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Beat the Winter Woes with Mushroom Barley Soup 

November 28, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

You don’t need vegetable broth to make this mushroom barley soup. It’s simple to make but substantial to eat. The barley gives it body and thickness, the mushrooms, both fresh and dried, deliver rich flavor, oomph and umami.

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Gazpacho — What a Cool Idea! 

June 6, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Two tomatoes hanging on a vine.

Juicy, ripe tomatoes, cooling cukes, sweet peppers, a kiss of sassy garlic — all the makings of a  refreshing salad that’s rainbow-bright for Pride Month. But the Spanish had an even more refreshing idea — whizz all the vegetables together in a blender, and you have a cool no-cook soup made for summer. Hello, gazpacho….

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: cold soup, cucumbers, cukes, garlic, gazpacho, soup, tomatoes

Cheer up: Soothing Soup for Taxing Times

April 18, 2022 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

These are challenging times. Even the superheroes among us are feeling it. On top of which, it’s tax deadline day. So it’s all the more important we nourish our bodies and our spirits. A simple meal like this lentil soup offers nourishment and grace. It adds uplift and support so you feel ready to get…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Mint and Pepita Pesto, Red Lentil Soup with Spinach

Curried Sweet Potato Soup

January 17, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Share a little love with those around you when you offer a bowl of curried sweet potato soup. “The world is all messed up,” observed Martin Luther King Jr. the night before he was assassinated. Half a century later, it’s still messed up. It’s impossible to undo the pain caused by a single act of…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: carrots, curry, soup, sweet potato

Keeping it Cool with Ajo Blanco

July 19, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

It’s July in Miami, and the temperatures are crazy-hot pretty much everywhere. Cool things down with Spain’s summer classic, Ajo Blanco. It translates literally as white garlic, but don’t panic, the garlic flavor is mild in this chilled soup, and the texture is lush and velvety, thanks to almonds and old bread. Ajo Blanco, aka…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: bread, garlic, raw almonds

Vegan Harira for Ramadan

April 12, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Vegan Harira

Vegan Harira is made with nourishing ingredients making it the perfect soup for breaking a fast. Ramadan begins tonight at sundown. It’s strangely early this year, but as ever, it’s 30 days of reflection and prayer, of fasting from dawn to dusk, of returning to yourself and your family, a time to pledge your faith…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, soups Tagged With: harira, Moroccan soup, Ramadan, Vegan Harira

Three Lowcountry Women — Preserving History and Making it

March 8, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Tomato Corn Green Lima and Okra Soup in a bowl. Photo by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn

Among my culinary crushes, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor stands tall.  She stood tall in real life, too. She was as statuesque and extroverted as I am short and nervous. We met in the pages of her 1970 cookbook/memoir, Vibration Cooking or The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. I’d never heard of Geechee before, and like the…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Random Notes and thoughts, soups, Uncategorized Tagged With: corn, green lima, lima bean, oakra, soup, tomato

Pappa Al Pomodoro: A New Life for Old Bread | Conscious Cookery Day 6

April 10, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Pappa Al Pomodoro is a soup for everyone made with old bread and bursting with flavor. This soup is a great way to reduce waste and increase consciousness. Before Covid-19 changed our world, many Americans were avidly anti-bread, following Paleo, Keto and gluten-free diets.  Sheltering in place has brought out everyone’s inner baker. It’s as…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: basil, bread, greens, soup, tomato, vegan

Just Add Water – Cocina Povera | Conscious Cookery Day 4

March 26, 2020 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

We waste up to half our food in this country.  This is unacceptable in the best of times and now, in this time of lockdown, well, just don’t do it. Give produce bits and bobs the second chance they deserve. Make vegetable broth and agua fresca for free. Free. Do I have to say it…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Random Notes and thoughts, soups Tagged With: broth, cookery, food waste, soup, stock, stock pot, vegetable, veggie, zero waste

My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Adeena Sussman

December 2, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Adeena Sussman knows what you want to eat. Tapping into others’ gastronomic yearnings is her superpower.  She’s done it with numerous co-authors including Chrissy Teigen, with whom Sussman partnered for Teigen’s bestselling cookbooks Cravings and Cravings: Hungry For More. In Sababa, Sussman’s first solo effort, the food passions are her own.  Sababa is Israeli slang…

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe, LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Adeena Sussman, Freekeh Vegetable Soup, Sababa

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