I love having soup in the winter. Eating something piping hot is a quick way to warm my constantly cold fingers and toes. If made correctly, it also makes a nice, healthy, and quick lunch. Eaten with a piece of flatbread or a few crackers, it is a tasty, filling meal.
Throughout the past winter, I have made an assortment of soups: simple vegetable soups (a combination of fresh and frozen vegetables and broth), squash soup in a variety of iterations, and most recently cream of broccoli soup. This recipe fell into my lap rather accidentally. Seeing that we
Baked Potato Soup
by TT February 11th, 2013 | Recipes, Soups & Stews
Although I made this soup a couple weeks ago, today seems like a great day to share the recipe. After a weekend that was filled with two feet of snow, strong winds, and low temperatures, a pot of hearty soup is a good way keep the cold outside. As this is a milk-based soup, it isn't the sort that needs to simmer on the stove all day. In fact, except for needing to bake the potatoes, this soup could be made quickly after a day of work.
I made our soup with bacon for extra flavor and texture. If you
I made our soup with bacon for extra flavor and texture. If you
Lentil Soup
by TT January 30th, 2012 | Soups & Stews
Having one person that is vegetarian in our house doesn't make meal planning difficult, usually. When there are four or more of us for dinner, I simply substitute the meat item with a non-meat protein, and everyone is happy. In fact, quite often I make two of the non-meat protein, as I enjoy a good number of vegetarian items.
The tricky times are when there are only three of us dining. It feels more cumbersome to make two different entrées for a party that small. Our of deference to our vegetarian, I make a meal that is vegetarian and (hopefully)
The tricky times are when there are only three of us dining. It feels more cumbersome to make two different entrées for a party that small. Our of deference to our vegetarian, I make a meal that is vegetarian and (hopefully)
Seafood Soup
by TT January 12th, 2012 | Recipes, Soups & Stews
This soup that I made on a cold winter afternoon actually started on a hot August night. I had bought several lobsters to be made into lobster rolls. After dinner I saw the piles of lobster shells and thought that rather than just discarding them, they could have a better use. I did a little searching and found a recipe for lobster stock. I didn't have a plan for the stock, so I stored it in our freezer for future cooking.
Fast forward four months to a cold winter day. I had been considering making two different soups, one vegetarian
Fast forward four months to a cold winter day. I had been considering making two different soups, one vegetarian
Silky Zucchini Soup
by TT October 6th, 2011 | Recipes, Soups & Stews
Originally I was going to call this recipe Creamy Zucchini Soup. However, before I could publish the recipe I read an article in which a chef took another chef to task for calling a soup creamy, when there was no cream in the recipe. This recipe has no cream; the only "cream-ish" ingredient is Greek yogurt. For me, the combination of the yogurt and blended ingredients created something creamy, but I believe it also could be described as silky.
This recipe is one that should be made sooner as opposed to later. For many parts of the country, zucchini season is
This recipe is one that should be made sooner as opposed to later. For many parts of the country, zucchini season is