Tortellini Soup (instant pot)

My almost-4 year old, Emma, has been obsessed with soup lately. Whether it’s my lentil soup, yogurt soup, beef stew, or this newest tortellini soup, every day when she comes home from school, she wants soup! I don’t mind because I can load em up with veggies and nourishing foods and they are like a hug in a bowl. Here is a delicious tortellini soup I created a couple weeks back, and we all couldn’t get enough of it!

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Makes 6-8 servings

2 T olive oil

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 cans diced tomatoes, Italian style or fire roasted for a bit of spice

4 cups chicken broth

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp Italian seasoning

8 oz dried tortellini

1 cup frozen spinach, chopped

Start by putting your instant pot on the saute function, and heating up the olive oil. Add the chopped onions and garlic and saute until fragrant.

Turn the saute off, then add the rest of the ingredients except for the spinach.

Close the lid and turn the knob to sealing, then cook on manual/pressure cook for 10 minutes. Let naturally release for 5 minutes, then manually release the pressure. Add the frozen spinach until it is heated through, and then serve!

We ate this soup with this crusty homemade bread and it was delicious!

Zucchini Muffins (GF!)

Zucchini Muffins ⁣ (makes 12 and they are so delicious!


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1.5 cups gluten free measure for measure flour (King Arthur is my favorite brand!) or AP flour ⁣

3/4 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar ⁣

1 tsp baking soda ⁣

1 tsp baking powder ⁣

1/4 tsp salt ⁣

1 egg ⁣

1/2 cup avocado oil ⁣

3/4 cup milk ⁣

1 tsp vanilla extract ⁣

1 zucchini, grated ⁣

1 tsp cinnamon ⁣ ⁣


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grate your zucchini then roll in a paper towel and squeeze out the liquid. Mix all the other ingredients together, then fold in the grated zucchini. ⁣ ⁣ Scoop into muffin liners and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean! Store in the fridge for 7 days (if they last that long!) ⁣