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“Ya gonna make soup with that?” people would ask for years as I trimmed the last remnants of meat from a roasted turkey, leaving bones and bits of meat that could not be removed. And for years I answered “No,” and I simply threw the carcass out. Keeping it just seemed like a lot [...]
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This is a delicious fresh-tasting soup that uses vegetables you may still have growing in your garden. Even if you don’t, buy some and make this soup anyway! Home-grown or not, the fresh vegetables give this soup a rich taste.
I still have lots of cherry tomatoes and I was happy to dump 2 cups of [...]
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In 2008, Stephanie “The Crockpot Lady” made and documented one different crockpot recipe every single day in her blog A Year of Crockpotting. Putting aside my awe, wonder and profound respect for Stephanie’s perseverance and creativity, I decided that I would make a similar attempt at a feebler goal of cooking and reporting on one [...]
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This is a delicious, light but robust-tasting soup that is quick to prepare and cook. This recipe originally comes from a restaurant where I worked while going to college. No, it was not a dark Italian place, but a private restaurant, Room 500, at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, which was filled with hundreds [...]
