Soup

Green Soup for the Soul

It feels like I’ve been waiting for February forEVER! Strangely, February feels a lot like January. It’s still super cold (it’s been well below zero degrees) and I seem to have caught a cold. I don’t get colds very often, and I blame this one on my immersion blender. A few weeks ago, my immersion

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Zesty Kabocha Soup

    Let me introduce you to my new best friend: Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. This is not a likely combination – me and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I grew up in northern Minnesota eating very traditional Midwestern foods where the spiciest pepper we used was ground black pepper. Until the food franchise

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Caldo Verde

 One of the things that surprised me last year with my Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box of veggies was the plethora of deep green leafy vegetables in the late fall. Now I know that these nutritiously dense vegetables love a little bit of cold! But how to cook them?!  Kale is easy – I’ve only

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Creamy Tomato Soup

  One of the things I love most about food is that it can evoke unexpected emotions. Has this ever happened to you? Sometimes when I’m cooking, I’ll smell something and suddenly I’m transported to my grandparent’s farm. Other times, just the flavors themselves seem to emit a time of the year, for example the

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Garlic Scape Soup

 We finally have warm, sunny weather, and… I decide to make soup. (Sounds strange – even to me!) To be fair, this is a light soup and makes a perfect lunch when pared with a mixed greens salad.  I’ve been waiting to make this soup since I bought Super Natural Cooking last fall. Garlic scapes

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Big Curry Noodle Pot

  Deliciously messy and soul comforting. What more could you ask from a recipe?!  Curry is wonderfully versatile. Most curry dishes are soup or stew-like, and just like soups and stews, they can have any range of flavors. Curry is simply a blend of spices. You can buy the spices already blended, and the brand of

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