Category: Soups

  • Vegetable Soup aka Zuppa di Verdure all’Agliata

    Vegetable Soup aka Zuppa di Verdure all’Agliata

    This is another recipe from Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes. (see my earlier Provolone Turnovers) Except I followed this recipe much less. For one, I used turkey broth rather than water because  I had this delicious turkey broth to use up. But I also was NOT going…

  • Eating Local: Senate Bean Soup Recipe

    Eating Local: Senate Bean Soup Recipe

    I’m really trying to eat local these days. I like organic but will take local over organic.  It’s tough to do a week’s shopping at the Farmer’s Market though and I really don’t feel like shopping on Saturday morning. Many years’ habit of shopping on Sundays to overcome. I tend to plan the menus, if…

  • Minestrone Soup Recipe

    Minestrone Soup Recipe

    I’m not sure what the qualifications are for a soup being called minestrone but I started with this minestrone recipe from MrsWheelBarrow. I halved it roughly, although it was so good I’m questioning that decision!  I used a can of lima beans, drained, rather than dried, left out the sundried tomatoes because I had none,…

  • Asparagus Soup Recipe from Around my French Table

    Asparagus Soup Recipe from Around my French Table

    I had originally checked Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours out of the library and then went and bought my own copy, and am glad I did. It’s not that I’m into “French” cooking per se, but I do like to cook good food and this books seems…

  • Creole Chicken Soup

    Creole Chicken Soup

    I was in the mood for soup and had chicken broth in the freezer, but no cooked chicken. Could have added some chicken pieces to this if I wanted more protein but I’d had a bean heavy lunch and didn’t feel the need. I used a few cups of leftover mixed vegetables I had in…