I went out to lunch with some folks yesterday and mentioned the soup blog as we walked to the restaurant. It turned out we were all soup fans, and there was much discussion of what our favorites were, how they were made and what made them special. By the time we were seated we were holding forth with considerable fervor on the subject of food. Continue reading
Split Pea Soup with Ham Hocks
Despite moments of doubt and faith, the Split Pea Soup came out very well. The ham hocks I used didn’t have as much flavor or meat on them as they usually do, but I augmented them with some ham I had around. At the end I added crushed red pepper, which gives zing to the soup…which some folks will love and some…not so much. I’ll be coming back to this soup again, as it’s one of my favorite winter soups. Continue reading
Yield: 12 14 oz servings / 4.5 quarts
Calories: 250
Carbohydrates: 12
(approx)
This is close to the Christmas Soup I made a few weeks ago, which everyone liked a lot, but had quite a few carbohydrates in it. Since we’re cutting back on carbs for a while, I thought this would make a good low-carb soup if we just left out the potatoes and held back on the beans a bit. Continue reading
The New Year is upon us, and for me it’s going to be the year of soup. Every week, or as near as I can manage, I’ll be making soup, and sharing it with friends.
The same time I decided to soup my way throughout the year my gal informed me that she wanted to see less of both us. Like ninety percent of the population, we each need to lose fifteen (or in my case a bit more) pounds, and the start of the new year is the start of a new resolve. Continue reading
The day after Christmas was going to be a Sunday, and EJ and I were taking leftovers to a friends house for a post Christmas pot luck get together. We did bring some leftovers, roasted vegetables that may yet find their way to a soup, but I wanted to make a Christmas soup, assuming that one existed. Actually lots of them exist, but this one, from Alton Brown, featured beans, kielbasa, and kale…and sounded great. It turns out to be both easy, and one of the best received soups I’ve made so far. When I served it out it was some time before any sound other than spoons scraping against bowls could be heard.
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