I (Kate) had several roommates from the Ukraine, and a number of kind Russian women who made me Borscht. Each maker of this fine soup has her own way to do so, and this is mine.
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Taco Soup
Persephone was born just six months after we moved to Utah, and Kristina Erickson, a member of our new congregation, brought us this soup. It was the best taco soup I (Kate) had eaten, and I asked for the recipe right away. And then I didn’t believe that was the correct recipe because it looked simple and the soup had tasted too-wonderful for this level of simplicity. I was wrong. The amazing soup really was that simple.
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We had big plans for what to post this week, but cancelled them in favor of this new favorite. Green, fresh, and just sophisticated enough to put a bounce in your step, this simple soup is our new rite of spring.
Read MorePasta e Fagoli
At home even friends who’ve lived in Italy enjoy this recipe, so we’ve continued to serve it for company as well as our family. I started to prepare it this afternoon just as Amelia was beginning a Zoom interview for a college she’d love to attend. I had some butterflies in my stomach on her behalf, hoping she’d learn from the interview experience and feel that her preparation time had been well-spent. As I chopped the onion and smashed the garlic, the old calm came to me that preparing this soup had afforded twenty years ago. Here’s hoping it will offer you the same.
Read MoreLentil Soup
I (Amelia) don’t know how you all are feeling this Boxing Day, but I, for one, am very ready to move on from my holiday feasting. Don’t get me wrong, I love chocolates and cinnamon rolls and cake and caramel and dairy and toffee and cookies and fudge and more cake and more chocolate and biscoff butter and oh my goodness I almost exploded from all of the food. Point being, do you need a break from decadence too? Great. We’ve got the recipe for you.
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