soup
Easy-To-Make Pumpkin Soup
I enjoy the change of seasons and if you asked me what is my favorite season, I’d have to say autumn. While I don’t look forward to the cooler and shorter days ahead, I do like all that comes with the fall and its harvest. The orange signature of autumn…sugar pumpkins (aka pie pumpkins) are…
Read MoreAsparagus Vichyssoise
I am a huge fan of supporting anything local; it just makes sense to me to do so. A few years ago I read The 100 Mile Diet – A Year Of Eating local. Big kudos to Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon for their one year journey of only eating what was available to them within…
Read MoreSeafood Soup
Just when you think the frigid weather is behind us, mother nature shakes her head and delivers a polar vortex. Usually the polar vortex stays in the Arctic but this year it’s paying Canada and the United States a visit…a very cold one! Here in the Maritimes, we’re not going to be as hard hit…
Read MoreRoasted Squash & Apple Soup with Goat’s Cheese & Bacon
Soup. It needs no explanation – everyone knows what it is and it’s been around for a millennia. There are so many variations. I love the combination of vegetables and fruit. There’s something so opposite about the two that you’d think there’s no way they belong together in the same pot…but trust me, the two…
Read MoreCarrot Soup with Feta and Quinoa
When it’s cold outside there’s nothing more comforting and warming than homemade soup. Soup, by the way, doesn’t need to be arduous nor does it need to take a long time to make to taste good. Carrot soup with feta and quinoa should make you take notice as this isn’t something ordinary but downright scrumptious!…
Read MoreCarrot and Sweet Potato Soup with Garam Masala Cream
So, it’s your turn to provide food for your book club but you are short on time and ingredients. What to serve? This carrot and sweet potato soup is thick enough to satisfy any hunger pains. Add to it a side of warmed naan bread and pair with a chilled bottle of white wine. Garam…
Read MoreGazpacho
It’s funny how conversations get replayed in your head. I was just thinking now about one I had a couple of months ago with my daughter, Laura. She asked me if I liked her at this age (20) or when she was younger. I paused, thought about what she asked, and said that I enjoy…
Read MoreChickpea Soup with Sweet Potato and Feta Crostini
Don’t you love a good soup? I sure do and more so when there’s less time making it. This is Yvette Van Boven’s second book – a follow up to her popular cookbook, Homemade. Homemade Winter is full of hearty, body-warming dishes sure to satisfy the biggest of big appetites. I adore her illustrations and…
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