Mirepoix: red onion, celery, organic carrot, fresh garlic. Ham, egg, red and green bell pepper, corn, cream corn, corn starch, ginger, lemon ginger burst juice, black pepper.
Another one of those, “why the heck not” soups–hadn’t heard of protein in an egg drop soup before, so had to try it. Turned out pretty pleasant.
Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, parsnip, celery. Beef top round steak, top sirloin, pork sausage, goat cheese, parsnip, crimini shroom, bean dip bowl, refried beans, black beans, corn, tomato, tomato paste, pineapple, lemon ginger burst juice, garlic, pico de gallo, mild salsa, beef bouillon, tomato bouillon.
This was a hoot to make–the guiding principle was “why not?”
Onion, celery, carrot, green pepper, chicken, corn, rice, tomato, chili powder, cumin.
Michele concocted this tasty treat.
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, celery. Chicken thigh, freshly grated ginger, corn, mini-elbow macaroni, milk, honey mustard, parsley.
“Any administration foolish enough to call ketchup a vegetable cannot be expected to cut the honey mustard.” John Glenn, misquoted.
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, red bell pepper, carrot, garlic. Ham, Greek yogurt, mushroom, potato, corn, whole wheat penne, apple, more onions, okra, more carrots, cumin, rice wine vinegar, fresh basil, chive.
Martin’ Hellenistic adventure. I love the use of okra.
We owe so much to Greek philosophy:
Onion, roasted corn, potato, cream, cream cheese, prepared mashed potatoes, coconut milk, rosemary, dill, garlic, butter, potato starch.
I first encountered potage in Tokyo, where it’s quite popular. Seemed a nice simple corn soup that I could jazz up a bit.
“I’m old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.” Taj Mahal
Carrot, onion, celery, shrimp, cod, potato, tomato, corn, rice, chives, Italian seasoning, coriander, butter.
Michele was working on a pretty good cod chowder when out of the blue Chuck, another worker here, brought her a bag of shrimp. Rejoice in the kismet.
“O cold! O shivery! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once.” James Joyce
Onion, carrot, potato, tomato, cod, corn,milk, Parmesan, butter, Italian seasoning, dill.
Michele came out swinging with this one. I love the addition of Parmesan cheese and tomato. Num!
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery. Bacon, roasted butternut squash, corn, hondashi, half and half, turmeric, paprika, garlic.
Used the rendered bacon fat to sweat the mirepoix.
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper“, as said Francis Bacon.
Made 9/25/18
Mirepoix: sadly just yellow onions. Pre-cooked flavored beef (slight Asian taste), tomato, corn, craisons, prunes, cumin, garlic, allspice, cinnamon, beef bouillon, flour.
Beef ahoy. Very savory, but with the prunes and craisons, I think there was a nice balance. An Ayatollah favorite.
Made 8/14/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, yellow bell pepper. Ground beef, potato, corn, fresh marjoram, garlic, parsley, butter, flour.
Often the ground beef we get is in the form of a howitzer shell, half frozen. I cut my thumb trying to get into this bag of fat, and had to go to the emergency care clinic up the road. I had walked half the way there when I noticed I still had my apron on.
At any rate Camille my partner took over what I had prepped. I hear it was fine.
Made 8/15/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red and green bell pepper, carrot. Roasted mushroom, potato, corn, cream corn, zucchini, parmasen cheese, fire roasted corn salsa, nacho salsa, garlic, fish sauce.
Probably should have added some potato starch.
“The only soup we have to fear is soup itself“.
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper (the “Hot Holy Trinity”). Roasted corn, cauliflower, potato, garlic, dill, thyme.
The little bite from the jalapeno did the trick. Well received.
Made 8/22/18
Red onion, carrot, tomato, ground pork, black beans, corn, taco seasoning.
Made by Michele, my Tuesday soup-making partner.
Totally fun soup–like a chili seasoned with taco seasoning. Yum!
Made today, 6/4/19
Mirepoix: white onion, red bell pepper, poblano pepper. Broccoli, corn, salsa verde, hondashi, garlic.
Often at the food bank, cooking soup is like clearing out the pantry. There was salsa verde. Why the heck not put it in a soup?
Made 9/19/18
Mirepoix: carrot, yellow onion, green bell pepper, celery, garlic. Ground turkey, zucchini, corn, fresh mint, fresh basil.
The erosion of judicial power. Sigh. But the mint really brightened things up.
Made 9/5/18
Mirepoix: white onion, poblano pepper, red bell pepper. Chicken, zucchini, corn, cauliflower, flour, sage, lime juice, hondashi bonito bouillon, garlic, black pepper.
