Fall · soup

The Best Broccoli Soup for Soup Season

With mid-October upon us this week, hearty, comforting soups are on my mind for supper meals. My husband and I really love Soup season. I have a pretty big variety of soup recipes that I have made over and over through the years. Maybe part of the reason we enjoy them is because of the memories of cool nights our round oak table accented with dripping candles, my harvest-colored bowls, fall cloth napkins, and my playlist I named, “Autumn” playing on Alexa. It’s cozy, homey and inviting. Fall perfection.

A couple weeks ago I had some purchased some broccoli to make, “The Best Broccoli Soup.” I’ve shared this in the past, but like so many of my recipes, I had shared it with another recipe, and it didn’t get a good spotlight. I wanted to share it before your soup season gets rolling. This recipe feeds a family and is so cost-effective. The night I made this, my daughter and her family dropped in and I invited them so stay for dinner. There was plenty for the six of us.

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Appetizer · soup

The Favorite Thing I Ate at Christmas (and plan to repeat for New Year’s!)

The tastiest thing I made and ate at Christmas wasn’t part of the Christmas dinner, it was Christmas Eve when we have a simpler meal of soups, little sandwiches, cheese ball and cookies.

I made two soups this year – Sausage Corn Chowder and Chicken Gnocchi. I also made our traditional Party Ryes. What tasted especially good to me was the gnocchi and Party Ryes. The flavors, the textures, the deliciousness in those two menu items was unforgettable!

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Chicken · Comfort Food · Fast meal · soup

Creamy Chicken & Rice Soup

It was one of those days that were extremely busy and I decided to purchase a rotisserie chicken at Sam’s Club for our supper. When I got home with it, I wanted to take that chicken breast and turn it into something really savory. The search I did on Pinterest led me to a favorite site – Sally’s Baking Addiction. She has some incredible recipes that I’ve tried in the past and this one did not disappoint, either! My pictures don’t give this soup an accurate representation. Why not? Because it was so good, I ate half of my portion and THEN remembered to snap a photo! (Any other bloggers relate?)

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Main entree · soup

Spicy Pumpkin Soup – A Different Angle on Pumpkin Spice!

I am not one who has jumped on the “Pumpkin Spice Everything” Bandwagon!  I like pumpkin just fine in a few things, but I’m not even crazy about the pumpkin spice creamers that most are wild over.  

So, when I saw a recipe for Spicy Pumpkin Soup in a Southern Living magazine, I was quite skeptical.  However, once I looked over the ingredients, I could tell that the pumpkin was not the main flavor in the soup.  It has chicken broth  that smooths out the pumpkin flavor.  And rather than the spices that make pumpkin pie, the spice added is the heat of a chili pepper and adobo sauce.  

The little bit of heat makes it perfect!  It also has smoked sausage, which I love, and black beans added to it, to round it out.  The result?  A lovely, creamy, soup that doesn’t shout pumpkin spice at you!

Here’s the recipe from Southern Living.

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