Making this soup was a real stumble-on event. I had picked up a giant head of red mustard at the farmers’ market, not having any idea what I would do with it. Then, as I was getting ready to plant another portion of my kitchen garden, I was leafing through Sylvia Thompson’s excellent volumes, The [...]
Archive for the ‘Soup’ Category
Mustard Greens Soup with Corn and Black Beans
Posted in Corn, Greens, Soup, tagged Mustard greens on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Waste Not Want Not: Cheese Rinds and a Celery Soup
Posted in Celery and celeriac, Cheese, Soup, Waste Not Want Not, tagged Cooking with cheese rinds on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The garden’s getting drenched with rain today, thankfully, so I stayed inside and made soup. Lovely celery and leek soup feels spring-like, light and nourishing just like the rain. Local leeks were back in this morning’s farmers’ market so I wanted to build a soup around them. I also had an abundance of organic celery [...]
Waste Not Want Not: Yellow Split Pea Soup with Corned Beef Stock
Posted in Peas, Soup, Waste Not Want Not, tagged Re-using corned beef stock on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The spicy and aromatic stock left over from cooking homemade corned beef brisket was simply too good to pour down the drain. Slightly salty from the brined and cured meat and redolent of coriander, ginger, cinnamon, mustard seed, peppercorns and cloves, among other ingredients, it was a welcome base for split pea soup. I chose [...]
Dark Days 18: Oxtail Stock and Borscht
Posted in Beets, Cabbage, Soup, Stews, Uncategorized, tagged Cooking with oxtails on March 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I discover a new meat stock, which promises to be as versatile as it is delicious… [...]
Red Cabbage and White Bean Soup
Posted in Beans and legumes, Cabbage, Soup, tagged Red cabbage and beans on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Comforting flavors for a cold and blustery day, an old standby adapted pretty liberally from Marcella Hazen’s The Classic Italian Cookbook. That’s another book that I quite literally cooked my way through, looking for authentic Italian recipes and methods. The first few times I made this, the beans and sausage turned an alarming shade of [...]
Waste Not Want Not: Using Bean Broth
Posted in Beans and legumes, Soup, Waste Not Want Not, tagged Using bean broth on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Stewing pots of dried beans and chickpeas and lentils all winter yields nutritious legume broth that is simply too good to pour down the drain. I save it for soups and stews including shellfish chili that I made on Super Bowl Sunday. Here, with some leftover cooked red beans from Cayuga Pure Organics, a regional [...]
Dark Days 13: Root Soup with Cheese Wafers and Slaw
Posted in Celery and celeriac, Cheese, Dark Days Challenge, Parsnips, Soup, Turnips and rutabagas on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I make a garnished root soup that combines hominess with sophistication… I need to clean out [...]
Pumpkin, Tomato and Chickpea Soup with Ras el Hanout
Posted in Beans and legumes, Pumpkin, Soup, Tomato on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say. This afternoon, I needed to clean out our freezer and my husband needed some flavorful soup. Cleaning out the freezer really isn’t a big deal since it occupies a tiny section of our tall, slim refrigerator. It’s a haven for stock and broth of all kinds, [...]
Dark Days 11: Scallop and Cabbage Chowder
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Seafood, Soup, Stews on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I make delectable local scallop chowder with homemade fish stock and home-cured bacon. Subtle, flavorful and [...]
Curried Mussel Chowder
Posted in Seafood, Shellfish, Soup, Sweet potato, tagged Curried mussel chowder on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spices create warm depth of flavor and comfort that are welcome in winter. With plentiful potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions in the cellar, and homemade bacon, I was ready to make chowder this weekend when I came across great mussels in the market and rescued an organic, though not local, red pepper from the 69-cents-per-pound [...]
