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Foodies-Recommend your soups and stews
Now that it's getting colder I feel the need to start making soup and/or stews. ?The only tried and true recipe I have is for chicken noodle soup. ?Do you have any tried and true?recommendations??
Re: Foodies-Recommend your soups and stews
I know Elizabeth makes awesome Guinness stew, and everyone on here (except me) has made delicious tomato soups. ?I think PGH has an awesome recipe, but I think LMW and Elizabeth have also made it (or have their own).
I made a creamy onion soup the other night, but I think it was too thin, so I won't pass it along.?
what kinds of soup do you like?
Yep - I made the Pioneer Wife's Creamy Tomato... it is highly unhealthy but so so good.
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can you get other squash at all? Acorn? pumpkin? Summer? Zucc even? Maybe canned pumpkin might even work as a sub
I have a few good ones in my blog... brocolli/caluiflower parmesan one is really good.
Can you get acorn squash? That's my current favorite creamy soup
Look up "Acorn Squash Bisque"?on marthastewart.com. It's the Nov 2007 recipe... sooo good. I tried it with frozen winter squash but it was not nearly as good as roasting fresh squash.
My favorite easy soup is tomato-vegetable. I just eyeball the ingredients and use canned tomatoes as the base. I throw in zucchini, carrots, onions, garlic, white beans or chick peas, rinds from parmesan cheese, basil and maybe some small pasta at the end.?
I might try a Polish soup soon that my grandma made sometimes - dill pickle soup. It's basically a creamy potato soup but is tangy with the addition of pickles. I haven't found a specific recipe to use, though.
The only members of the squash family I have seen here are pumpkins and?zucchini.?
Also, does anyone have a good tortilla soup recipe??
I second that one! I made it recently too - I threw in an overripe pear since I had it on hand too. Love me anything with thyme though
I have one in my blog (the photo is probably effed, I havent fixed my pics yet).
If you can get sugar pumpkins (aka small ones like 2 pounds or so) you can sub those for any butternut or other winter squash recipe. Pumpkin soup... YUM
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Really? ?Is the taste that different in pumpkins of different size??
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Bummer, I was going to suggest the Butternut Squash and Leek soup that Pescalita makes for me.
I make a fantastic split pea soup. I'm sure you could get all the ingredients.
Simmer a bag of dry split peas in 4 qt water (or broth for more flavor) for something like an hour. If you're into the meat, add 2 ham hocks to the simmer. They actually really improve the flavor, but aren't necessary. Then add a diced onion, a couple diced carrots, a lot of garlic, like half a head, salt, pepper, cayenne, thyme (celery is in the recipe, but I think celery is nasty). Simmer longer until the peas are soft, 20-30 minutes. I usually mush the peas to make a thick soup, but that's not necessary, either. I think that's it. It's really easy, but I am remember off the top of my head. My cookbook will get here in a month or so.
I usually put homemade croutons on top, or I serve it with homemade foccacia. Damn, I can't wait until my kitchen gets here. I'm eating soup from whole foods boxes right now.
I also make matzoh ball soup, but you might have a hard time getting the ingredients for the balls.
Thanks, Sibil.
I saw cashews in a recipe for vegetarian chili once and I was confused and intrigued so I tried it. So good.