Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Grains & legumes, Markets & farms, Soups on Mar 6th, 2009
Matt has been feeling under the weather most of the week and chicken soup was the perfect antidote. The broth tastes much like chicken tortilla soup. It has a little kick from the dried chile and cumin, which I think is better for sinuses and dulled tastebuds than plain chicken soup.
The soup was also a [...]
Posted in Soups on Jan 22nd, 2009
I got my copy of the newly released cookbook, Eating Close to Home, in the mail over the weekend and was eager to try a recipe. I spotted this recipe for salmon and corn chowder right away because it had corn, which we have a lot of. It also fits in perfectly with the [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Grains & legumes, Soups on Jan 19th, 2009
Somehow we managed to accumulate about 3 pounds of local black turtle beans and the freezer is still ejecting random bags of frozen corn or green beans whenever I open it, so the quest of using our local food stash continues.
I had this recipe from Smitten Kitchen marked in my favorites since the fall when [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Soups on Jan 14th, 2009
Chili seems like it should be such an easy dish, but it took me years to find a recipe that I would make over and over again. Although chili purists would be aghast, I include beans and corn in my chili. This recipe also includes chipotle chiles in adobo, which add a smoky, spicy (but [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms, Portland, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Jan 11th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Soups on Dec 30th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Dec 19th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Holidays, Soups on Dec 7th, 2008
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 [...]
