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Sometimes you find a soup that sounds a little strange, but once you try it, you are hooked! That is the case with this soup. It takes simple winter ingredients that are full of vitamins, fiber, and are low calorie, and combines them into a tasty and comforting soup to warm up your lunch. ItContinue reading “12 Days of Soup: Day 6, Cauliflower & Apple”

Minestrone has a long long history that dates back hundreds and hundreds of years. Its popularity began wayyy back the 2nd century BC when Rome conquered Italy. Because there was suddenly a whole new culture living (and controlling) Italy, they brought some of their food with them from Rome. Suddenly Italians had a whole lot of newContinue reading “12 Days of Soup, Day 5: Minestrone”

Although its unclear who “invented” Clam Chowder, its clear that the colonists that were newly arrived in New England thought it was a good idea and ate the soup! The Indigenous people of the region, the Mohegan’s, Pequot’s, Narragansett, Mi’kmaq, and Wampanoag would build contraptions in the rivers and bays to catch fish, clams, oysters,Continue reading “12 Days of Soup, Day 4: New England Clam Chowder”

This bistro classic will warm up even the coldest folks! Traditionally topped with gooey, melty cheese and a bit of bread, the rich taste of onion can distract you from the fact that onions are full of vitamin C, vitamin B6, potassium and folate! There is also yummy garlic in the soup, which is richContinue reading “12 Days of Soup, Day 3: French Onion Soup”

On the second day of Christmas Captain Create shared with me….. a tasty soup to warm you up after sledding (or to give you strength after cleaning up a mountain of wrapping paper). Mushrooms are packed with fiber, vitamins, and flavor, while the thyme adds a hearty quality guaranteed to warm everyone’s heart. Barley isContinue reading “12 Days of Soup, Day 2: Creamy Mushroom & Thyme Stew”

The Twelve Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day, Dec 25th and end January 5th, on Epiphany. Its also in the middle of winter and cold outside! Instead of partridges, swans, and nine lords a’leaping, how about we celebrate the Twelve Days of Soup?! On the First Day of Soup, Captain Create shared with me:Continue reading “Twelve Days of Soup: Day 1; Christmas Green Pea Soup”

Gingerbread is not new; early gingerbread can be traced all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. Gingerbread wasn’t recorded in history in Europe until around the 11th-century, when Crusaders brought back ginger from the Middle East for the wealthy folks’ cooks to experiment with. Ginger was added to many things, but oneContinue reading “Around the World in 80 Plates: Gingerbread”