My Hot Soups
August 14th, 2010 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCooking I absolutely love this tender onion and cheese soup with a light hint of spices and dry white wine. It is very good choice for home dinner party or romantic dinner just for you two.
You can prepare most of the steps in advance (from step 1 to step 9), then pour soup to the bowls, add bread and cheese and put them to the oven right before serving. That will save you a bit of time and ensure every meal comes fresh and warm at the right time.
My advice would be to use home prepared broth, cooked with good quality beef, carrots, onions, parsley and celery for this soup. If you need some hints on how to prepare beef broth, follow these instructions.
Tags: bread, broth, cheese, dinner, french, garlic, onion, romantic, soup, sugar, wine
May 8th, 2010 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCookingThis bright green colored soup-purée (or cream soup) made of chicken, broccoli and some other vegies is probably the quickest to prepare soup I know.
It is also nutritious: loaded with healthy vegetables and white chicken meat, which are boiled, pureed and blended together for tasty creamy texture.
All that makes this soup very good choice not only for kids, but also for people who prefer soft food.
Tags: broccoli, carrot, celery root, chicken, cream, dinner, green food, kid food, onion, potato, poultry, puree, romantic, soft food, soup, soup puree
February 12th, 2010 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCooking Sauerkraut soup, also called sour schi, is a traditional russian main first course dish for several hundreds year.
Original recipes for schi (there are more that one: sour schi, grey schi, green schi) usually include some kind meat, some kind cabbage, carrots, potatoes and spices. Sour schi are prepared with sauerkraut or mix of sauerkraut and fresh cabbage.
I do cook schi with just sauerkraut and I prefer pork broth for sauerkraut schi, however you may use beef for it if you don’t like pork.
Tags: broth, carrot, dinner, lunch, onion, parsley root, pork, potato, russian, sauerkraut, soup
December 12th, 2009 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCooking In a lot of countries Christmas Eve dinner gathers whole family around one big table. Borscht with mushroom dumplings is the one of 12 dishes which usually are on that table by tradition in West Ukraine (by the way those dumplings are called “vushka” in ukrainian, which means “small ears”, I guess because of the shape).
Of course, because that is the Christmas Eve and Nativity Fast isn’t finished yet there is no meat used to prepare it: just vegetables and dried mushrooms. This borscht like the rest of the Christmas Eve’s traditional food is lenten, it is very tasty and isn’t heavy at all – most of the vegetables are used to prepare clear broth only and don’t get served with the borscht itself.
At first glance, it may look like cooking it is a bit of a hassle and time spending: so many steps (I’ve prepared 34 step-by-step pictures for this recipe!) and so many manipulations with different cooking utensils. However, you can complete preparation steps a day in advance – for example soak mushrooms, boil them or/and boil beets, you can even make dumplings a day before, freeze them and prepare the borscht next day. And then, nobody said you need to make everything yourself: involve your family into helping you! And have a Marry Christmas!
Tags: beet, borscht, carrot, celery root, christmas food, dinner, dumplings, kohlrabi, lenten, mushroom, onion, parsley root, polish, soup, ukrainian
October 24th, 2009 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCooking I think – and I hope you will agree with me – nothing tastes better in the cold fall weather than a bowl of hot soup. Make it a chicken soup and it will be hard for you to stop feeling warm and cozy even if outside it is raining since the last week.
Should I also mention what soups, especially chicken soups, are very good for the digestive system, especially if body is weakened by recently or ongoing illness. What can be better for the upcoming flu-season?
Lets gather the ingredients and make tasty noodle soup: Chicken Soup with Egg Linguine, it is really easy after all.
Tags: broth, carrot, chicken, lunch, noodles, parsley root, pasta, potato, poultry, soup
May 31st, 2009 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCookingBorscht (borsch, borshch) or beet root soup is very popular in a Eastern and Central Europe countries. Who of you didn’t hear about russian or ukrainian borscht?
It is one of 3 common things which usually come to people minds when they are asked about Russia or Ukraine. Well, other 2 would be: good looking girls and vodka, of course.
As you’ve probably noticed, this blog is about cooking (not about dating or drinking), so I will show you how to make Borscht (Beetroot Soup) in this post, please use Google to find more info on slavic brides or famous russian alcoholic beverages if you feel like this.
Tags: bean, beet, borscht, broth, cabbage, carrot, meat, onion, potato, russian, soup, tomato, ukrainian, vegetables
March 8th, 2009 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCookingEating soups is healthy, let’s make it also tasty!
Homemade beef broth, a lot of vegetables and meatballs, sounds good for me, what about you?
Tags: beef, bell pepper, broth, carrot, ground beef, ground meat, onion, parsley root, peas, potato, rice, soup, vegetables
