I went a little nuts in the kitchen. Actually, completely and totally nuts…with nuts, almonds to be specific. I made four recipes in just a little over an hour. As usual, when I go a little crazy you end up with some delicious healthy recipes!
So how did I make four recipes in just over an hour? Here’s how: I popped a potato in the oven and while it baked I whipped up two batches of my almond milk, one plain one vanilla…
Then I used the vanilla almond milk to make this incredible breakfast smoothie called “The Morning Star”.
It’s made with carrots, spinach, oranges, banana and pumpkin seeds. I had to get pumpkin in there, it is October after all. This smoothie literally took 30 seconds to blend and was delicious. (complete recipes below)
Three recipes down and my potato still had 45 minutes to bake, so I prepped the ingredients for my lunch. I steamed broccoli and onion and when the potato was done I blended it all up to make the creamiest dairy free ‘Cream’ of Broccoli Soup ever! This recipe is going to make my dairy free friends very happy.
What caused this sudden burst of inspiration? Well, I finally got a NutriBullet RX and the recipe book that comes with it! It is packed with nourishing smoothie, soup and hot drink recipes. I chose to make these three recipes from the cookbook. All were super easy and all contained healthy ingredients, I hardly improvised at all…which if you know me, is a rarity.
The Recipe: Cream of Broccoli Soup (dairy free)
I followed this recipe from the NutriBullet RX cookbook to a T… almost. When I make a pureed soup I like to reserve some of the vegetables and give them a rough chop so there are recognizable chunks of vegetable in the soup. I did that here. Again you will need almond milk (<—my recipe></—my>
- 1/3 Cup sweet onion chopped
- 1 small russet potato baked and allowed to cool for 30 minutes
- 2 bunches broccoli florets about 6 cups steamed
- 2 cups plain almond milk my recipe linked above
- sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
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Bake potato till fork goes in easily. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes.
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While potato cools, steam broccoli and onions for 5 minutes.
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Remove skin from potato and place in blender.
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Add about four cups of broccoli to blender and reserve two cups for later.
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Add almond milk and seasonings to blender. Use the soup feature and blend for 7 minutes.
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While soup blends roughly chop the broccoli you set aside.
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When soup is done, pour into bowls and top with chopped steamed broccoli.
So much food…so little time. If you enjoyed these free recipes please sign up for my newsletter!~ Linda Spiker
Disclosure: The information contained in this post is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, it is provided for educational purposes only. You assume full responsibility for how you choose to use this information.Linda Spiker
post tags: vegan, dairy free, grain free, gluten free
Not only did you make all those amazing dishes but you also took gorgeous photos of them. Wow wow wow. Total inspiration. I just bought some almond milk for 12 bucks. I know. In a glass jar. Local. Organic. But still. I need to follow your example and make it myself. Come to my house?
I’ll be right over Jennifer:)
Has anyone made a vegan gravy in the NutriBullet Rx ? I am looking for a recipe.
I have not, but I assume there are recipes online:)
Ohhhh I need one of those blenders! So cool! Maybe I would be inspired to make more smoothies 🙂
It’s amazing! So fast I couldn’t believe it!
I love all of your recipes and even look at your almond milk since I recently screwed mine up. But if I have to pick one, my heart wants the chocolate almond recipe.
PS You have to come to my house first.
Ok…your house then Jennifer’s…got it! And sorry your almond milk had a problem 🙁
Oh that’s so cool! I want all of that right now! I’m nursing my babe at the moment and I think I could easily polish off that smoothie, some chocolate almond butter and a bowl of the beautiful broccoli soup. Yum!
Nursing a baby certainly can make a girl hungry!
I’m pretty sure I want one now!
I need the chocolate almond butter…amazing!
I will definitely be using the broccoli soup recipe and the chocolate almond spread recipe! My daughter LOVES smoothies so she is all over your smoothy recipe with the almond milk. We HAVE to get one of those NutriBullets! My mother bought us a ‘cheapy’ version of this machine and (sorry mom) it is terrible. We need something this powerful for my daughter’s daily smoothies and ALL of the soups my children LOVE to eat. Thanks for the recipes and advice!
It is definitely powerful! I was amazed at how quickly it blended everything…even those stubborn frozen bananas. (sorry Mom:)
I am so hungry now after looking at the chocolate almond butter! Green smoothies are wonderful and so good for you! I am glad you enjoyed your new Nutribullet!
That soup looks amazing! I am pinning this for later!
I love the variety of pitcher sizes. I have a 2.5 L blender that works well for large amounts, but sometimes I just want to blend up some seeds or a small amount of something and then it doesn’t work so well. Great looking food!
Me too! I was really excited to see this new change!
The soup looks amazing! (But, of course, it’s autumn, and I’m in the mood for soups.) 🙂
Me too Anni, me too:)
Linda, guess we should all rent a house for a weekend and cook and laugh!! My only question is where?? Ha ha I would love to learn some photography tips from you seriously!! Trish
Aw thanks Trish! I have learned a lot over the last year about photographing food. Still not a pro but improving!
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I just got a NutriBullet Rx… I bought it for the super-powered motor that could crush the frozen fruit (plus fresh fruits) into smoothies… even the hard seeds of blackberries and the pomegranate avrils.
It does that beautifully, and I really only just found out about the soups when I turned the thing on and discovered the red light. LOL.
Super FAST on soups. Now tasting Broccoli and Cheese made with Danish Havarti. Superb. This machine is great.
Took me 10 different machines to find this one, but it’s the one to have.
Thanks Nelson! I think it’s a great product too!