Soups

Green Onion Soup

Green Onion Soup

It’s March — that awkward time between winter and spring where one day you’re enjoying lunch outside on a warm sunny afternoon and the next day, it’s so cold your fingers feel like they’re going to fall off. The allergies are starting to set in, but not quite as aggressively as they will in a few weeks. It’s when you think about switching out your heavy winter clothes for light spring outfits and then you thank your lucky stars you didn’t follow through with that plan. 

Weather like this needs something just as confused. Enter Green Onion Soup. It’s light and fresh for spring, but warm and cozy to keep you warm on those cold pre-spring nights.  (more…)

Instant Pot French Onion Soup

Instant Pot French Onion Soup

Would it be socially acceptable to live off soup for the entirety of the fall/winter? What about if I change it up? Hearty soups and light soups? Do I actually care what is socially acceptable and what isn’t when it comes to my food cravings? These are the questions I ask myself just as soon as the mornings and evenings get chilly and I find any and all excuses to start making soup. (more…)

Instant Pot Creamy Red Lentil Soup

Instant Pot Creamy Red Lentil Soup

I am so behind the game (I’d say, a few years behind) but I finally got myself an Instant Pot and I’m beyond excited about all the Instant Pot recipe possibilities!! Even more exciting, that it’s October, and while it’s still about 80 F degrees during the day in Amman, and there are no pumpkins in sight, I’m so looking forward to the cozy recipes I’m going to be making using my Instant Pot. (more…)

Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Soup

Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Soup

You know what goes perfectly with tomato soup? Cheese. Usually grilled cheese sandwiches. But really, any cheese will do. You know what goes great with roasted tomato soup? Goat cheese.

Believe it or not, there are people out there who don’t like cheese at all! Lactose intolerance I can understand. Dislike of cheese, on the other hand, I just can’t wrap my head around. If I could, I would live on bread and cheese for the rest of my life. My mom used to be one of those people. She’s told me a few times that if it weren’t for my dad (and his love for cheese) she probably wouldn’t be a cheese eater at all. Shocking. (more…)

Savory Pumpkin Sage Soup

Savory Pumpkin Sage Soup

There’s no season like soup season.

We had our very first snowfall of the year last week. Super early for DC standards since it doesn’t usually snow until mid-January. In usual DC fashion, federal offices were open on time, but the roads were practically undriveable (yes I just made that word up). Of course, I had a meeting downtown bright and early. I decided to take the metro, since getting into the city even without snow is what nightmares are made of. Well, I made it all the way in, and had just gotten off at the closest metro stop (which still had me walking about 15 minutes to the meeting) when I got a text letting me know the meeting was changed to call-in only. Convenient. So what did I do? I put myself back on the metro but instead of heading home, I went to the metro nearest my office. Snow in the burbs was the worst. Just imagine slushy snowcone roads. God bless the genius behind uber! (more…)

How To Make and Store Chicken Broth

How to Make Chicken Broth

It’s Fall! Which means, it’s officially time for one of my favorite food groups — Soup. Soup season [in my book] runs from late September through early March. Soup is just so warm, and cozy. It’s also very filling, and if done right, can be low calorie and super filling at the same time! #winning [Are we still using hashtags in conversation, or is that so 2017?]

The base for all my soups, even the vegetable ones, is chicken broth. I usually have a few boxes hiding out in my cupboard. This year, though, I’ve been making an active attempt to decrease my processed food intake — I consider boxed chicken broth processed. I mean, how do you think they keep broth suitable for consumption when it isn’t even refrigerated? A little bit of work on the front end, will save you lots of time later on. First things first … (more…)