≋post yr soups≋

so my plan was to work my way through these soups to sample them, starting with tom kha gai, which looked interesting, but what's actually happened is I have become hooked on tom kha gai, the most delicious and deeply satisfying chicken-coconut-lime combination I have ever known, thank you williamc!

Man yeah, go forth in everlasting comfort. I'm going to make a big pot full after the traditional Thanksgiving stuff is out of the way.

Great thread idea. I love soup. I made a roasted squash soup recently and it was delightful.

my favorites are all old school classics:

borscht
vegetable beef barley
lentil
split pea
potato-leek

I'd include French onion soup (complete with a piece of toast floating in it), but it needs such excellent stock to be done correctly that I rarely have the chance to make it.

my brother's french onion soup is one of the best things I have ever eaten, I need to get it down

If you have a chance to make a full-bodied stock from a whole turkey carcass after Thursday's feasting ends, you can make heavenly soups (while it lasts). I usually make a turkey-rice soup using it, with just:

stock, rice, carrots, celery, onion, bay leaf, salt, pepper & some turkey scraps that are too small to make sandwiches with.

made Armenian apricot soup, which is really a red lentil and carrot soup with dried apricots in, although I also added a bit of chili and ginger bc I couldn't contorl myself. it's very sweet and a thing of beauty

soup season is upon us! the west african peanut soup quincie & sufjan mentioned has such a fantastic thick creamy texture and the nutty taste is so exquisite, even my basic effort made me feel like a genius

I've been trying to make a healthy spinach and cilantro soup (with tahini, tumeric, lemon, and fresh ginger & garlic) once a week to eat over 2-3 days. I kind of don't like most soup so I end up just drinking it like a smoothie.

Did you make that combo up? Sounds interesting

It was a Samin Nosrat NYT recipe that I kind of just wing now because I never have stock and I try to really up the health benefits.

does this also count as a stews thread or should that be separated

I made chicken stock last week and threw together a chicken and black bean soup with cilantro and lime--perfect for yesterday when I woke up and realized I was coming down with a cold. And today, while I am in the midst of said cold.

Avegolemano likely for tomorrow. Homemade chix stock plus citrus plus garlic=perfect food for headcolds.

xpost hmmm I dunno. Oh what the hell go for it, post all the stews.

I made chicken stock last week and threw together a chicken and black bean soup with cilantro and lime--perfect for yesterday when I woke up and realized I was coming down with a cold. And today, while I am in the midst of said cold.

Avegolemano likely for tomorrow. Homemade chix stock plus citrus plus garlic=perfect food for headcolds.

xpost hmmm I dunno. Oh what the hell go for it, post all the stews.

I've never made/had avegolemano but now that I know it exists I have to have it ASAP. Do you have a fave recipe?

ok you guys inspired me to make tom khai gai. best october soup hands down.

i made a minestrone yesterday that was not bad - i don't eat meat and can sometimes find minestrone a bit bland without a meat stock

onion
carrot
celery
garlic
half bulb of fennel and its frondz
parmesan rind
quarter of a huge rutabaga
zucchini/courgette
3 tomatoes
can of borlotti beans (and the bean juice from can)
can of navy beans (same as above)
5 or 6 small organic black potatoes
veg stock
salt and pep
wee bit of oregano
bay leaf
wee bit of dried basil

Looks like a good recipe. Might get more flavor from nice tinned tomatoes? Mayhap a bit of tomato paste? Another thing could be a sachet of fresh herbs but I ain't doing that at home unless I have a garden.

I'm fixing to make spinach and tofu ricotta stuffed manicotti with marinara and cashew cream tomorrow

Made west African peanut soup recently, somewhat different recipe than Moosewood - added kale, berbere spice, a little sambal oelek, and added half a can of coconut milk at the end. Turned out real good!

just made this pinto puree that i'd been meaning to get to for a bit: https://patijinich.com/tarascan-soup/

seems fine, and is a nice simple recipe, if not overly exciting. needs a pinch of salt, and i have a little chipotle hanging around so gonna add like a tablespoon i think. that and some avo and crema garnish should make a nice bowl i reckon.

I made roasted cauliflower and potato soup with a healthy dose of dried chilies. It’s good.
Started with this recipe: https://www.bakedbyrachel.com/slow-cooker-cauliflower-and-potato-soup/ and left out steps 2 and 3 (fuck smoothing everything into baby food with an immersion blender) while adding a step where I seared all the cauliflower in a pan with a little olive oil.

avgolemono is delicious, 5*, will cook again