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I thought I would share one of my new favorite soups–a potato soup. Granted cream of potato soup and loaded potato soups have always been some of my favorite soups, but this soup is different. This potato soup is not a cream of potato soup and it does not use any dairy substitutes. It does […]
Living in the eastern half of the United States, what used to be called buffalo is almost always referred to as bison now. However, I discovered while traveling in the western half of the United States several months ago that bison is still often referred to as buffalo. This difference has totally confused my six-year-old […]
What kid doesn’t love vegetable alphabet soup? Okay, I guess there are a number who won’t touch anything that looks like a vegetable. In fact, I was surprised as a child that not all my friends liked it because alphabet soup was my favorite. I loved making words and was always excited to see what […]
The sweet taste and yellow color of corn can add some sunshine to a soup on a dreary day. While I love it in Vegetable Beef Soup, corn chowder can really lighten my spirits on a rainy, overcast day. This particular recipe is a very creamy chowder uses the traditional bacon and potato base. I […]
There are many butternut squash recipes on the Internet. I have a couple in my cookbooks. All of the ones I read require you to cook the squash (usually by roasting it) before constructing the soup. While this is not difficult and does guarantee a fresh flavor, it does make the soup more time consuming. […]
I have gone and done something totally crazy. No, I mean really crazy. I decided to make Cream of Mushroom soup. What is crazy about that? It is one of those dishes that my mother-in-law makes, everybody loves, and often requests her recipe. It is bad enough that I once again tried to replicate her […]
January is National Soup Month. I have no idea how it came to be National Soup Month. It appears also to be National Oatmeal Month, National Tea Month, and National Slow Cooking month. Really, I had no idea. In honor of National Soup Month, I decided to make a few soups. I thought I would […]
