Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Today, I had three kids home sick, some leftover chicken in the fridge and a pack of wild rice that needed to be used up. I was able to whip this up in under an hour. Biscuits included (although […]
This hearty, frugal soup is a mainstay at my house. It never fails to impress, which always is a surprise to me. How in the world can such humble ingredients combine to make something so delicious? I suppose that’s the case with every good soup. I’m a big […]
It’s hard to believe a weedy little thing like watercress can make such an addictive soup. I first tried watercress soup when we lived in England. It, like the Carrot and Coriander Soup came fresh in little cartons. I don’t know if I can accurately describe what it was […]
I keep soup like this in my house almost all the time. I make a big pot once a week, and I eat it almost every day. It’s great for lunch. You can add a little leftover chicken if you want to have a little protein. Or some […]
I met my husband when I was only eighteen. I may have been only eighteen, but I was smart. I thought to myself, “He’s the one”. And then I set about to convince him that I was the one for him. Since my only training in romance had […]
That’s right. Seventy-two hours. This is the kind of broth that will make a hundred dishes swoon-worthy. This is the kind of thing you make when you really FEEL your food. When you consider yourself an alchemist. A rogue. A guns-blazing, ax wielding badass of a […]
Back on my Carrot and Coriander Soup post, I said that almost every soup in the world starts with an onion. Well, this creamy fresh tomato and basil soup would be the exception to that rule. Soup-making is such an important and useful skill. Clearly, these […]
One of my fondest food memories of all time is when we used to buy carrot and coriander soup from the Marks and Spencer in Cambridge, England. We’d pick it up on cold, rainy days then bring it home amongst all our other groceries. It was sold in little cartons. […]
