Soups

Bowls of various legumes (chickpeas, green peas, red lentils, canadian lentils, indian lentils, black lentils, green lentils; yellow peas, green mung beans) on wooden background

Mushroom Chowder

By Lauren | March 7, 2018

An  adaption of Heidi Swanson’s Mixed Mushroom Soup, 101 Cookbooks Blog If you are a mushroom lover like me, THIS is your soup. It’s a cold drizzly day outside but my kitchen feels so cozy…

Broccoli Soup

By Lauren | January 2, 2018

Sometimes we are blessed by what little we have, as was recently my experience. It was the end of the week, and I needed to put together one more meal with the remnants of all…

Heidi Swanson’s Leek Soup With Hazelnuts

By Lauren | April 18, 2017

If you could prepare only one more soup before spring weather turns to summer this would be my suggestion. I turned to Heidi Swanson for help when an abundance of gorgeous spring leeks filled my…

Lauren’s Kitchen: A Simple Soup of Lentils

By Lauren | December 25, 2015

Here’s a wonderful way to keep your time in the kitchen to a minimum AND have a delicious bowl of goodness to serve up for your evening meal. I first learned to cook lentils from…

Lauren’s Kitchen: Hubele Family Kohlrabi Soup

By Lauren | November 21, 2015

So, long ago, back in an earlier chapter of my life, I taught at Heidelberg American High and after a full day of reigning in teenagers I spent my evenings trying to keep up with…

Lauren’s Kitchen: Chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup with Mango Salsa

By Lauren | August 6, 2015

Most of August, I just can’t imagine turning on anything that might raise the temperatures one more degree in the house. When you are experiencing one of those days you will thank me for sharing…

Lauren’s Kitchen: Chef Kelly’s Avocado Lime Soup

By Lauren | May 4, 2015

In my May newsletter I introduced the talented Chef Kelly Ritter who is an expert in plant based eating and nutrition. I’m so happy to have the opportunity to share one of Chef Kelly’s original…

Lauren’s Kitchen: Soup Not Salad

By Lauren | February 23, 2015

My plan today was to be posting a series of my favorite salad dressings that I make in batches but look at this weather! While I hope you are eating plenty of salad it’s still…