Belated Happy New Year to all! I’ve taken a bit of a break from blogging (always feel guilty when I haven’t posted for a week), but don’t assume that means I’ve taken a break from cooking.This week we had our first dusting of snow. The temperature suddenly dropped yesterday, and when I glanced out the…
Tag: soup
Matzo Balls
It wouldn’t be Passover in our family without Chicken Soup and Matzo Balls. I’m taking the soup and matzo balls to my sister’s this year for our Seder. Matzo Balls are basically dumplings made with matzo meal. They can be light or quite dense. I opt for lightness. Whenever it comes to the Jewish holidays…
Butternut Squash Soup and Silky Cauliflower Soup
This past week with the weather showing no let up from it’s continual barrage of cold, snow, ice, more snow, and slush I’ve found my soup making madness continues. I first made a quick butternut squash soup. Later in the week I decided to use up a cauliflower in a new way by making…
Lentil Sausage Soup
Judging by our weather there’s no doubt winter has settled in, made itself comfortable and by all indications is going to be sticking around for awhile. And my way of dealing with the cold is simple…make soup! I never get tired of eating soup in the winter because no other meal provides such instant warmth…
Mushroom Barley Soup
I’ve been making variations of this Mushroom Barley Soup for as many years as I can remember. This hearty soup is a meal in itself when served with a loaf of crusty bread. This particular version is made with chicken broth, but vegetarians could substitute a vegetable broth or stock. It’s a simple soup to…
Rich Turkey Stock
Making stock from scratch can take a delicious soup, gravy, or other dish requiring a chicken or turkey stock over the top! Most of us have used packaged stocks and broths before, especially now since there are so many to choose from including low sodium, organic, and even free range. There’s no denying the convenience…
Beef, Barley, And Butternut Squash Stew
This is a recipe I adapted from the current issue of Fine Cooking magazine. The original recipe calls for serving it with blue cheese croutons, which is a mixture of butter, blue cheese and walnuts spread on baguette slices and broiled til crisp. I preferred to serve this more as a soup than a stew…
Chili
With the weather turning chilly, one’s thoughts naturally turn to Chili! There are endless varieties of this warming comfort food… with ground beef or cubed beef, or no beef at all, with or without tomatoes, with or without beans, with beer or without, and the choice of spices too many to mention. I know there…
Chicken Soup
Yesterday I made my first huge pot of chicken soup for the season prompted by my first cold of the season, something I’ve been fighting the last few days. Although I had little energy for anything else I rose to the occasion because regardless of what hurts you a bowlful of this will make it…
Sheila’s Roasted Potato Leek Soup
It’s amazing to me as one season ends and the next begins how I’m always ready for the change. As eager as I am in the spring to get gardening again after a long winter I’m just as anxious in the fall to put the garden to bed for another season. As the annuals and…