Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, parsnip. Ham, broccoli, collard greens, La Tur Italian cheese, Irish cheddar cheese, walnuts, lemon ginger burst juice, oats, garlic.
The La Tur was a groovy find: cheese made with the milk of cows, goats, and sheep. Whodathunk?
Mirepoix: yellow onion, yellow bell pepper, celery. Chicken breast, almond butter, morrel shroom, mango, turnip, potato, asparagus, portabella shroom, tomato paste, cumin, cinnamon, garlic, oregano, turmeric.
“When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. ‘What vanity,’ they screamed, ‘what insolence! Just think, it believes it can bring spring in this way!'” Nikos Kazantzakis
Mirepoix: white, red and yellow onion, red bell pepper, celery. Roasted franks, mystery greens, chopped pistachio, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, lime juice, sambal oelek, ghee, sesame oil.
Wonderful contrast of acid and heat.
“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.” Mao Zedong. Sounds like how I make soup.
Onion, celery, carrot, corn, peas, roasted chicken, cumin, pepper, Italian seasoning, brown rice, chili pepper
Michele very smartly used frozen peas and not those nasty grey limp insipid canned peas. Shudder.
“Peas baffled me. I could not understand why grown-ups would take things that tasted so good raw, and then put them in tins, and make them revolting.” Neil Gaiman
Standard mirepoix plus fennel. Ground turkey, cauliflower, trumpet royale mushroom, peanut butter, chopped pistachio, cumin, garlic, coriander, red pepper flakes
Had never heard of trumpet royale mushrooms, so in they went. Fun ingredient.
“If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it!” Nick Cave
Mirepoix: red onion, rainbow carrot, celery, orange bell pepper. Chicken and apple sausage, angus beef sausage, roasted portobello shroom, oyster shroom, cranberry, chopped walnut, black eyed pea, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, tomato bouillon, humus, cumin, parsley, chive, garlic, cinnamon, nutmeg
As Martin mentioned to me, this needed curds and turkey. Haw haw.
I love adding a bit of cinnamon to things. Such a fun unexpected flavor
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery. Pork pistachio pâté, potato, green bell pepper, chopped pistachio, pineapple, salsa, chevre, garlic, oregano, coriander, worcestershire sauce.
“You beat your pate and fancy wit will come. Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home.” Alexander Pope. I suppose he wasn’t speaking of pâté, but it’s fun to think he was.
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, green bell pepper. Chicken thigh, portabella shrooms, zucchini, crunchy peanut butter, coconut milk, cranberries, fresh basil, parsley, lime juice, red pepper flakes.
“If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.” Barry Goldwater
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot, fresh parsley. Flank steak, top round steak, roasted yellow squash, butternut squash, red green and orange bell peppers, peanut butter, cauliflower, chopped almonds, chives, worcestershire sauce, clove, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, garlic, honey
“While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man’s humanity to a man.” Maya Angelou
Chicken stock, barley, chopped almonds, peanut butter, kale, carrot, roasted red bell pepper, fish sauce, roasted chicken demi-glace, cayenne pepper, paprika, Tuscan white bean puree spread.
At times the boss man needs a super quick and easy soup when customer flow is heavy (sometimes it’s as simple as broth and canned chicken). So as my second soup of the day, I splashed this one out.
Basically throw ingredients into a pot and heat. But I just had to have some fun with it, hence the nuts.
“The Germans have sent some people forward to take our surrender.” Brig. Gen. McAuliffe replied, “nuts”.
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, carrot. Pulled pork, cauliflower, snap peas, roasted eggplant, cantaloupe, chopped roasted pistachios, garlic, lemon juice, fish sauce, parsley, Molly’s beef base.
Not quite a “round up the usual suspects” type of soup, I know. But I think Ilsa and Rick would have dug it.
Made today, 6/4/19
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, red bell pepper, carrot, poblano pepper, parsley. Beef, potato, asparagus, blue berries, chopped walnuts, fish sauce, worcestershire sauce, garlic, fresh oregano, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, sugar.
A blueberry by any other name would taste as sweet.
Made 5/21/19
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: yellow onion, green bell pepper, celery, parsley. Potato, Napa cabbage, mushroom, almond butter, butter, milk, flour, turmeric, ginger, green curry paste, fish sauce, cinnamon, sugar, red pepper flake.
I’d never heard of someone using almond butter in a soup, so in it went. Not any weirder than peanut butter.
Made 4/9/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, rainbow carrot (as the Rolling Stones say, “she’s like a rainbow”). Roasted zucchini, cauliflower, red pepper, portabella mushroom, peanut butter, lime juice, butter, mango vinegar, green onion, coriander, sambal oelek, curry powder, garlic, cinnamon.
Made 3/5/19
Standard mirepoix. Chicken, roasted eggplant, okra, red green and yellow bell pepper, asparagus, parsnip, peanut butter, coriander, cayenne pepper, garlic, cinnamon, curry powder, whipping cream, milk, lime juice.
Met Market packaged vegies are hit and miss. The parsnips in this soup were good–seasoned with rosemary, if a bit soft. But the prepared carrots and mirepoix taste weird. I think maybe they use vinegar or something else as a preservative. At any rate, by the time they get to us, they are acidic and stink. Go figure.
Adams Peanut Butter is good in soups. Others can be a bit too sugary.
Made 1/30/19
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery, fennel, red and green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers. Roasted chicken, roasted eggplant, zucchini, banana, peanut butter, cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, garlic.
Sometime you just gotta say, “what the fuq”.
Made 11/20/18
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