I am going to go way back in the archives this evening, and you are going to come away with some Fall & Winter Soup recipes. I’ll add some notes as we go along. The links to the recipes all seem to be working except for the Sausage Sauerkraut Soup which is here (with a
Strange things happen here. I was looking at the stats and I saw someone had looked at this post. I hadn’t even been blogging a month at that time. I think we’ve had three or four soup contests. Some were fFall-Winter, some Spring. We had an excellent way of scoring and determining the winner. Maybe
All chowders are soups, but not all soups are chowders. Before we discuss this particular soup– and address the rumblings of an unnamed judge– I’ll direct you to the all things soup page where you can find links to discussion of and recipes for all six entrants in this years PLUS the bonus soup that
This was entrant #5 in our 2013/14 Fall & Winter Soup Contest. Full discussion of this soup here. All about the soup contest + links to all soup contest soup recipes here. From Valentino’s, an old school Italian restaurant in Santa Monica, CA CALIFORNIA MINESTRONE SOUP Serves 6-8 3 cloves garlic, minced1 C celery, chopped1
California Minestrone Soup Discussions of, and recipes for, previous entrants in our 2013/14 Fall and Winter Soup Contest– as well as same for our 2012 contest– are here. Lots of good soup recipes at the link!But I see I’ve made a mistake. I included the recipes for Homemade Chicken Soup with Fluffy Dumplings— which we
Topped with Fluffy Dumplings Well, this is embarrassing. This soup was of course a contestant in our 2013/14 Fall and Winter Soup Contest. (More soup recipes at the link.) We enjoyed it back on December 30th. Mr. Big Food assures me we discussed its ranking at the time but I see no mention of it
Dumplings atop Homemade Chicken Soup –> FLUFFY DUMPLINGS Makes about 10 1 C sifted flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ½ C milk 2 Tbsp oil Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine milk and oil, add all at once to dry ingredients, and stir just until moistened. Drop from tablespoons atop bubbling stew. Cover tightly,
With Bran Yeast Bread This was the 4th entrant in our 2013/14 Fall & Winter Soup Contest. You can read all about it and see the current scorecard here. Background to the contest and links to recipes for this year’s and previous years’ contest entrants here. BEER CHEESE BROCCOLI SOUP Serves 6 1 ¼ C
This is a sorry photograph. I apologize for the glare. Entrant #4 in our 2013/14 Fall & Winter Soup Contest is Beer Cheese Broccoli Soup. I’m not entirely sure that’s its official name, you can transpose Beer Cheese & Broccoli any way you choose.This soup presented something of a little dilemma. It was, in fact,
This was entrant #3 in our fall & Winter Soup Contest. Thoughts on the soup– which we called ‘Creamy Bean’ for short– here. More on the Soup Contest here. CREAM OF LIMA BEAN SOUP AND KIDNEY BEAN VARIATION Serves 4 to 6 2 ½ C canned or cooked lima beans, cooked covered in water just
#3: A nice enough soup, but not up to Fall & Winter standards Served with a lovely winter salad and vegan cornbread. Daughter C is learning how to take photos. She took this one– which is nicely staged or whatever the photographers’ word for that is– and the one above. Somewhere between the soup pic
Entrant #2 in our 2nd Annual Fall & Winter Soup Contest For more about the Fall & Winter Soup contest, see here. “This makes a delicious soup and quite as nourishing as if made with soup meat.” FRENCH MEATLESS VEGETABLE SOUP 5-6 quarts water 1 bunch fresh carrots (about 6), washed well but not peeled,
This evening we enjoyed the second entrant in our 2nd Fall & Winter Soup Contest, French Meatless Vegetable Soup. Before I launch into a description of this soup– necessary observations as it is a contest and all, and after two or three excellent soups, the particular excellencies of each fade– I thought we might take
Welcome to the 2013 Fall & Winter Soup Contest! The soup can easily be veganized– which is what Mr. Big Food did. He also sauteed up some red hot sausages to add-in, and served the soup with your choice of sour cream, vegan sour cream, milk, or almond milk. HOT POTATO SOUP Serves 8 2
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