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Recreating Meals You Order Out

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If you find eating out to be expensive, you may want to prepare more meals at home. These recipes are great for college because some of these can be made in a microwave. Sometimes I like to try to find ways to recreate items off the menu that I have had and spin them into my own twist based on the ingredients I have in my house. When I want a certain food but do not have the time to go out, I can try to make those at home for cheaper. Some of my favorite meals can be made in just a matter of minutes. I love making versions of sandwiches, pizzas, and burgers that I have ordered out at restaurants. These are not always the healthiest option and not what I eat when I am by myself. However, these are what most of the junk food loving people in my life want to eat. I'm not always eating vegan junk food, but when I do it is with guests or family to show other people how much these brands usually taste exactly the same as the other options they currently consume. I make a ...

Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup Recipe

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Happy Tuesday everyone!! It's been a long week but I am so happy I am back to putting my recipes up. So today, I would like to do a spin on my famous cream of broccoli soup. I like making it for Thanksgiving, but it can be made at any time. So there are some things we will need to alter. So, for some odd reason, some recipes like to use chicken broth for their cream of broccoli soup. I have never used it for any reason in a cream of whatever soup I have made. Instead of butter, I used olive oil, and instead of heavy cream, I just use soy milk. I can't really taste much of a difference from this recipe compared to the original. Also, some will just throw the broccoli in with everything else and sometimes the cream of broccoli soup turns kind of brownish or a really gross green color. What I usually do is I blanch my broccoli first (put it in boiling water for 15-30 seconds) and then I instantly shock it (throwing it in an ice bath) to halt the cooking process. In this sense,...