Carrot-Potato soup w/ northern beans

Extra-brothy soup is ideal for bread dipping or tasty crackers! Unfortunately I was out of bread...and the crackers were stale...what is a gal to do? Sneakily dig to the bottom of the pot for the biggest pieces when no one is home, that's what! Muah ha ha ha ha....

Broth: organic bullion, celery seed, fresh thyme and parsley, Nutritional Yeast, sea salt, black pepper

Veggies: Carrots, golden potatoes, white onion, white northern beans....simple and delicious

*I also sauteed some onions and garlic in plenty of Earth Balance and Olive Oil, added cracked red pepper and tossed it into the pot for a golden 'fatty' addition...Kinda reminded me of old fashioned chicken noodle soup....minus the chicken and noodles, of course. Yum!

Fresh blueberry-lemon muffins

Lemon extract and zest add an amazingly fragrant and tart addition to fresh blueberry muffins...such a smell has never filled my kitchen before....we were drooling only 5 minutes after they went into the oven! I'm not going to lie, I ate 4 of these in one sitting......burnt my tongue (no kissing for a while, I guess), but it was worth it!