soup

• April 13, 2013

  Chicken Tortilla Soup

  It is now mid-April — well into spring.  Yet, all week we have dealt with cold 30-40 degree weather and rain.  It’s been dreary, to say the least, and I’ve been more than a bit cranky as I wonder aloud why spring has not yet arrived.  I was trying to decide what to make for…

• June 27, 2012

  Cooking with Swiss Chard

  I decided to grow Swiss chard in my garden this year.  I’m not exactly sure why, but I think this is what happened: I went to the farmer’s market sometime last summer and was lured in by the bright stalks of the multi-colored Swiss chard one of the vendors was selling.  It was so pretty…

• November 17, 2011

  Cheesy Vegetable Soup

  I’m not a huge soup person but when the days grow short and the temperature drops, it does sound good.  I wanted to make broccoli cheddar soup the other day; I couldn’t remember which recipe I had used last time, but I remembered liking it.  As it turns out, I somehow failed to find the…

• March 9, 2011

  Spinach Tortellini Soup

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• October 25, 2010

  Broccoli Cheddar Soup

  For me, Fall time means soup time!  I decided to try to make broccoli cheddar soup this week.  I had made it once or twice before, but it’s been a while…and I’m not sure which recipe I had used before.  This time, I decided to kind of make up my own recipe, after getting some…