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Chunky Tomato Soup
This is not your mother’s tomato soup, or rather, I should say this is not the tomato soup your mother used to pour from the can and heat up. Not even close. I never liked canned tomato soup. In...
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Spicy Peanut Soup
I absolutely LOVE peanut butter — peanut sauce, PB&J, peanut butter cookies, Peanut Butter Panic ice cream … you get the drift. I’ve been making an Indonesian dish that features a delicious peanut...
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Lady Bug Lentil Stew
No, no lady bugs were harmed in the making of this stew (though a few lentils and other veggies gave up the ghost for a good cause). My kids thought the green lentils looked like ladybugs and I...
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Coconut Curry Soup (Vegan-friendly)
This has got to be the absolute BEST soup to warm you up this time of year. First of all, it’s yummy. It’s kind of spicy, but not too spicy. Kind of creamy, but not too thick. Second of all, it’s easy...
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Skinny Soup
I threw this soup together with some veggies I already had in my fridge because I wanted something simple, filling and low-fat. I called it skinny soup (at least in my head) and decided to include it...
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Crock Pot Split Pea Soup
I originally made this Indian-inspired spicy soup to go with the split-pea-soup fog we had last week here in Iowa. It was the perfect warmer upper and super easy! The “secret” ingredient in this soup...
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Hominy White Chili
When I was a kid, one of my absolute favorite dinners was this: Bohemian-style dumplings drenched in brown butter, sausage patties, sauer kraut and hominy fried in bacon grease! These menu items were...
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California Motley Soup
I worked as a waitress throughout high school and college in a variety of different restaurants. Nearly all of them served a soup called California Medley. It was a creamy soup (sometimes cheesy,...
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Secret Agent Soup
Nutty Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, a.k.a. Secret Agent Soup Gus said it best: This soup is peanut sauce meets squash. If you like either, I think you’ll like this. If you like both, you’ll love it. I...
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“Cheesy” Cauliflower Soup (Vegan-friendly)
Although, I recently came out as a bona fide Chegan, there’s no need to go that route with this “cheesy” soup. Adapted from the Moosewood Low-fat Favorites cookbook, this soup was a hit with my family...
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