Recipes from Vegetarian Vegan Cooking Classes

This is another wonderful soup recipe from the collection of Wyona Hertwig, foodie, artist, and kind human. Many of her recipes reflect the garden produce, fruit and herbs that would have been used in the recipes of her Mennonite ancestors who came to Canada from ''Russland'' (Russia). SOAK: 1 C. Barley groats, approximately 4 hours IN SOUP POT: 3 Qts. Water 1 C. pre-soaked Barley 2 medium Beets, coarse-grated BRING TO BOIL.  Then TURN DOWN HEAT to SIMMER 30 - 45 minutes. 1/2 C. Onion Flakes 1/2 medium head of Cabbage, chopped fine 2 Vegetable Bouillon Cubes OPTIONAL: Add 1 or 2 C. crushed Tomatoes EDIT: if you find this recipe to be too bland and want some suggestions for spicing it up, please see the comment below (from ''Unknown'') for great additions that she made to the soup. If you want to keep it vegan, you will probably want to nix the chicken bouillon, but you could add some poultry seasoning (the mix of herbs that generally go int...

Warming Carrot-Beet Soup with a Dollop of Cashew Sour Creme STEAM for 15 minutes to tenderize: *5 large Carrots *1 large Beet, peeled LET COOL ADD all ingredients to blender: *1 Onion, chopped *2 C. Nut milk or Soy milk *2 T. Soy Sauce *2 Vegetable Bouillon cubes *1/2 tsp. Sea Salt *Pinch Kelp *Pinch Cayenne *1 T. Brown Sugar SIMMER for 10 minutes SERVE hot or cold. ADD a dollop of Fast Cashew Sour Creme:    === Blend together until SMOOTH: * 1 C. Raw Cashews *1 C. Water *Juice of 1 small Lemon or 1 Lime *1/2 T. Celtic Sea Salt *1 Small White Onion, chopped