• Posts Tagged ‘soup on sunday’

    Soup on Sunday: Creamy Broccoli Fennel Soup with Meyer Lemon

    by  • 4 Jan ’15 • soup • 1 Comment

    “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”
    – Harriet Van Horne Soup I was recently reunited with some of my old cookbooks and magazine binders that I created over 20 years ago (long before Pinterest, blogs or the Internet). I remembered eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Food & Wine each month. I would stash the copies next to my bed like they were romance novels (right on top of a collection of cookbooks), then contemplate which recipe I would recreate first. My love of cooking never waned, it just got pushed aside as life became more demanding. Over the past few weeks I have once again had an insatiable appetite for cooking (blame it on Pinterest and AMAZING food blogs). I just discovered With Food + Love, a beautiful, seasonally inspired vegetarian and gluten-free food blog. All week I have been obsessed with this soup recipe I found on this blog. And while my version of this soup is not vegetarian, it very easily could be (just used filtered water instead of stock).
    Bon Appétit. Ronda xx

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    Soup on Sunday: Split Pea and Ham

    by  • 28 Dec ’14 • soup • 5 Comments

    pea-soup-homestyle8 It’s a cold rainy day in Houston. So cold in fact we have a roaring fire heating the room without the air conditioner running…a rare occasion. Unsure of what to do with the large ham in the refrigerator, we decided to make split pea ham (one of my favorite cold-weather soups). Hot off the stove, I am curled up on the sofa with a bowl. This is the first time in the past few weeks I’ve had a moment to sit down and spend some time with a growing pile of magazines…I have no intention of moving anytime soon. I might just stay here the rest of the day. Enjoy your Sunday. SplitPea3
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 medium onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
    2 carrots, chopped
    2 stalks of celery, chopped
    6 cups Kitchen Basics Unsalted Chicken Stock (my new favorite)
    1/2 pound baked ham, chopped (2 cups)
    1/2 pound dried split peas (1 cup)
    1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
    ½ chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
    kosher salt and black pepper
    croutons for serving (optional)

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    Soup on Sunday: Zucchini Soup with Crème Fraîche

    by  • 27 Jul ’14 • profile • 5 Comments

    HDThe hot Houston weather, Food & Wine and winemaker Jeremy Seysses inspired my soup selection today. Jeremy Seysses has developed a wide repertoire of dishes to use up the zucchini from his half-acre garden: ratatouille, sautéed zucchini, zucchini fritters, stuffed zucchini, zucchini cake. But this ultra-simple soup is the family favorite. “We have nothing from the garden for an eternity, then all of a sudden, we have to eat zucchini every day for two months just to keep up,” he says. His soup can be served warm, or chilled for a sunny evening. “Yes, we actually do get occasional sunny evenings in Burgundy,” he reports.

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