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Winter squash soup

Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms, Portland, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather, tagged , , , on January 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »

We made our first winter squash soup of the year with the Sibley Squash that I picked up at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market this morning .  Our main purpose of going to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market was to procure some Ayers Creek Farm heirloom beans but I couldn’t resist when I saw this beautiful squash [...]

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Ham and bean soup

Posted in Grains & legumes, Soups, tagged , , on December 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Staying with the bean theme, we made ham and bean soup for dinner.  Ham and bean soup has always been one of my favorite comfort meals.
My original intention was to make black-eyed pea soup for an pre-New Year’s Day good luck meal, but I couldn’t find any locally grown black-eyed peas, and opted for the [...]

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Borscht

Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather, tagged , , , on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have never thought that borscht looked like a soup that I would like to eat, let alone make.  But our visit to Belly changed my opinion of borscht.  Brian ordered borscht for dinner and kindly let us all taste it and it was delicious.  I think the color is what turned me off.  Its [...]

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Crab bisque

Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Holidays, Soups, tagged , , , on December 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This week marked the start of dungeness crab season.  Growing up on the east coast, I had many a crab cake made with the Maryland blue crab.  I had no idea what I was missing.  This rendition of dungeness crab was no exception.
This recipe really lets the crab steal the show.  Although it is a [...]

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