Negative Space: soups and stews
- Balti Beef Stew
- This beefy stew can be made fairly quickly. The flavor is a nice curry-like combo of ginger, chili, cumin, and fennel.
- Barbecue ribs stew
- You can’t get ribs much easier than putting them in your crockpot in the morning and pulling them out eight hours later.
- The Casserole Cookbook
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“The greatest single boon for the busy hostess is the casserole,” says author Myra Waldo. I’m afraid I’d have to disagree with that. It’s a pretty strong statement! But casseroles, like the crockpot, are certainly useful for starting your main dish early and then getting on with other things—like talking to your guests.
- Chickpea stew
- A lentil-chickpea stew with sesame, onions, and olives, spiced up with a bit of yoghurt at the end.
- Corn and clam soup
- Corn and clam soup with spinach, shrimp, and red bell pepper. Fast and easy.
- Corn and spinach tofu soup
- This is a very comforting light soup that makes good use of tofu’s texture and flavor.
- Cream of coconut jack-o-lantern soup
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If last year’s jack-o-lantern soup wasn’t gruesome enough, try mixing your pumpkin’s disgouged facial parts with coconut and ginger.
- Cream of Jack-o-Lantern soup
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Use the body parts of your hallowe’en pumpkin to make a tasty, if disconcerting, pumpkin soup.
- Egg Flower Ramen Soup
- Cheap ramen made fancy (and maybe a little nutritious). Should cost about 92 cents.
- Heathen chili
- If you are willing to offend any religious chili-eaters in your household, this meatless chili may well corrupt you.
- Hot sauerkraut and sausage
- This recipe uses all of the strengths of the crockpot: mix it all up and let it sit for however long you wish.
- Jerry’s Jambalaya
- This fresh-vegetable jambalaya is a wonderful stew-like mix of spicy vegetables, pork, and chicken. It will definitely brighten up a rainy evening!
- Mole chicken stew
- Time to start doubling-up on the mole recipe: this quick and easy chicken stew gets its delectable broth from home-made mole.
- Paprikás Burgonya (Potato Paprika Stew)
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Friday is National Potato Day. Why not try this very easy potato-sausage stew from Hungary? You can make it in an hour on the stovetop, or start it up in the morning in a crockpot.
- Persian eggplant stew
- This recipe convinced me not to skin eggplants. I almost never take the skin off of eggplants now; it adds a tangy flavor to the eggplant that it otherwise loses.
- Pumpkin rarebit soup
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Pumpkin rarebit soup from Mollie Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest is a very nice way to use up those pumpkin parts after carving your pumpkin.
- Quick bean and ground beef chili
- This makes a great chili, a great dip for tortillas, and a great lunch for freezing. And it’s a very fast recipe.
- Salmon Curry Soup
- Very easy to make, this is a bright, beautiful, delectable cream of salmon soup. The yogurt and spices give it an almost lemony taste.
- Spanish chickpea stew
- Spicy chickpea stew with bacon and sausage, red bell peppers, and tomatoes, slow-cooked in a crockpot.
- Tangy corn chowder
- This corn chowder with potatoes, onion, and red pepper uses yogurt instead of milk for a special tangy flavor.
More Information
- Today's Gourmet: Garlic Soup
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“Fall weather is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate than with Jacques Pépin's garlic soup with leek and potato? Jacques shares his secret for peeling garlic while recreating his mother's soup recipe. Garnish with chervil or other herbs.”
- The Gourmet Soup Book• (hardcover)
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“Celebrates soup’s versatility with over 80 original recipes derived from cuisines around the world.” (Carole Clements)
- The Southern Living Soups and Stews Cookbook• (hardcover)
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A great tomato-yogurt soup that requires no cooking; a fresh mushroom purée; almond saffron soup. Nice stuff.
