Category: Soups

  • Matzo Balls for Matzo Ball Soup

    Recipe 4 large eggs 1 tsp Salt ½ tsp Black Pepper, ground 2 TBL Parsley, chopped ¼ cup Schmaltz (chicken fat), or melted shortening ¼ cup Chicken Stock 1 ¼ cup Matzo crackers, ground In a medium bowl whisk eggs.  Add salt, pepper, parsley, schmaltz and chicken stock and mix until incorporated.  Add Matzo meal…

  • Simple Chicken Stock for Soups

    Recipe ½ a Chicken 2 medium Carrots 3 stalks Celery 1 large Leek 1 small Yellow or White Onion 4 cloves Garlic 2 – inch piece of Ginger 8-10 sprigs Parsley 20 cups Water Cut a whole chicken in half, rinse and place the chicken in a large stock pot.  Peel carrots and cut into…

  • Tomato Head’s White Bean Chili

    Yum White Bean Chili Recipe   2 cups dry White Beans, checked for stones and soaked overnight ¼ cup Oil ½ cup Onion, chopped 3 large cloves Garlic, minced, about 2 TBL 1 large Poblano Pepper, seeded and chopped 4 cups Water or Chicken Broth 1 cup Cooked Chicken, white and or dark meat shredded…

  • Kimchee Soup

    Yum Recipe ¾ cup onion, chopped 2 TBL garlic, chopped ½ cup ginger, chopped 3 TBL Oil 1 cup kimchee, chopped 3 TBL Gochujang 4 cups water 3 TBL soy sauce 1 tsp black soy sauce ½ tsp five spice powder 3 tsp sugar 1TBL Sriracha 2 cups Napa cabbage, chopped 1 tsp sesame oil…

  • Tomato Head’s White Bean Kale Butternut Squash Stew

    Yum White Bean, Butternut Squash & Kale Soup Recipe   1 cup navy beans, dry ¼ cup oil ¾ cup onion, chopped 1 tbsp garlic, chopped 2 cups butternut squash, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 1 cup fennel tops and fronds chopped 1 – 14 oz. can petit diced tomatoes 4 cups water…

  • Pumpkin Poblano Soup

    ¼ cup vegetable oil ½ a medium onion, 3-inch piece of ginger, chopped, about 3 TBL 1 small poblano pepper, roasted, seeded, peeled, diced 2 cups packed roasted Pumpkin ½ habanero roasted (optional if you like it really spicy) 1.5 tsp salt 1.5 cup water ½ cup heavy cream Rinse poblano pepper and habanero, if…

  • Tomato Head’s Red Lentil and Bulgur Soup

    Bulgur. I hate to admit it, but there’s something about that word that puts me off.  Maybe it’s because it sounds like vulgar or because in the years before my food awakening I had no idea what it was and just assumed that I’d hate it.  It’s safer if you don’t try things, right? Of…

  • Turnip Soup

    As far as I can tell, there are still people who don’t quite know what to do with a turnip.  Turnip greens have a more certain presence for Southern eaters, but the bulbous root itself doesn’t seem to command a great deal of attention.  And when it does find its way into the average pot,…

  • Roasted Pumpkin and Poblano Pepper Soup

      It’s about that time, you know, when the Great Pumpkin descends and showers candy and other goodies upon cute little ghouls, goblins, superheroes, a handful of witches and miniaturized versions of the walking dead.  And there are larger folks, sometimes also dressed in strange attire roaming about, too, herding the little bands of the…

  • National Grilled Cheese Day

    In my personal pantheon of comfort foods, a grilled cheese ranks in the top tier of edible idols. And, despite the legion of silly food holidays, this sammie not only warrants a national day of observance, it really ought to have its own month.  It’s a particularly cozy comestible because it begins so simply with…