Leftovers From One Meal Become Ingredients For Another Meal!

#LunchBreakLIVE making Rowdy Roasted Squash Soup, whipped by the amazing chef Awesome Vegan Life’s Samantha Rain Awesome! Today’s fabulous taste testers are Renee King-Sonnen of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary & Joshua Awesome! This is a great soup to make out of your veggie leftovers to become a frugal vegan! No waste… good taste!

The other night at Jane’s home, Samantha, Joshua, Renee, and Jane had a wonderful cookout on the grill! after all was said and done there was a good amount of leftover squash, corn, tomatoes, and onion. My immediate thought was, awesome! I love soups and stews and I knew these leftover roasted veggies would be the perfect base for a delicious soup I could make on #LunchBeakLIVE!

All the ingredients for this awesome vegan soup!

Samantha showing off some of the ingredients she will be working with.

Joshua, Samantha, and Renee King-Sonnen.

The finished product!

And now for the recipe:

Rowdy Roasted Squash soup & sweet potato Fries

Ingredients for the soup:

• 2 1/2 cups sliced roasted squash and zucchini mixed
• 2 cups fresh diced tomatoes or 1 16oz can
• 1/2 of a red onion diced
• 1/2 head of garlic (5-6 cloves) sliced
• 1 ear of roasted corn kernels removed from the cob
• 2 teaspoons thyme
• 4 cups of your favorite veggie broth
• 1/2 can of lentils or 1/4 cup dry
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Add the onion, garlic, and tomatoes to a warm saucepan with 1-2 tablespoons water
2. saute until fragrant but still crisp 2-4 min
3. Add the veggie stock, squash, zucchini, corn, and lentils bring to a low boil
4. Once it comes to boil turn it down to simmer for 10-15 min then serve hot!

Sweet Potato Ingredients:

• Roasted sweet potato Frys
• 1 sweet potato cut into matchsticks
• Balsamic vinegar
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Toss sweet potato sticks with the balsamic, salt and pepper
3. Bake for 20-25 minutes until soft on the outside and crispy on the outside
4. Serve hot with tahini or BBQ