Heitor’s Sausage Soup

Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Pork sausage, zucchini, yellow squash, sauteed crimini mushroom, black olive, fresh and canned tomato, enchilada sauce, cumin, garlic, red pepper flake, cocoa powder, cinnamon, clove, parsley, coffee.

The earthy tones of the coffee deepened this nicely.

“Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?” Steven Wright

Artemis Chicken Soup

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Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery. Grilled chicken breast, chicken pate, crimini mushroom, oyster mushroom, Swiss chard, roasted eggplant, zucchini, fresh mint, tomato bouillon, garlic, cumin, fresh basil, worcestershire sauce, feta cheese, green olive, tomato paste, pesto.

The Greek goddess of wilderness, wild animals, and hunting. Isn’t something wrong when the goddess of animals is also the goddess of hunting?

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Greek Chicken Soup

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Mirepoix: shallot, yellow onion, celery, carrot, red bell pepper. Chicken thighs, feta cheese, roasted peppers, eggplant, green olives, fish sauce, tarragon, parsley flakes.

The feta really brought this off.

“Chicken soup – what a blessing…for the mind to dwell a world away from pain.”  Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. Sort of.

Maltese Halibut Stew

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Standard mirepoix. Halibut, tomato, green bell pepper, yellow squash, black olive, garlic scape, worcestershire sauce, honey, sugar, balsamic vinegar, basil, parsley, garlic, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove

Halibut, the Lexus of fish–luxurious yet costly. Just one of the jewels that our donors sometimes send us.

Mussolini’s Tomato Stew

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, green and red bell pepper, poblano pepper, carrot, parsley. Roasted zucchini, fresh tomato, kalamata olives, capers, morel mushroom, crimini mushroom, eggplant tapenade, worcesterhire sauce, balsamic vinegar, sugar, fresh oregano, fresh basil, garlic.

” Romanes eunt domus”

More morels. The earth shakes!

Made 4/17/19

Mediterranean Tomato Soup

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Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Seeded roma tomatoes, canned whole tomatoes (Cento–with sauce)(mushed by hand), cannellini beans, tomato paste, tomato bouillon, more celery, eggplant tapenade, Kalamata olives, capers, fish sauce, oregano, chives, Italian dressing, sugar

I usually deseed tomatoes, otherwise it’s too bitter. As per the eggplant tapenade, it was there, so I used it. I’ll use whatever weird ingredient that’s available.

Made 10/30/18