Warm Comfort: A Tale of Potato and Smoked Sausage Soup
Category: Soups and Stocks
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I’m a big fan of split pea and ham soup. The color is a little off-putting, I mean, it’s green goo with little cubes of ham. However, it’s delicious and hearty, great for cold weather, kinda warms you from the inside. My leftover spiral cut ham and split pea soup is delicious. So, in my…
The slow cooker is an essential kitchen tool. A little bit of prep work, set it and forget it, dinner is ready when you come back. Be it a work day, play day or even overnight. It’s extremely versatile, it’s really amazing what you can cook. In this particular case, some turkey meat and lentils,…
We live in an instant society, everything right now. And the same attitude is applied to our culinary desires. That’s why there’s a drive through on every block. There’s call ahead, place the order on the way, when you get there, your prepared food is waiting for you, and brought to your car window. Personally,…
I’ve been writing my blog for about 2 1/2 years now, I do all the things I’m supposed to. Search engine optimization, so google can find me. A newsletter to build readership. There are quite a few pieces to the puzzle, however, everything comes down to content. Is this recipe what people want? are they…
Wednesday night, getting home in a rainstorm, and, now to figure out dinner. It’s nights like this that I wish I’d put up the slow cooker. Walk into an beautiful smelling house with something hot ready to eat. Unfortunately not this night. But I still feel like a hearty stew, let me see what I…
I’m a foodie, I love all types of food, However, I have come to appreciate peasant food. Peasant food is cheap food. This is the case with Mondongo. A stew made from tripe, pork shoulder and beans. The pork shoulder is cheap cut of meat, and, the tripe is offal, and, that’s a hard sell…
What’s the difference between soup and stew? Nothing in the flavor, only the amount of liquid, soups have more, stews are thicker and heartier. I love them both, but, sometimes I don’t have the time to create that rich flavor that comes from cooking for hours. However, there is a secret, use broth not water,…
Lately I’ve been looking for alternatives to high carb veggies, and, with the rutabaga, I’ve found a good one. I grew up eating rutabaga, mum usually would mash it. But in England I knew it as a swede. So today I made rutabaga and Italian sausage stew, it was really delicious, so, I thought I’d…