Tuscan White Bean Soup

A nice winter soup courtesy of Cooking For Two ATK. I wasn’t in love with my own chicken stock in this, but it kind of grew on me. If I had to do it over again, I’d chop the veggies finer and maybe not add the spinach.

Pseudo-posole (Crock Pot Chicken Tomatillo Stew)

So as I’ve told you, I’m tomatillo-tastic right now, garden-wise. When browsing for recipes that use a lot of them, I kept stumbling on posole.
Now, I didn’t have any hominy and I’m trying to avoid too much excess grocery spending. But I thought I could do something with this idea regardless. Barley, which I bought [...]

Kielbasa and Bean Slow Cooker Soup

This recipe is very satisfying without being super caloric. You don’t need to add much salt to this soup – the kielbasa will do plenty of that as it cooks.

Butternut Squash Soup

Bittman strikes again with his great basic recipes. This was a fun excuse to use my immersion blender, too. It’s a sweet soup, and I think it might benefit from a little yogurt or sour cream as garnish.

Melon and prosciutto soup

I was really excited when I saw this recipe – what a great summer twist on a classic combination. Made it myself with some variation tonight with refreshing results.

French Onion Soup

I made this soup based on how our knife skillz teacher told us he made his when we sampled some. It was so good, and really rather easy. I used a Tyler Florence method of making large cheese croutons and plopping them on top of the soup rather broiling cheese directly on top of it, [...]

Pasta e Fagioli

I made my first recipe out of Bittman’s “How To Cook Everything” last night, and it was excellent. I’ve only had this dish once or twice (I believe made by my friend Lisa in college the first time), but it just sounded delicious when I was thumbing through the cookbook. Served with Italian Grilled Cheese [...]

“Grown Up” Tomato Soup

I found this recipe linked to from a blog I read, and had some good luck with it. I adapted it in the way you see below. Served this with grilled cheese sandwiches on whole wheat.

Sausage bean soup

I made this for John on Thursday and was really impressed with how well it turned out. The recipe definitely could use more broth, though – I’m going to recommend 1.5 cans of broth instead of the 1 can the recipe called for. I served this with Caesar salad with homemade dressing, and crusty french [...]

Hot and Sour soup: For Eve

I made this as a treat for my friend Eve fairly regularly, as hot and sour soup was a favorite of hers. Based possibly on a Martha recipe?