The Whole Deal value guide offers recipes, coupons and tips to keep you eating well and seizing seasonal savings year round. Learning to cook, however, is a hot tip for saving that’s always in season. Remember the folktale Stone Soup? The story ended with everyone in the poor village getting a delicious meal. You can [...]
Posts tagged ‘Soup’
Learn to Cook: Vegetable Bean Soup
Posted February 16th, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
Celebrate National Soup Month
Posted January 10th, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
Did you know that January is National Soup Month? What better time of year than now to dedicate a weekend afternoon to making a large pot of soup? You’ll have lunches and dinners for the week, plus leftovers for the freezer. Here are some of our favorite soups for keeping warm, cozy and nourished all [...]
From Our Pantry: Soup, Stew and Chili
Posted January 4th, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
This January, we are focusing on stocking your pantry for healthier meals and a healthier budget. If you haven’t entered to Win Pantry Staples for a Year, head over to that blog post now and then come right back. When you pick up the items on our Pantry Stock Up list (and below), you’ll be [...]
Debra Daniels-Zeller: Warming Autumn Soup with Arugula
Posted November 29th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
From DEBRA DANIELS-ZELLER Cool weather makes me more appreciative of chunky soups. And adding hearty greens like kale, collards and even turnip greens to soup makes me feel like I’m doing my body a favor. You put all these pampered vegetables from local farms into one pot and how can it not be good for [...]
Dulse Miso Soup
Posted November 11th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Place water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add bonito flakes and onions. Reduce the flame to medium-low and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add carrots and green beans, cover and simmer about 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce the flame to low. Add the miso, tofu and dulse. Cook two minutes. Serve garnished [...]
Miso Soup – Basic
Posted September 13th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Rinse wakame, soak in cold water to cover for 5 minutes and dice or add flakes directly, no soaking required. Bring water to a boil and add wakame, onion and carrot. Simmer 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce flame to very low. Add puréed miso and simmer without boiling for 2 minutes. Serve garnished with green [...]
Miso Soup – Shiro Tofu & Carrot
Posted September 13th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Place water, shiitake and bonito flakes in a pot, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Add the carrots and bonito flakes, cover and simmer 3 minutes. Reduce the flame to very low. Purée the miso with 3 T. water or soup broth. Add wakame flakes, tofu [...]
Smoky Black Turtle Bean Soup
Posted March 30th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Sort, rinse and soak beans as box directs. Drain beans and discard soaking water. Heat oil in a soup pot and sauté the onions for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic, jalapeno, bell pepper, celery, and cumin. Sauté about 5 minutes. Add soaked beans, water, brewed coffee and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, [...]
Nourishing Soup Stocks
Posted February 21st, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
The foundation of any good soup is its stock. You may have heard of a popular book called Chicken Soup for the Soul. I love the title! After all, chicken soup and other delicious soups are so deeply satisfying they do seem to nourish the soul. I can remember walking into my grandmother’s house and [...]
Stinging Nettle Soup
Posted February 14th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
From HEATHER ARNDT ANDERSON Culinate It’s been said that as long as you’re near water, you’ll never go hungry. Cattails have been hailed as “nature’s supermarket” and arrowhead has been called the “swamp potato”; watercress graces the menus of the fanciest restaurants. But even Euell Gibbons, the father of the modern wild-food craze, makes a [...]