Soup Season

Just tried the Potato Leek soup, very nice!

I’m planning to make it tonight or tomorrow, so I can add a picture to that recipe page

Hey Steph… Following your recipes I made both the Curry Lentil and the Butternut Squaush soups, and they turned out so good!! Thanks for posting

I’m making the potato leek soup right now…..

p.s.- I’m looking forward to reading your upcoming book!

haha, nice! I’m actually trying to make vegan split pea tonight!

Ah Soup! I have been Vegan now for five months Steph. Your web pages have kept me going with info and inspiration! Much love from the UK xx
Matt Livermore

thanks!

I agree with you!

I love the marmots. even when they chew my pack.

Great advice, thanks Emily

that’s a very cool idea.

Dear Steph, Just happened to check your blog an imagine how surprised I was to see my e-mail to you on your recent post! Thanks for taking the time to respond and I definitely will take your advice. I also tried your butternut squash soup recipe about two weeks ago. Two of my grand daughters came over and we made the soup on a Friday night. It was easy and was really good. Thanks, Steph.  Thanks also to Emily’s response. I have already started training by taking increasingly longer walks after dinner and will look for some hills to climb around here. Keep doing what you do, Steph  and good luck with your second book. Can’t wait to read it.

John,It is hard training for hiking a high altitude mountain when you live in a flat city at low elevation!  However, speaking from personal experience, I would recommend not just taking some flat hikes but see if you can find a building with stairwells that you can climb. Here in Pittsburgh we have the 37 story cathedral of learning; my training regimen for mountaineering involves climbing up all 37 stories a given number of times (I usually ride the elevator down to save my knees but one time down a workout usually helps loosen my legs and use some other muscles!)  I would recommend starting with going up 4 times with no weight one to two times per week, after two weeks push up to 6 reps then 8 and 12. Once you are up to 12, drop back down to 4 reps and add 10 pounds and go back through the cycle.  Depending on your objective you can continue to add weight and reps.  For your Long’s push I would recommend being able to carry at least 10 pounds up 12 reps.  If you can climb 12 reps of 37 stories you have just ascended over a vertical mile!  Of course in Chicago you should be able to find even taller buildings to climb so you have to do less reps.  I recommend the stairs rather than a gym because there is something to be said about getting to the top, if you can finish 12 reps getting to the top floor will feel like such an accomplishment!  However, listen to your body, if you start having knee issues, drop some of the weight but keep doing reps.  The more you train in Chicago the easier it will be in Colorado and the more likely you are to get to the top of Long’s.  I hope this is the year you get to experience the summit of Long’s!

More soup please …….All of them are DELICIOUS!!!
Klara

Thanks! I’ll keep experimenting….