The boy was greatly displeased that I made soup, and leftover soup at that. “When are we going to chop something?” he whined.
Tonight’s bread was a new creation. Following the format of the original no-knead bread, I scoured the internet for variations and came up with a wheat and oat concoction. I’ll include the ingredient [...]
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Tag Archive: soup
Cooking with E: Spicy Chicken Soup and Grainy Bread
Another 40: Day 7
Work has been extremely uncooperative during the first week of this challenge, but today I decided that if I couldn’t make the time for exercise before my day started, I’d work it into my day. I dug out the resistance band and worked my biceps, triceps and shoulders while I talked on conference calls. No, [...]
Random Recipe #14: Kinda Sorta Mexican
I know that there is real Mexican food, and then there are meals that incorporate Mexican flavors. This set of recipes qualifies for the latter. They’re all good, hearty meals for chilly days.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
This recipe scales beautifully, and can be made to feed a family on just one night, or packed to freeze for [...]
Random Recipe #12: Roasted Tomato Soup
I found a recipe online and tweaked it a bit to meet my needs.
Roasted Tomato Soup
Ingredients
3-4 lbs ripe tomatoes
1 medium sweet onion, chopped
2 Tbsp bouquet garni
Olive oil (I used the spray can from Trader Joe’s)
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable broth
Hot pepper sauce/Tabasco (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
Cut tomatoes in half and arrange cut-side down on an oiled (olive oil [...]
Random Recipe #5: Hearty Veggie Soup
This recipe came about when I used the random ingredients in my pantry and fridge to come up with a meal. It can be thinner, like a soup, or thicker, like a stew, depending on what you add to it.
Hearty Veggie Soup
4 Aidell’s chicken apple sausages, sliced (optional) – note: slices easily when frozen
olive [...]
