Tomato bisque

thediypanda:

Ingredients

• 2 pounds tomatoes
• 2 cubes beef bouillon, crumbled
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 quart milk

Directions

1. Run the tomatoes…

like mother, like daughter: mom! there are peas in my soup!

This looks oh so yummy!

cookingwithmom:

and it’s like heaven. here’s a recipe we found in Saveur for cold soup that will trick any one, adult and child alike, into eating their vegetables.

i love soup so much, and i’ve always hated the three month soup hiatus known as summer…until now. so why not share the recipe? look at it, make it,…

Minestrone

Minestrone (Recipe #3)

Rate: Super Easy

I call minestrone my “default” soup. Not only is it easy to make, one could actually dump in it whatever vegetables, beans and meat you have available. Minestrone always happen whenever I have to clean the fridge. You know what it’s like, there’s like half of everything: cucumber, zucchini, carrots, sausage, everything! I live and cook for myself most of the time, so I tend to “save” ingredients. I hate throwing out half of, say, a carrot; those “halves” are all kept in the fridge.

Ingredients:

vegetables: zucchini, potatoes, cucumber, carrots, bell pepper, squash/pumpkin, beans or peas, tomato

herbs: basil, oregano, parsley

broth: tomato sauce, chicken/beef broth

meat (whatever is available): bacon, salted ham, chorizo, corned beef, etc.

pasta: uncooked macaroni

ground pepper

onion, slice

garlic

olive oil

salt

Preparation:

Dice the veggies and meats. Be sure they are approximately the same size.

Saute garlic, onion and tomato in olive oil. Add the bell pepper, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, cooked beans or peas. Saute a little, then add the broth. Bring to a boil, then add the pasta, basil and oregano. Cook until pasta is done.

Season with salt and pepper. One last boil and serve. Drizzle olive oil before serving. You may also garnish with parsley and bacon/sausage bits. Serve with garlic bread of course. =)

Recipe #3

Adventures of a Twig: Salmon cream soup - 14, July, 2011

sparrowed7:

Sometime last week I had told Tinus’s mom about a soup I like to make that I thought she would enjoy. It is creamy, kind of reminiscent of a “chowder”, and has salmon in it. She said it sounded good and that I should make it if I wanted to. I was all for this, but it is definitely a cold weather…