Every fall I am overwhelmed by a desire to surround myself by pumpkins and winter squashes, one of the most enduring symbols of autumn’s bounty. Every year I make pumpkin soup. Every year Mr. Homesteader eats the soup politely but, I must admit, not that enthusiastically. Knowing his love of exotic flavors, I’ve tried lots [...]
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The most basic pumpkin soup: creamy, rich, sweet, and savory
Posted in appetizer, butternut squash, comfort food, Cooking And Baking, cream, dinner, dinner, farmer's market, Food, frugal living, gardening, garlic, ginger, herbs, pumpkin, recipes, soup, sweet things, vegetarian, winter squash, tagged dinner, Food, pumpkin, recipes, soup on November 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Sometimes, the simplest is the best: tomato-zucchini soup
Posted in Cooking And Baking, cream, dinner, dinner, Dutch oven, Food, garlic, herbs, recipes, soup, summer squash, tomato, zucchini, tagged cooking, Food, recipe, recipes on October 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight I wanted something light to go with open-faced chicken salad sandwiches. I had beautiful fresh zucchini from the garden, babied through our first frost with a blanket. I had cherry tomatoes but opted not to use them; instead I opened a can of organic diced tomatoes. This soup is so simple but so good. [...]
Tuscan Minestrone with petite meatballs (or without)
Posted in beans, bread, carrots, cast iron, cheese, Cooking And Baking, dinner, dinner, Dutch oven, Food, frugal living, garlic, health, herbs, Italian, onions, recipes, slow cooker recipe, soup, turkey, vegetarian, whole grains, zucchini, tagged dinner, economy, Food, health, recipes on October 4, 2010 | 15 Comments »
When doctors and nutritionists point to the healthiness of the “Mediterranean diet,” too many people think, “Oh, I can eat lasagna loaded with cheese and meat and be healthy.” I do believe that there are times for lasagna, but I know that even made with whole grains and organic products or even spinach that it’s [...]
Cream of Tomato Soup, from the garden
Posted in carrots, comfort food, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, cream, CSA, farmer's market, herbs, leeks, locavore, onions, organic food, organic gardening, soup, tomato, tagged dinner, Food, recipes, soup on September 20, 2010 | 23 Comments »
I don’t remember having creamy tomato soup that often as a kid, but I do remember how comforting a can of Campbell’s could be as I moved out on my own and couldn’t afford much else. Today creamy tomato soup still speaks comfort to me, but I quit that red can long ago in favor [...]
Gazpacho: Red Gold for a Hot Summer Day
Posted in appetizer, chard, chile, cucumber, gardening, garlic, herbs, peppers, soup, summer, sweet pepper, tomato, tagged dinner, Food, health, photography, recipes, soup, summer on August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Temperatures and humidity in Arkansas have dropped from deadly to merely oppressive, but we’re still running above normal. Therefore, this weekend I made one of my favorite summer soups, gazpacho. Gazpacho is a tomato soup made entirely of fresh and raw ingredients, and it refreshes and rejuvenates you as you eat it. A friend once [...]
The Whole Chicken = frugal living + bonus recipe: chicken tortilla soup
Posted in chicken, chile, cilantro, corn, dinner, dinner, Food, frugal living, herbs, onions, organic food, peppers, peppers, recipes, soup, tomato, tagged dinner, Diy, economy, Food, recipe, recipes, soup on July 29, 2010 | 13 Comments »
If you’re trying to live frugally, try buying a whole chicken. A whole chicken has not only meat but the makings of wonderful stock, and the sum of its parts and the stock are worth much, much more than you’ll pay for the whole bird. This is one of the ways that we afford to [...]
Spicy Asian Veggie, Chicken, and Coconut Milk Noodle Bowl
Posted in Asian food, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, chile, cilantro, coconut, Cooking And Baking, CSA, dinner, dinner, eggplant, farmer's market, Food, leeks, mushrooms, organic food, organic gardening, pasta, peas, recipes, red pepper, red peter pepper, rice, seafood, shrimp, snow pea, soup, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight we had huge noodle bowls for dinner, relying on fresh produce and poultry from our back yard or Conway Locally Grown. These noodle bowls are packed with veggies, spice, and cooling coconut milk (which, alas, is not local at all). Unfortunately, after I planned the dish, I discovered that my neglected fresh ginger was [...]
Beautiful Bowls
Posted in animals, appetizer, Food, soup, spinach, tagged animals, blogs, Food, recipes, soup on April 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last week tax day was made so much happier for me when I learned I had won a bonus prize from Polly’s Path at Blogspot. I featured Polly’s Path and especially her animals earlier last week. When I got home from my off-homestead job on Monday, I found a box with two carefully wrapped bowls. [...]
Roast Turkey and Wild Rice Soup with leeks, carrots, celery, beans, and chile
Posted in acorn squash, apple, beans, butter, carrots, celery, chicken, chile, Community Supported Agriculture, cranberries, CSA, frugal living, health, herbs, leeks, locavore, rice, soup, whole grains, winter squash, tagged cooking, dinner, economy, family, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re still polishing off the wonderful pasture-raised turkey that I got from Falling Sky Farm for Thanksgiving. You may remember that we ate a lot of turkey eat fresh then, but I also broke it down enough immediately to freeze some in various serving sizes. Today I’m going to use about four ounces of the turkey along [...]
Winter Tonic: spring-green creamy spinach soup
Posted in appetizer, cheese, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, soup, spinach, tagged dinner, Food, recipes, soup, spinach, spinach soup on February 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If you’re like me, winter starts to wear you down after a while. One of the best winter boosts for me is bright green, fresh tasting spinach soup. Wait! Don’t turn up your nose at this soup just because the star of the show is spinach. My father had always hated “cooked spinach,” until he [...]
