I love discovering great soup recipes especially for the colder months. Here is a wonderful recipe from Giada De Laurentiis, which has an Italian twist on the traditional. Don’t skip the croutons with this recipe. They are really easy to make and add great crunch and texture to the meal. You can use any bread [...]
Fall is a wonderful time for tomatoes. This soup is crazy easy! It makes it even easier if you have a pressure cooker. If not, then you can just boil it in a regular pot too. My kids just love this soup with a dollop of cream in it. My favorite topping for this soup [...]
Broccoli is such a versatile, abundant vegetable. I always love a good cream of broccoli soup but never thought of making it myself till now. It was so easy to do and loved by all. In this recipe, I used rice milk instead of milk to make it dairy free so the soup wasn’t as [...]
This was one of my favorite dishes at Chivasom. It is a really healthy, tangy, yummy soup -meal. You can substitute tofu for chicken if you wish. CHIVA-SOM’S SPICED GLASS NOODLE SOUP Serves 2 Ingredients: Marinade for minced chicken/ tofu: 1 cup minced chicken/ extra firm tofu 2 coriander roots 1 clove chopped garlic 1 [...]
My mother-in-law Atsuko makes the yummiest, easiest Potato Leek soup ever. All her grand kids love it. Its called “Cold Potato Soup” – though my kids like it warmed. Either way, this is a really hearty, healthy soup that is so so easy to make. It even freezes beautifully!
This is a wonderful base recipe for a really healthy vegetable stock. At Chiva-Som, they use it instead of oil in their cooking. It’s really amazing how this works as a great substitute for oil without taking away from any of the flavorings of the dishes it is used in. It can also be used [...]
Fall is such a great time to make soups and stews with all the fabulous squashes an pumpkins in season. I’m not too fond of the very sweet squash soups but really love this one – especially since I put my own little spicy twist to it. This recipe is based on the Curried Squash [...]
My younger brother is obsessed with my Dal! Whenever he comes, I make a huge stockpot full and he hacks into it hourly! Dal (lentil soup) is something that we eat almost every single day in India. There are hundreds of ways of making Dal and one can use all kind of different lentils in all kinds of combinations. This recipe is for a common [...]
