Articles tagged “Soup Of The Week”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Toss the Flowers… Send Soup to Your Sick Friend By Laurel House IN Food & Health Mar 27 2011 Flowers are sweet. When the hot little delivery guy (or girl- whatever your preference) appears at your doorstep with a vase full of fresh blossoms, even incessant stomach spasms are miraculously cured- no thanks to the flowers. But, eventually, the sweet scent turns putrid and, in your sick state, you do all you can to stay as far away from the once lovely blooms as the stench infiltrates your home- nice bonus when you finally get back your sense of smell! You wait until you just can’t stand it anymore and, plugging your nose and blowing out, you grab the vase and toss the entire thing in the dumpster outside. So much for sweet nothings, not to mention- not a green gesture at all (unless they are organic flowers, which is a little better…). + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Turkey Noodle By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 31 2010 Today is my last Soup of the Week. In fact, today is my last day for regular posts for Planet Green. Many thanks to the readers who have been following my columns over the years since Planet Green first started. It's been a lot of fun. I'll still be doing my monthly recipe round up and other occasional round ups. I'll be continuing to write for TreeHugger doing my daily Weekday Vegetarian column, and I hope you'll join me there. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: West African Peanut Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 17 2010 Lately I've been looking through lots of recipes for my series on street food, and I've been attracted to flavours that aren't so common in my own cooking. I've made many recipes from North African, and I learned a lot about food in East Africa from my trip to Kenya last year, but food from West Africa is a bit unusual for me. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Kale Brose By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 3 2010 Soup made from oatmeal? I was curious, then absolutely flabbergasted by how delicious this very simple soup is. One of the women in my book club mentioned kale brose during our last meeting and she sent the recipe along for me. To the dismay of some members, we had just determined that our next meeting would be around Robbie Burns day and we would have Scottish cuisine. Agreeing that we wouldn't make haggis or deep fried Mars bars, those of us in the group who are of Scottish heritage are going to try to convince the naysayers that traditional Scottish food is quite wonderful. Hence the brose. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Vegetable, Beans and Pasta By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 19 2010 This soup is about as simple as you can get, using ingredients readily available in your refrigerator and pantry. I had some particularly flavourful homemade chicken stock which really made all the difference in this comforting bowl. It would also be wonderful with a good strong vegetable stock. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Kale and Potato By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 5 2010 Today is opening day for The Royal Argricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, which is one of my favourite things to do in Toronto. While there are lots of activities aimed at families, it is first and foremost a working fair where farmers bring their livestock and produce for prizes and for sale. It is a fantastic place to learn about food production and distribution. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Cauliflower and Cheese Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 29 2010 I bought a cauliflower the other day which I absolutely did not need. I had a refrigerator full of fresh vegetables waiting for me to eat them, but I passed this pile of absolutely perfect Ontario cauliflowers and I couldn't stop myself. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Chinese Noodle Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 15 2010 I was all set to make a pumpkin soup for lunch today with all of the extra pumpkin I bought earlier in the week, when my husband reminded me that he had a lunch meeting. All of the sudden chopping and cooking pumpkin seemed way too much like work. I decided to leave the pumpkin for another day and make something much faster and easier, while cleaning my refrigerator out a bit too. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Broccoli Cheddar By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 8 2010 Everybody knows the way to get a kid to eat broccoli is to smother it in Cheddar cheese sauce. Well, maybe. It's a great flavour combination and it works really well with soup. This is a very quick and simple soup that you can have on the table when your kids get home for lunch. If they eat lunch at school, send it along in a thermos with a cheese biscuit or a half of a chickpea salad sandwich and some fruit for dessert. + READ MORE

38 Summer Soups: The Best of the Season By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 23 2010 Of all of the things that I cook , making a pot of soup is the most consistently satisfying. Whether it is something warming on a damp day or something chilled to cool you down on a hot one, I always enjoy making and eating soup. I've pulled together these recipes from my Soup of the Week archives with the focus on soups that take advantage of the wealth of fresh fruits and vegetables available right now, and on through the rest of the summer. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Chilled Carrot Soup with Cumin and Lime By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jun 18 2010 It’s been a bit difficult to decide between warm weather soup and cold weather soup, our temperature has been fluctuating so much. I started out having this carrot soup warm the first day and then cold the next day. It worked both ways, so you can eat it whichever way you like depending on how hot or cold you are. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Spinach Egg Drop for a Rainy Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jun 11 2010 It’s hard keeping up with the weather changes here. Last week we had a brutal heat wave and today we are all wearing winter clothes. Yesterday I made a Salade Nicoise for my book club dinner and we ate outside and enjoyed the sunset. Today it’s too cold and rainy to contemplate the leftovers, so I felt the need to make a big pot of soup. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Asparagus Consomme By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 12 2010 I was pickling 9 lbs of asparagus last weekend and I had so many woody ends left over that I made some vegetable stock. Even though there were fiddlehead stems and wild leek roots in it as well, it was essentially asparagus stock and the flavour was amazing. There were lots of different spring soups I could have made with the stock, but I really wanted to try making a vegetarian consomme out of it. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Thai Style Asparagus with Green Curry By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 7 2010 I bought my first asparagus at the farmers' market last week and this week it has appeared at about half the price. I ended up buying a huge amount so I'm gearing up to do some pickling later today. The pickled asparagus was one of my favourite preserves from last year and I intend to at least double the amount I made last year. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Spicy Cauliflower Sunchoke Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 23 2010 I wanted to try this soup because it never occurred to me that two such strongly flavoured vegetables could be paired together. As it turned out, the combination was quite wonderful and made for a really different tasting soup. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Middle Eastern Spinach and Meatball By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 16 2010 I'm not usually that fond of meat in soup, but I've had this soup with meatballs and spinach in Middle Eastern restaurants and I got all excited when I saw a recipe for it. I remember it as being brothy and tangy and lemony, with the meatball falling apart in my mouth. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Carrot and Tahini By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 9 2010 My husband loves tahini, so as soon as I saw this recipe I knew it was something I wanted to try. It was a really good soup, with the tahini flavour front and centre and it was also delicious cold. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Leek Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 2 2010 When I was at the farmers' market the other day, they had some lovely little leeks. Not the big fat leeks that you see at the supermarket that cost a fortune, just some tender small ones that looked perfect for a soup. My husband is travelling this week, so I'm on my own and this looked like the perfect amount for one big bowl of leek soup. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Lemongrass By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2010 My son and his girlfriend used to live at the opposite end of the city from us and we didn't get to see them that much. Last year they moved right around the corner from us, four houses away from our local restaurant/bar that we have been going to since it opened 25 years ago. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Black Bean Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 26 2010 There is something about the depths of winter that makes me want to cook stews and soups with a legume base. They are incredibly versatile allowing you to make any kind of international dish, they are filling, making you feel better in the cold. If you have beans in your cupboard, it doesn't matter how much it snows, you'll be able to make a healthy and delicious meal without leaving the house. + READ MORE