Albóndigas means meatballs in Spanish. So Albóndigas soup means meatball soup. But it’s so much more than just meatball soup. It’s got great flavorful broth that tastes of cumin, chipotle and oregano with shredded rice, carrots and zucchini. Seriously, I almost don’t even need the meatballs but they were pretty awesome too with some garlic…
Cheesy, Chunky Cauliflower Soup
One unfortunate side effect of getting the family together for the holidays is getting the family’s germs together too. It seems that every holiday season I fall victim to the season’s latest respiratory virus. This season was no different, the last day of my two week vacation I woke up in the middle of the…
Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Goat Cheese
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of my weekends in our hometown of Ely. When Sunday afternoon rolls around, I find it harder and harder to leave so I usually stall by parking myself on a bar stool at my favorite establishment, The Boathouse Brewpub & Restaurant. Since I eventually have to drive 4 hours…
Broccoli Cheese (& Carrot) Soup
Growing up our mom used to make steamed broccoli and carrots that she would top with American cheese and cover it until it melted. As Tory mentioned in her Roasted Broccoli post, this is the only way she used to like broccoli. It also happened to be one of my favorite vegetables; I think the…
Fresh from the Garden Tomato Soup
I grew tomatoes in containers on my deck for the first time this summer, and boy was I surprised at how many I got. I’ve been trying to come up with different uses for all of them and figured that it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t include fresh tomato soup in my experiments. I…
Chicken Wild Rice Soup
It was a typical August weekend in Minnesota. The weather was in the mid-eighties, it was sunny, and humid – like stepping out the door felt like stepping into a sauna- humid. And the husband was gone. So what did I decide to do? I made soup. Yes, you heard me right and before you…