I really wish we had more hondashi. It gives such an umami umph.
Made 9/19/18
Mirepoix: leek, yellow onion, fennel, carrot, celery, red bell pepper. Chicken, zucchini, portobello mushroom, corn, dumpling, almond butter, worcesterhire sauce, dill, cayenne pepper, minced garlic.
Dumplings were hand-made with milk, flour, parsley flakes, and dried basil.
made 4/24/19
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, red and green bell pepper. Corn, potato, prepared mashed potato, milk, fried onion, ginger, turmeric, garlic.
If you’re wondering why some of my soups don’t look quite done, it’s because they will be reheated the following day and finished then. We shoot for about 80% completed on the day we cook.
Made 3/20/19
Mirepoix: red onion, red and green pepper. Collard greens, corn, cauliflower, spaetzle (German egg noodles), lime juice, worcestershire sauce.
Don’t see collards too often, so of course in they went.
The noodles almost look like tripe. Man, that would be a fun ingredient to use, wouldn’t it?
Mirepoix: red onion, green and red bell peppers. Salumi sausage, black beans, corn, zucchini, tomato, salsa, cinnamon, nutmeg, garlic, honey.
Once again we had donations of Salumi sausage–very cool.
Made 3/19/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, parsnip, yellow bell pepper, garlic. Broccoli, purple kale, corn, fish sauce, marjoram, sage.
Added the herbs directly to the mirepoix.
Made 2/27/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, poblano pepper, bell pepper, carrot. Brussels sprouts, roasted corn, roasted zucchini, fresh rosemary, lime juice, garlic.
Doesn’t look like much, but it wasn’t too bad. The lime juice really brightened it up.
Made 1/23/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, poblano pepper. Beef, tomato, roasted corn, canned corn, black bean, pinto bean, Met Market hot salsa, chili powder, cinnamon, nutmeg.
Made 1/23/19
Regular mirepoix. Potato, prepared mashed potato, yellow bell pepper, milk, coconut milk, sweet coconut flakes, corn, mushroom, cauliflower, feta cheese, fish sauce, flour, marjoram, dill, garlic, fried garlic.
Would have been nice to have green peppers to make the color scheme more interesting. Alas we had none.
Made 1/2/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, bell pepper, poblano chili. Potato, zucchini, portobello mushroom, crimini mushroom, corn, mild salsa, milk, tomato bouillon, garlic, cumin, nutmeg, clove, tabasco sauce.
Viva sopa.
Made 11/14/18.
Mirepoix: yellow bell peppers, carrot, yellow onion. Green beans, roasted yellow pepper, corn, tomato, fish sauce, garlic, bay leave, Chinese plum sauce.
Another situation where I went by the condiments shelf, saw the plum sauce and thought, “what the hay, yeah!” I’d never used it but it sounded fun.
Made 11/13/18
Mirepoix: red onion, red bell pepper, celery, baby bok choi. Chicken, collard greens, corn, garlic.
The chicken was seasoned with…something. Had a little bite to it, so that’s cool. That’s the way it is at a food bank: we use what’s given.
I love collards.
Made 11/7/18
Regular mirepoix. Portobello mushrooms, crimini mushrooms, turmeric-ginger milk, whipping cream, potato, hominy, carrot, corn, ginger
Happy Halloween!
Another situation where I thought, “what the hades is this?” It was milk laced with turmeric and ginger. Too weird to pass up. Wish we had more fresh ginger, but as I’ve said before, we are at the mercy of our donors.
Made 10/31/18
Regular mirepoix. Roasted cauliflower, corn, kale, fish sauce, tomato buillon, sage, garlic.
The roasting made all the difference. Oof crappy photo, though.
Made 10/17/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, green bell pepper, milk, corn starch, potato, corn, shiitake, eggplant, thyme, dill, garlic.
Pretty straightforward. Probably would have been better if I had sauteed the shrooms in butter first, but oh well.
Made 10/3/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, carrot. Corn, potato, fish sauce, milk, flour, garlic, fresh tarragon.
Pretty simple, but man tarragon goes great in a chowder.
Made 9/26/18
Mirepoix: red, yellow, and white onion, carrot, green pepper. Black beans, corn, tomato (both fresh and canned), figs, jarred mole sauce, chicken breast and thigh, glace de poulet (roast chicken stock), sugar, garlic, salt
The lid on the mole sauce wouldn’t come off, so I had to knife through the top. To little avail, as the sauce had hardened at the bottom of the jar. Had to dig it out with a spoon. Oh well.
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