Cold days make me crave a bowl of warming soup - and preferably it is wonton soup. I have tried so many commercially made wonton soups over the years, when eating out, but only a handful have ever been truly good. And it's not cheap either, at $4 to $10 for a small bowl, where… Continue reading Quick Wonton Soup
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Quick Lentil Soup
I love a good lentil soup, but I also sometimes want to avoid the tedious work of prepping it. That is where using pre-cooked lentils makes your life that much easier. And you can cut your cooking time in half. I also find the broth doesn't get that heavy "bean" flavor that can develop when… Continue reading Quick Lentil Soup
My Take On Pasta e Ceci
Pasta e Ceci is an Italian rustic soup made with locally grown ingredients. It is based on chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for protein and to make it a hearty soup. I don't have any Italian in me, but it doesn't stop me from trying recipes from other cultures. I end up making them to my taste,… Continue reading My Take On Pasta e Ceci
Vintage Recipes: Hamburger Vegetable Soup
From 1957 comes this vintage recipe for a basic hamburger vegetable soup. It comes when brand names were becoming a big thing, now that you were shopping at the start of big grocery stores, rather than a corner store or a general store. Name brands were shiny to the eye and (in theory) promised that… Continue reading Vintage Recipes: Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Potato and Kale Chowder
This was a recipe I saw online, that was dated to 1956. Potato City Country Hotel was a real place in Pennsylvania. That opened in 1949 and had a long life until it was torn down in 2018 for....a state police building. How boring. Progress right? The recipe looked to me almost like a leftover… Continue reading Potato and Kale Chowder