Category: Soups
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Simple Vegetable Soup
I wanted a simple vegetable soup the other day to go with some grilled cheese sandwiches. It had turned cold here suddenly and soup seemed a good antidote. I pulled a quart of homemade chicken broth from the freezer, some pasta, an onion and a potato from the pantry, and some carrots and celery from…
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Split Pea Soup with a Ham Bone
I buy a ham now and then partially because I want the ham bone! Split pea soup is one of my favorite things to make with it. If you have a ham bone but don’t want to make soup right away, you can just freeze the ham bone and make soup later. Or you can…
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Fish Chowder
This fish chowder is full of potatoes, carrots, celery and onions, with a milk and chicken broth base. I’ve made it in the past with tilapia but last night I used some frozen cod instead. I like it with tilapia much better but maybe if you like fish more than I do you’d like it…
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Cream of Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup
I did a lot of my shopping for the graduation party at Costco. In particular, I bought big bags of broccoli, snap peas and peppers–and have some left over to use up or freeze! It’s been cold here. Well, cold for us. I know many of you won’t think much of a low of 30,…
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Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Dinner tonight was soup and sandwiches. It’s a simple time of year! Sandwiches were grilled ham and cheese, to which I also added some mustard, mango chutney and thinly sliced apples. Soup was broccoli and cheddar soup from Desperation Dinners. A similar version is here, although in the book there is also some Worcestershire sauce,…