It wasn’t until the mid-nineties that I really started enjoying Japanese flavors in my cooking. Sushi restaurants began to pop up in the town I was living in and from my first visit I was hooked. So light and fresh, I could have eaten out for every meal. Fast forward ten years and I was […]
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Cream of Rutabaga Soup
If you’ve been following us you will know that we have been fairly dedicated to using up everything that we have. That means, as much as possible, we use the scraps of our veggies and if not edible, they get composted. (Side note…proud parent moment…our seven year old has been trying desperately to master the use […]
Potato Bacon Soup
We finally had a snow storm here and….although it is now a little melty and muddy…it gave us a great excuse to use up what we had and make some soup. Potatoes at our market were buy one bag get one bag free. It seemed like a great idea at the time, I mean who […]
Wolfgang Puck’s Potato & Cheddar Soup with Bacon
We seem to have an abundance of cheddar cheese these days. It might be because of the giant neighborhood size blocks we found at Costco (while in search of kitchen cabinets which we did not find) and felt the immediate need to buy two of due to the extremely low price…so yeah…cheddar. The dog loves […]
Pressure Cooker Oxtail Soup
This Christmas we received a pressure cooker. For our first test run we decided to make oxtail soup, one of our favorite soups for a cold winter’s day. We didn’t know what to expect from the process, but since lunchtime we have since used the pressure cooker three more times…so we think it is […]
Carrot Soup with North African Spices Garnished with Bacon
On really blustery winter days we love to make big batches of soup to put in the freezer for future lunches. One of our favorites is from the Fields of Greens cookbook written by Annie Somerville. While this is a vegetarian cookbook, we have altered this recipe to meet our meat eating needs. […]
Lemon Cilantro Chicken Soup with Dumplings
We have had very strange weather here in New England this year. Here it is, December 23, and the only snow we have had was back in late October. This week we have had loads of rain with thunder and lightening. The kind of weather that screams out for comfort food. To us, comfort […]
Ink Cap Mushroom Soup in Yorkshire, England
As I am over in Yorkshire, England, I thought it would be a great opportunity to try cooking on my Mother’s AGA stove. We found some Ink Cap mushrooms growing in the garden, and so decided to make some lovely mushroom soup. You must never risk eating mushrooms unless you are […]