16 posts categorized "Soup"

Lemony White Bean Soup : February 2, 2012
Categories: Comfort Food, Easy to Freeze, Season: Winter, Soup
Here's another extremely easy soup for those of you who appreciate an all-in-one-pot, not-too-much-fuss meal. We made it on the hot plate in our temporary kitchen and I wondered why we hadn't made it more often. It used to be...

Simple Creamy Tomato Soup: January 17, 2012
Categories: Comfort Food, Quick Meal, Season: Winter, Soup, Tomato
Can you stop after just one potato chip? Or two for that matter? Or, if your neighbors left some home made chocolate chip cookies on your doorstep and you bite into one and it is delicious, could you have just...

Lemongrass Noodle Soup with Chile-Garlic Paste: February 7, 2011
Categories: Comfort Food, Ginger, Season: Winter, Soup
Comfort food comes in many shapes and flavors. Classics like macaroni and cheese, lasagna, and pudding fit the bill, and I don't think I'm the only one to find comfort in a bowl of ice cream. There's also that hard-to-pin-down...

Pumpkin Soup with a(n Optional) Kick: November 15, 2010
Categories: Comfort Food, Easy to Freeze, Farmers' Market Find, Party Food, Pumpkin, Season: Autumn, Soup, Squash
I know, I know, another recipe for pumpkin soup. Who needs it? But stick with me. This version is worth trying. I went to a lunch recently for a friend who was having one of those milestone birthdays that need...

Corn and Green Bean Chowder: October 5, 2010
Categories: Comfort Food, Corn, Easy to Freeze, Potato, Season: Autumn, Season: Summer, Soup
Autumn arrived has arrived here with a bang. More like a splash, actually. Lots of rain and cool weather and suddenly summer is a distant memory. Sandals and shorts? I had them on just a few days ago, but now,...

Velvety Ramp and Watercress Soup with Crispy Shallots: April 30, 2010
Categories: Season: Spring, Shallot, Soup
Everywhere I turn these days, I see members of the onion family -- ramps, scallions, chives, shallots, even my garden is popping with onion grass. This recipe combines delicate ramps with sweet caramelized shallots, and mild, tangy chives. And the...

Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup: March 22, 2010
Categories: Comfort Food, Season: Anytime, Soup
Matzo ball soup is one of those quintessential comfort foods that seems like it should be able to cure anything. Well, maybe not anything, but definitely a cold or a heartache. Usually it is made with chicken, though, making it...

Creamy Lettuce Soup: February 22, 2010
Categories: Comfort Food, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Winter, Soup
I know that it sounds odd to cook lettuce, but please keep reading. We cook spinach and lots of other greens, after all. And watercress soup is a classic. Years ago when I worked at a French restaurant outside Philadelphia...

Cauliflower Soup with Stilton: February 1, 2010
Categories: Cauliflower, Comfort Food, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Winter, Soup
I have been getting my Bon Appetit these days, which the publishers at Conde Nast seem to think will placate me since they decided to close Gourmet. Unfortunately, it has the opposite effect. I just look at that magazine each...

Coconut-Laced Butternut Squash Soup: January 6, 2010
Categories: Comfort Food, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Winter, Soup
It's been cold around here. I mean bone chillingly cold. We've had those high winds that get under the pants leg, up the sleeves, and down the collar. And of course it's so hard to keep that nose warm. In...

Borlotti Bean Minestrone: December 8, 2009
Categories: Easy to Freeze, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Winter, Soup
We had just enough snow this past weekend to help me switch gears from Thanksgiving to the upcoming holidays. Usually when snow is in the forecast, the whole town gets worked up only to get a few flurries. But this...

Caldo Verde (Portugese Potato and Kale Soup): December 1, 2009
Categories: Comfort Food, Farmers' Market Find, Quick Meal, Season: Winter, Soup
I don't know about you, but after the heavenly excess of this past weekend, my pants are feeling a bit snug. I need some simple food, and what better to satisfy that need than soup. This soup only has four...

Purple Cauliflower Soup: July 7, 2009
Categories: Cauliflower, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Anytime, Soup
If you saw the pictures from my Buy Local post, you know that we found some bright purple and orange-yellow cauliflower at the Silver Spring farmers' market. Chloe carried the purple one home in her little backpack. Apparently both of...

Potato Leek Soup: March 25, 2009
Categories: Comfort Food, Potato, Quick Meal, Season: Winter, Soup
I got home from work one day last week completely worn out. It had been one of days in one of those weeks. I was tired, grumpy, and hungry. When I walked in the door, I could smell something good...

Snow Day Celery Soup: March 2, 2009
Categories: Potato, Quick Meal, Season: Winter, Soup
This snowstorm took me completely by surprise. I know it was predicted to blanket the entire northeast, but we have had a number of predictions this winter that did not come true. We kept sleeping with our pajamas inside out,...

Roasted Shallot and Buttercup Squash Soup: February 8, 2009
Categories: Comfort Food, Easy to Freeze, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Winter, Shallot, Soup, Squash
One of my favorite tastes of winter is a rich, thick winter squash soup. Soup in general is a wonderful thing when the air is cold and the sky is gray, but squash soups have the further benefit of adding...