Five Soups for Cold Evenings
It's cold out, and here continues my saga for soup: five I keep coming back to. Pick by how much time you have tonight, who you're feeding, or what's in the fridge.
Easiest Ever Pumpkin Soup
For the nights when you have 10 minutes. It's ready faster than a delivery would arrive. My son asked for this one all the time when he was five. Serve it with chives, pumpkin seeds and a spoon of sour cream. For a vegan version, swap the half & half for a cup of coconut milk and skip the sour cream.
Chicken Vegetable Soup
For using up the vegetables in your fridge. It's a lighter take on chicken noodle soup, and the prep takes 10 minutes. Parmesan gives the broth a nutty flavor. Swap green beans for spinach or snap peas, tomatoes for bell peppers, carrots for zucchini. Anything goes in it!
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Tomato Basil Soup
For a chilly day when you want a classic. It starts from a big can of whole peeled tomatoes, with a red bell pepper and a whole cup of fresh basil. My fall soup. #fortheloveofsoup
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Cauliflower and Broccoli Velouté
For when you want something creamy that's still mostly vegetables. Velouté is French for velvet, and that's how this one feels: cauliflower, broccoli and leek, blended with a little cream and butter and finished with chive oil. One serving covers 77% of your daily vitamin C.
Lohikeitto, Creamy Salmon Soup
For a full table: the recipe serves 8. Lohikeitto is a traditional Finnish soup of salmon, leeks and potatoes, and a pinch of saffron gives it something "je-ne-sais-quoi". My kids were skeptical at first, then ate it all. Serve it with fresh dill and rye bread.
More soups are under the soup tag. Make one this week and tell me how it turned out, I'd love to hear!