Chickpea noodle soup // vegan chicken noodle soup is easy vegan comfort food at its best, and it’s ready in 30 minutes.

Vegan comfort food struggles

Hello and happy St. Paddy’s Day to you. If you’re looking for a tasty vegetarian spin on Irish food, hop on over here to one of my favorite recipes. But if you’re here for simple comfort food that’s ready in a flash, read on. Quick, healthy comfort food is some of the best food there is. I doubt you’d find a lot of disagreement there. Yet vegan comfort food can get complicated. A million ingredients. A zillion steps. Comforting food shouldn’t come with a harrowing process.

The solution: Vegan chicken noodle soup

Chickpea noodle soup is vegan comfort food without a hint of hassle. It’s quick and easy and satisfying, and I highly recommend it.

I couldn’t tell you exactly why my NJ thermostat has been hovering in the mid-20s — and I don’t mean Celsius — for this past mid-March week. (I hear spring is supposed to start in three days, ahem.) But I can tell you exactly what would make a good dinner in the meantime. Any guesses?

Comfort food that’s good for the brain

Oh hi, it’s 20 minutes later and I am HIGHLY distractible today. Leprechaun involvement, perhaps. Did I need to tell you that? Maybe not? But I think it’s as good an argument as any for comfort food that’s also good for the brain. It’s certainly the best argument I can think of right now, which may not be saying much. Speaking of not saying much, that’s sounding like a better and better idea all the time. I’ll let you go.

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Tip

Cooking the noodles separately and adding them to each bowl before serving prevents them from slurping up all the soup’s broth before you do.