weekly recipe vol. 1: cheese ravioli veggie soup and double-baked sweet potato

2012-01-05T08:53:00.000-08:00

There's nothing I love more than a good warm soup in the winter months, even better when its homemade and super healthy! Here's what I whipped up for a mid week dinner with 2 of my lady friends.

Cheese Ravioli Veggie Soup:

What you need:

- 2 stalks chopped celery

- 2 chopped carrots

- 1 finely chopped large onion

- 1/2 small package of sliced field mushrooms

- 1/2 cup fresh spinach

- 1 large tomato

- 2 cups of cooked cheese ravioli

Slow cook veggies in about 8 cups of water for about 7-8 hours to make the vegetable broth. Drain water into a pot, squeezing the juice from the vegetables out. Cook on medium heat, adding the carrots, onion, celery and mushrooms back into the mix. Add in cooked ravioli and fresh spinach until the spinach welts.

Double Baked Sweet Potato:

What you need:

- sweet potatos (however many you want to serve, I used 1/2 a sweet potato per person)

- green onion

- non-fat natural yogurt

Poke holes in sweet potatos and microwave (5 mins per potato). Cut sweet potatos in half, lengthwise. Scoop out the filling of the potato and place into a small pot. Bake the skins of the sweet potato with a bit of oil in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. While they're baking, mash the filling of the potatos with some seasoning of your choice (I used a dash of cinnamon) and a bit of butter or margerine. Scoop the mash into the skins and bake for another 20 minutes. Top with yogurt and green onion.

Enjoy!

Rach

new year, new blog.

2012-01-02T16:40:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This post marks the first of many that will be appearing on this blog, and this blog marks the beginning of my creative process of bring "paper hearts", an online, all handmade gift shop to life. Here is where I'll be posting about things that make me happy and that I love to talk about: cooking, fashion, beauty, and of course the art of which is all things handmade, all while documenting my work process. This will help keep me motivated and stay on track creatively in this busy, fast-paced world (seriously, how is is 2012 already?).

I always love ringing in the new year. This year, I rang in 2012 with a few close friends by my side for a low key evening of food and drink. A few days into 2012, and I'm already planning ahead to what I feel will be an amazing year.

I've created what I feel is a short, yet managable list of personal and creative goals to work on throughout 2012. Some are a lot bigger than others, some a big cheesy, but they're all part of making me think outside the box and trying something new. I feel like everyone talks like this every time January rolls around, but it's true. Here is what I'll be working on:

See you soon!

Rach.

the paper hearts blog

weekly recipe vol. 1: cheese ravioli veggie soup and double-baked sweet potato

new year, new blog.