Use either fresh or canned chestnuts for this seasonal winter soup. The chestnuts will cook down and break apart as the soup simmers.
If, like me, you bought chestnuts to have with the Brussels sprouts for Christmas, this is a great way to use up the rest.
We have guests at the moment and I made this the other night … Continue reading.....
I may have mentioned that we’ve been eating a bit of asparagus lately.
I started feeling ever-so-slightly guilty about tossing away the stem ends of the green asparagus.
For those who don’t know, white asparagus is treated differently – it’s peeled and just a tiny bit of the stem end is trimmed.
The green is snapped and sometimes there are … Continue reading.....
This is an easy pantry soup – my favorite kind.
It goes together quickly with ingredients I always have on hand, either in the freezer or the pantry.
I think having a well-stocked pantry is a hold-over from living in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota where one could be house-bound for days in the winter.
Or maybe from living … Continue reading.....
Simple Butternut Squash Soup is a lovely, creamy soup with no cream and very little fat. It’s nice to have something a bit lighter this time of year…..
For a casual holiday party (if you live in the frozen north) greet guests with a big mug of piping hot soup, with or without a spoon.
For a more formal holiday … Continue reading.....
This is a quick and easy soup for a first course or light lunch.
I like to make it in the fall when it’s cool enough for soup but I still have tomatoes and basil in the garden.
It also works well with canned tomatoes and dried herbs – a taste of summer in the middle of winter.
Do remember … Continue reading.....
When we moved here I realized that I had far too many cook books.
That didn’t stop me from acquiring more.
My collection is getting to be a bit eclectic. Most are in English, of course, but there are a few in Spanish and more then a few in French. I even have one book of Spanish recipes in French.… Continue reading.....
I like using celery.
Strangely, it’s not easy to find nice celery here.
It’s usually sold by weight, so, even when it is I can’t often get an entire head…. Other shoppers will break off whatever they need leaving bits and pieces behind.
When I am lucky enough to get a lovely big head / stalk of celery I hate … Continue reading.....
My potager has rallied.
Sort of….
I’ve controlled the late blight but it’s not possible to cure it. I’ve spent many hours cutting off diseased leaves and branches and tomatoes, followed by spraying. At one point some of the plants were totally bare of leaves but full of green tomatoes. I wanted to keep the new growth from getting the … Continue reading.....
