Soups
19 June 2009 by
Jean Johnson
It started with Cucumber Melon Soup in Cooking Beyond Measure (page 105)--this business of whizzing up delicious concoctions in the blender.
Historically, of course, my affair with blended things began with smoothies in the Sixties--the old faithful banana-yogurt-honey-wheat germ routine. Given such a sagacious history, it hasn't been ...
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28 March 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Soupy Soup, a dish from Cooking Beyond Measure, is named after the elderly lady doggie who used to live next door. The spring day I first pulled the soup together, the weather was warm enough to draw me and my bowl outside. Who was waiting by the daffodils but the ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Flash Cooking, Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Lunches, Soups, Spring, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter | 3 Comments »
31 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
It's been a year to date that cucumber melon soup first got mention here on the blog. No wonder, cucumbers are hanging heavy on the vines and spilling out of produce bins everywhere when harvest rolls around. So too, the melons--sweet, ripe, and fragrant at summer's end.
Not really a surprise then, that ...
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22 August 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Our dear Cooking Beyond Measure has arrived at last, and along with her beaming mother, her aunties and uncles are loving this new member of the family. She's such a sweetie she already has nicknames--Beyond Measure came first and now some are simply calling her Beyond.
By whatever name, she's off ...
Posted in Drinks, Measure Free News, Measurefree Cooking, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, Soups, Summer, Thrift, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
15 February 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Beets. So red in their heart of hearts. Even yellow beets seem to speak of love this time of year.
Be(ets) My Valentine Soup
Recipe Note
All it takes to make this ultrafast soup is boiling some beets, slipping their skins off and carving them into wedges, flash cooking ...
Posted in Fall, Holidays, Lunches, Playing with Your Food, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, Soups, Thrift, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Whole Grains, Winter | 3 Comments »
9 January 2008 by
Jean Johnson
This takes me back to Bangkok where I watched the gracious Daeng Arporn Punlert make tom yam goong, or hot and sour shrimp soup, many times. Here's what I wrote down one day while she was in action:
Hot and Sour Thai Soup
Recipe Note
Boil the shells from your prawns in a pot ...
Posted in Culti-Multi Food, Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Putting Up Food, Scratch Cooking, Soups, Vegetables | 5 Comments »
1 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
I'm half Norwegian, and we love cold salmon and cucumbers. Still, when fall starts to bluster, there's nothing like chowder.I made the one pictured just for myself out of fish left over from roasted salmon.
Salmon Chowder
Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 108
This takes all of five minutes if you have some roasted ...
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