Category: Soups
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Connemara Broth
I saw this recipe for Connemara Broth in A Way of Living by Pia and Simon Pearce. It’s a lovely book with beautiful pictures of their glassware and pottery. I’ve never been to the Simon Pearce restaurants but had stumbled upon this Vermont Cheddar soup from there a few years ago. I saw a used…
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
A while back I bought one of those large containers of mushrooms at Costco. Even living alone, I am tempted! But I was determined to use them up without wasting any and not eat the same thing over and over. I’ve been wanting to make Cream of Mushroom Soup for some time so this was…
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Odette’s Beef and Vermicelli Soup
Marlo kept raving about some beef and vermicelli soup his mom had made so I had to call her and ask what she’d done. She’s 91 and still loves to cook and is quite good at it! She said she’d never used a chuck roast for soup before but she thought she’d try it and…
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Double Soup Night
My eldest broke both bones in her ankle last week and had her surgery today. Yesterday she asked if I’d make her and her boyfriend dinner, which I’d been offering to do. She thought soup sounded good and I thought of this ribollita. She nixed that. She wanted Chicken and Drop Dumplings. This is one…
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Turkey, Corn and Potato Chowder with Avocado and Lime Salsa
Thanksgiving is done. You’ve made turkey broth, right? Or maybe you’ll get to that today. (You can always do it in the crockpot overnight.) And you’ve got leftover turkey for all kinds of good things turkey sandwiches, turkey enchiladas and turkey shepherd’s pie. And you can make an easy turkey soup with whatever Thanksgiving leftovers…