I made a nice butternut squash and carrot soup yesterday, and although my SA blogging friends couldn't make it for dinner, it got me thinking about soup. Everyone says soup is a great weight-loss tool, and I'll bet lots of us make soup to use up bits of stuff in the fridge and pantry.
Yesterday's butternut squash soup recipe came from the Williams Sonoma Christmas catalog. That recipe called for pork belly to make some wacky sort of pork crouton-y things for a topper. The catalog also featured a gourmet pork belly slab at a mere $75 for 2lb and 10oz of this pricey pork. You could also buy more for $99. Now the odds of me buying $75 pork belly are a lot slimmer than either me or the pork belly; I substituted thick-cut bacon.
It's January, so it seems like you're all making soup. But what soup are you making? I tend to make lots of pho, chili, and minestrone, and would like to expand my repertoire.
Thinking about Soup
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Crock-pot made lentil soup was last week. Chili next week. Open to any other kid-friendly suggestions.
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One splurge which is FANTASTIC in a freezing January is red pepper and tomato soup. You can feel the vitamin C coursing through your veins.
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We've been saving the beef bones lately, so that will probably be next.
One of the highlights of my Vietnam trip was having pho in the morning - truly the breakfast of champions.