Category: Soups

  • Simple Vegetable Soup

    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…

  • Split Pea Soup with a Ham Bone

    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…

  • Fish Chowder

    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…

  • Cream of Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup

    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,…

  • Broccoli and Cheese Soup

    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,…