: http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=vegane&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=448558986&Count2=365699410&Keyword=nougat&Target=products.asp It's nougat in the traditional European sense, not in the 3 Musketeers bar sense.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold and rainy right now, and nothing on earth sounds better than that asparagus soup with a crusty garlic sourdough. Yum!
ReplyDeleteDoh! I didn't know you were that close by or I would have loved to meet you for lunch! Maybe next time, I'd love to go back.
ReplyDeleteMmm... Nougat... I've actually been thinking about making it quite a bit lately. I haven't confirmed anything just yet and still need to do a whole lot of testing, but I'm working on it. ;)
ReplyDeleteoooh, your soup dinner would suit me right now!!! Love the angels, blue packaging, & Italian writing. :)
ReplyDeleteI want that soup!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the candy bar!! Toffee bits, arghgh!!
Hi Amey!
ReplyDeleteYour fancy vegan treat looks so yummy!
I've been thinking about nougat too, in contemplating homemade candy bars. Please let us know if you figure anything out!
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