Archive for 'Soups and Stews'

A very good tomato soup

My mother-in-law cooks very well. She makes wonderful meatballs and a lot of other good Polish food. A very good Polish recipe is tomato soup. I had it a couple of times and a few days ago I asked my mother-in-law to give me the recipe. It is a very good soup, made of chicken [...]

Today let’s eat Lentils and Green Chard soup

Do you know that in Italy lentils are eaten for New Year’s Eve? Do you know why? Because they bring money, they say… I do not think it works… By the way, I like eating lentils and I like this New Year’s tradition.
Today I wanted to cook something light and without meat (you know… [...]

It’s cold and rainy. So what? Let’s eat potato soup.

Have you ever went back from school or from work in a very rainy-cold-windy day? Would it be nice to have something hot to eat, after such a tough day? Well, here in California we can have at most some rainy and slightly cold days, but nothing compared the winter in Italy, precisely in Trieste.But, [...]

“What can I do with leeks?” and… “Leeks are our friends”

Leeks, the vegetables that tastes like a onion, are not a secret anymore! Usually I was walking in the supermarket with my mom and I never knew why that ‘white with strange strong green leaves’ exists in the world. And know I have the answer…. Once I tasted the leeks soup I cannot go [...]