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Tag: soup

  • Southwestern Corn and Potato Soup

    This soup also comes from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites Book. It’s rich and creamy, and the corn and potatoes give it a sweet taste, with just a touch of heat from serrano peppers. Lisa says: You know what my favorite part of this soup is? The sweet — it reminds me of one of […]

  • Cilantro Soup

    I’d been looking forward to making this soup for a while but was waiting for an opportunity to have it as a starter. That plan came to fruition tonight. We enjoyed this soup, based on a recipe in Healthy Latin Cooking, as a first course before moving on to our Tuna Machaca. Lisa says: Whoa, […]

  • Manti (hooray!) and Swiss Chard with Bulgur

    We’ve been looking forward to making manti again (okay, I’ve been looking forward to Lisa making manti again), and the first day of fall sounded like a perfect excuse to make this Armenian favorite: Crispy little canoe-shaped dumplings stuffed with ground beef, onion, and allspice, in a bowl of chicken broth, topped with a dollop […]

  • Gazpacho

    The second course of tonight’s geez-it’s-hot-inside feast was this gazpacho, a chilled tomato-veggie soup that was incredibly fresh tasting, and Lisa’s favorite dish of the night. We liked this one better than the one featured in Great Bowls of Fire, which seemed closer to salsa than soup. I halved the recipe listed below, which like […]

  • Wild Mushroom and Barley Soup

    First recipe from our new Jay Solomon cookbook (thanks Cathy!), Vegetarian Soup Cuisine. Three types of mushrooms in this one – can’t go wrong there. End result was a little bland, though, so we replaced a cup of the water-based broth with chicken stock. Next time around we’ll probably replace all 6 cups of water […]