Soups

Before this year I was never a fan of pumpkin.  I thought it smelled weird, looked funny, and was just altogether not very appealing.  I did not eat pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, or pumpkin butter (3 things that I now love!).  I must have been crazy, right? ;)  So, to think that I am posting [...]

I bet you didn't see this coming.....it's a soup recipe!  Well, technically speaking, it is a stew recipe ;).  There.  Now I do not have to feel so bad about posting so many soup recipes because this is a stew recipe.  As if it really needs justification during this time of year :)!           [...]

I hereby admit that I am officially obsessed with making and eating soup!  And no, I am not the least bit sorry about it.  Though I think it is possible that my family members may be getting a little tired of the soup routine, I do not plan on stopping now....at least not until it [...]

            This is one tasty soup! Spicy Tomato Vegetable Soup Slightly adapted from this Giada De Laurentiis recipe. Servings: 4-6, depending on your appetite (probably closer to 4 ;) )             Ingredients water, for cooking 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 small yellow onion, diced [...]

You may have started to notice a pattern here on the blog.  I seem to have an obsession with soups and stews!  Now that it is "soup season," I have found myself making either a pot of soup or stew at least once per week.  Why, you ask?  Well, first of all, soups and stews [...]

One of the ultimate comfort foods in my book is soup, especially chili and chicken noodle soup!  Lately, with the change of the weather, I have seen several chicken noodle soup recipes on my favorite food blogs.  Despite how good these soups have looked, as a vegetarian I am not able to make these recipes.  [...]

Before I became a vegetarian, one of my favorite soups was always chicken tortilla soup.  Per the request of a reader, and my desire for a vegetarian version, I have developed the following recipe for Vegetarian Tortilla Soup.  If you are a fan of a hearty, fairly spicy soup, then you are sure to enjoy [...]

Soup season is definitely in full swing, especially with the sudden drop in temperatures here in Iowa over the past few days.  And thank goodness for that, because now I can feel less crazy for making soups and stews A LOT (I guess it is "weird" to crave and cook chili in the middle of [...]

Keeping this recipe in mind, there really are no excuses for not preparing a healthy lunch or dinner.  This soup takes only 5 minutes to make, it is chocked full of nutritious vegetables, it is low in calories, and most importantly...it tastes delicious.  What makes this recipe even better, is that it enables you to prepare a [...]