Category Archives: Soup/Stew
Mixed Bean Soup
My mother makes a stew with a bean mixture that she buys in her supermarket in Florida (Publix). The mix comes with a “flavor packet”, which she summarily discards. I’ve been looking for the beans in my supermarket and … Continue reading
Minestrone
“Minestrone” refers to any number of combinations of vegetable stews. I’ve made this stew with local (from last fall) red beans from a farm on the North Fork of Long Island. The beans were soaked overnight, then boiled for about … Continue reading
Mom’s Chicken Soup
There are some days on which nothing but a pot of chicken soup will satisfy. Despite the many subtly different ways I’ve learned to make chicken soup, this is the one that I always go back to–the one my mother made. This … Continue reading
White Bean and Broccoli Stem Soup
As we get pounded by blizzard after blizzard, I’ll keep making soups and stews–there’s just nothing I’d rather eat after shoveling snow for two hours! This soup makes use of a vastly underutilized vegetable–or I should say an underutilized … Continue reading
Pasta e Ceci
This is pure southern (Italian) comfort food and almost embarassingly easy to make. Chickpeas are one of the few canned items that I keep in my pantry and perhaps the only beans which I prefer canned over fresh. The reason is … Continue reading
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