Tag Archives: soup

Mushroom Miso Soup for Immunity

By Alexa | Published: September 26, 2010
While you wouldn’t know it from the warm, balmy weather in New York City over the past few days, but Autumn has arrived. And with it comes the wind, drier air, cooler weather, and…….cold season! In my other life as an acupuncturist, I’m often advising patients on how best to adapt to the changing seasons. [...]
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Soup and Sandwich

By Alexa | Published: January 12, 2010
After cooking for guests both Friday and Saturday night, our kitchen is stocked with the makings for some pretty stellar leftover meals. Tonight we had a simple soup and sandwich dinner: Pumpkin soup and grilled cheese on homemade sweet potato challah with arugula and pickled red onions (those onions are making it into EVERYTHING these [...]
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CSA Soup

By Alexa | Published: July 9, 2009
We’ve been on a posting hiatus for the past couple of weeks since Matthew and I have taken turns being sick. The first week we gave away the contents of our CSA share to a friend who put them to great use. The second week, I decided to make a healing, seasonal, delicious soup with [...]
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Mushroom Barley Soup

By Alexa | Published: January 27, 2009
In the deep cold of winter, there is nothing quite like a warming bowl of soup.   This recent NY cold spell inspired me to make a wonderful earthy soup featuring pantry staples barley and dried shitake mushrooms. Together with fresh mushrooms and vegetables, this is a hearty and nutritious soup and is not difficult [...]
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Slow Cook While You SLEEP!

By Alexa | Published: January 8, 2009
What is better than sleeping? Sleeping WHILE lunch is being cooked! All this (and more!) is possible with a slow cooker.  Dried beans are a cheap, durable pantry item and they take very well to the slow cooker—With a slow cooker, there’s no need to even pre-soak the beans. Black Bean Soup 3 carrots, chopped [...]
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