It was soup kind of day – cold and rainy with occasional sleet. The head of cauliflower was beginning to discolor and needed to be used, so cauliflower soup it would be. Appearance wouldn’t be important so I shaved the entire top of the flower head with a vegetable peeler. But first, I sautéed sliced … More Cauliflower Soup
Elephant garlic looks like garlic (in giant form), tastes like garlic and smells like garlic yet it is said to be more closely related to leeks. Methinks that may be just because somebody said so. Either way both leeks and garlic are in the same genus (Allium), as are onions, shallots, ramps etc. I … More Elephant Garlic Soup
There is an abundance of butternut squash soup recipes out there, and for good reason. It’s just plain good and bears repeating time after time. Here’s how I made mine… this time. Faye is suffering from what is commonly known as a cold, so I wanted this soup to include garlic, onion, turmeric and ginger … More Roasted Butternut Squash & Red Pepper Soup
The first killing frost in these parts typically occurs the first week in November, so time is running out to harvest all the peppers, preserve basil (if I so choose) and bring in tender plants like curry leaf and moringa. Below ground crops like sweet potatoes, turmeric, ginger and peanuts will keep just fine in … More Shaved Vegetable Soup
As recently as a few days ago mornings were cold with lingering risk of frost, and it was still fairly cool today, perhaps the last soup and cornbread kind of day of the season. With spinach of edible size in the garden it was time to use up the last of the store-bought spinach. Mushrooms, … More Spinach, Mushroom & Coconut Soup With Carrot Cornbread
It is always more fun and fulfilling to create a new dish from scratch, especially for a food blogger. But there are times and circumstances that call for a meal to center around leftovers or preprepared food. I’ve been intending for some time to use this soup I made and canned back in 2015. … More Poblano Cornbread & Home-Canned Soup
We are in the grip of a cold snap. Temperatures have remained below freezing for the last three days, dipping down to almost the single digits Fahrenheit some mornings. I have learned from experience that extended periods of freezing temperature can freeze our water pipes, so the faucet furthest from the well must be left … More Fennel, Parsnip & Mushroom Soup
Yesterday, just six days before Christmas, the temperature was a warm 75ºF (24ºC). Today it is rainy and 20 degrees cooler. It may not quite be soup weather but that is what I decided to make for our midday meal. Broccoli florets were in the freezer and there were the sweet potatoes I had harvested … More Broccoli, Sweet Potato & Cashew Soup
Faye dropped a mandoline into our Amazon shopping cart and I went ahead and placed the order. The PL8® Professional Mandoline arrived yesterday. It has every feature one would expect in a quality mandolin. It will be put to good use. With a machine like this one could become rusty with their knife skills. By … More Soup & Sandwich
We are set for a big cool down in the weather tonight. It was a mild 61ºF (16ºC) when I awoke this morning and is predicted to be a chilly 34ºF (1ºC) tomorrow morning. The coming change in weather, however, wasn’t the inspiration for having soup for our midday meal. I was eager to put … More Shiitake Miso Soup
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