Category: Soups

  • Chicken Soup with Rice and Squash

    Chicken Soup with Rice and Squash

    I made chicken broth the other night. I always keep a bag of chicken bones and parts in the freezer and it tends to get full just about the time I run out of chicken broth. I cannot remember the last time I bought a can or box of chicken broth. I freeze my homemade…

  • Corn, Bacon, and Potato Chowder

    Corn, Bacon, and Potato Chowder

    A friend was over for dinner the other night. My eldest had requested grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner–a classic combo! My friend mentioned that he’s taken to adding a small can of corn to tomato soup and it sounded really good. But it got me thinking about corn chowder over the next…

  • Soup with Ground Beef, Chard, and Rice

    Soup with Ground Beef, Chard, and Rice

    Another old favorite… Chard grows easily around here. In fact, I’ve been harvesting chard off the same three plants for a while and probably need to plant some more now to take me through the fall.

  • Melissa’s Vegetable Soup

    I bought a cabbage the other day and was thinking I’d make cabbage rolls or some-such thing. But I used half of it up tonight in my vegetable soup. The weather has turned cool and I got the yen for soup. Plus, we were all getting our hair cut tonight. I have found the nicest…

  • Quick Winter Vegetable Soup Pickup

    Quick Winter Vegetable Soup Pickup

    I made a simple vegetable soup last night, using up some odds and ends in the fridge. It tasted good–it almost always does without much effort. But as I walked out through the garage to feed the dog while it was simmering away, I saw a few leftovers 12 ounce cans of V8 juice that…