Vegan Soups and Dog Biscuits

Ok, so this is the non-dog blog (don’t you love how they keep showing up anyway?) so I will skim over the dog biscuits part. But this is my latest (greatest?) idea for making more money so that I might be free to train only my own dogs and wander around all day by a lake if I so choose.  And here it is: a shop where one can purchase vegan soups, dog cookies, and perhaps ice cold or steaming hot teas for drinking.  All made by yours truly, of course. 

This idea came about when I was making some delicious veggie soup for myself last night (because I work a normal-person shift of 9-6 on Tuesdays, I am free to walk my dogs and cook actual food).  My brain was suddenly filled with delightful visions of a small shop with hardwood floors, big patchy easy chairs, and adorable staff with hand-sewn aprons.  The good people of San Francisco (pretty sure that’s where a shop like this would fly highest) would come in and order one of 25 different vegan/vegetarian soups, a nice beverage to accompany it, and a bag of healthy yet delicious dog cookies for their four-legged companions who would, of course, be ever-so-welcome to eat on our patio with their human friends.  The patio dining area would have cute umbrella tables decorated with sunflowers, adirondack chairs facing the bay, and a salty ocean breeze.  Heaven? I think so.

Anyway, until then, here’s the soup I made last night:

Combine vegetarian stock with chopped onions and celery, bring this to a boil.  Add some pasta of your choice, this can be vegan or not, check the label.  When pasta is still al dente, toss in some canned kidney beans, drained.  Let all of this simmer together a minute or so longer and serve.  I recommend an ice-cold beer, or a tall iced tea with some lemon as a beverage.  Enjoy!

Until next time, I’m off for my non-normal-person shift of at least 12 hours, after which I will most likely consume beer and Velveeta shells and cheese.