Category: Soups

  • Chicken Tortilla Soup

    Chicken Tortilla Soup

    I started with this recipe from Allrecipes.com and modified it a bit according to various comments and what I had on hand. It was really good and very filling. I have lots left over for lunches and froze some for later.

  • White Bean Soup

    White Bean Soup

    I started with the recipe for Tuscan White Bean Soup from The Six O’Clock Scramble: Quick, Healthy, and Delicious Dinner Recipes for Busy Families but modified it in a few ways. First, I had turkey broth rather than chicken, used dried basil rather than fresh, and used one can of cannellini beans and one can…

  • Lentil Soup

    Lentil Soup

    This is so easy to fix because you don’t need to presoak anything! Yesterday I made it this way…

  • Tilapia Chowder

    Tilapia Chowder

    My sister gets credit for this one, although the basis came from a cookbook I recommended to her a few years ago. I suppose you could use other white fish, including cod or haddock, but I’ve been buying the flash frozen packages of Tilapia at Costco and that’s what I used. This fed 3 of…

  • Spinach Cream Soup

    Spinach Cream Soup

    I think I could write a whole series on how to make use of Costco/Big Box stuff without getting tired of it. I bought a big bag of spinach at Costco the other day. First I made our favorite San Francisco’s Little Joe’s Special. Tonight I made this soup from Twelve Months of Monastery Soups.…