It’s the first of the month, so of course I’m coming in hot with a virtuous recipe. Not only is it good for your waistline, but also your wallet. It is not, unfortunately, very pretty. Surprise! Why do I love so many gloppy, questionably colored soups? This soup sort of works with any kind of…
As I started to share this recipe I realized I’ve exclusively shared semi-offbeat vegetable soup recipes this week. Then I realized we’ve exclusively eaten meals with spoons this week. And I realized I’ve put us on the world’s least effective, most delicious liquid diet. You should not go on a liquid diet, but you should…
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Back in August I found myself with a veritable truckload of asparagus and an impending road trip, which was a terrible combination. Rather than come home to limp or rotted asparagus, I blanched all of it and froze it in a few quart-sized gallon bags. Since then, those bags of asparagus have called to me…
Read more Post-Thanksgiving Asparagus Soup That Isn’t Depressing But Is Really Ugly
We’re having a very subdued Thanksgiving this year, as are, I’m sure, nearly all of you. Except for those 1 million travelers yesterday that went through TSA at airports nationwide. Who are they? Where are they going? My heart wants to ask for an invite to their party, my head wants to know who they…
Read more Pre-Thanksgiving Light Lentil Soup That Isn’t Depressing
This is not a helpful “pantry staple” recipe. If your grocery store is overrun by panicked shoppers a la my Safeway, you might be out of luck. But after an overly indulgent few days of comfort food I was eager to eat a veggie-heavy meal. My grocery store had no spinach, romaine, or salad-type veggies,…
Read more Super Food Super Meal for These Not-So-Super-Times
I am not a public health expert. I’ve never taken a single post-high school biology course. I know nothing about the spread of infectious diseases. So therefore I believe the experts, the Dr. Anthony Faucis of the world. I am lucky enough to have multiple doctor friends. I ask them questions. I trust their decades…
Okay, fine, I have more than one recipe for soup that I call “poop soup.” And they all have proper names that sound a smidge more appetizing. But I like to call a spade a spade, and any recipe with more than four cups of chopped kale turns into a recipe that’s great for your…
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