A Conscious Feast by Nicole Aloni

Posts Tagged ‘soup’

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  Celebrate Winter with a Soup Exchange

  Here is my Christmas present for all of you holiday-harried, over-hooplah’d, package wrappers. This strategy for hosting a no-fuss party and creating a score of meals at the same time comes from my radio co-host, Jamie Peha (TableTalk).

  When the weather turns cold and winter has taken over the neighborhood, a steaming bowl of homemade soup really hits the spot. It’s the perfect solution for those evenings when you just don’t feel like cooking, but still crave something hot and delicious.

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  Gulf Coast Shrimp and Corn Soup

  A quick and easy supper, this hearty soup has the bright flavors of a dish you’d find for sale under a palapa on the beach in Mazatlan. As an optional garnish, lightly fry strips of corn tortilla to scatter over the top.

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  Paisley-Patterned Summer Soup

  This elegant cold fruit soup is beautiful, all done ahead, and delicious on a warm summer night to precede a simple grilled supper. There just couldn’t be a better use of a wonderful Honey Rock organic cantaloupe or your own crop of strawberries.

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  Yukon River Chum Salmon… Check It Out

  According to Seattle food guru and salmonista Jon Rowley, though it’s a challenge to get this fish to market from the very remote location where it’s harvested, Yukon chum should be available in most major cities this year. And with the great texture, flavor and bold orange color it offers, at roughly half the cost [...]

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  #2 in my series of Democratically Delicious Eats: green entertaining recipes that are easy on the budget.

  I must have been to 4 or 5 election fundraisers (I don’t want to get into politics, I’ll just say that my candidate’s name rhymes with Obama). Anyway, the last one was a potluck and I decided to take my “famous” gazpacho because my tomato plants had just thrown their last crop before giving up [...]