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Category Archives: Soups
Roasted Cauliflower Soup – so delicious and low cal too!
We eat a lot of cauliflower and carrots and this is a novel way to cook them together that is truly divine and low calorie too. Enjoy! Roasted Cauliflower Soup Ingredients: 1 head of cauliflower 2 cups of baby carrots … Continue reading
Welcoming family from Basel Switzerland this week – such excitement!
We have been planning for months for the visit of my niece and her husband and children and this is the week! We have a family get together on Saturday and lots of fun planned for the days before. I … Continue reading
Zucchini Soup – Low Calorie — you will LOVE this!
This is a great low calorie soup – it fills me up and I love it! You will too! Zucchini Soup Ingredients: · 1/2 small onion, quartered · 2 cloves garlic · 3 medium zucchini, skin on cut in large … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged chicken soup, pepper, salt, soups, sour cream, yogurt, zucchini
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Slow Cooker Cioppino – add or subtract any fish you like or dislike! Very versatile recipe!
I love scallops – my husband doesn’t. Some are allergic to shell fish or don’t eat it – you can still make this cioppino by using other kinds of fish like monkfish, or cod, or halibut or salmon or even … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Slow Cooker, Soups, Starters
Tagged Cioppino, Cod, cold weather food, comfort food, cooking with kids, Fish Soup, grandma cooking with kids, salmon, scallops, Shrimp, soup, tomatoes
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A Slow Cooker Onion Soup – easy and delicious – great for winter nights
I tried this recipe and it was truly delicious – it was from Allrecipes.com – hope you like it! Slow Cooker French Onion Soup Ingredients · 6 tablespoons butter · 4 large yellow onions, sliced and separated into rings · … Continue reading
Our Farm Manager Max Arteaga has the best seasoning mix! Here it is! Use on all main course holiday foods!
We use this seasoning mix on everything – fish, meat, poultry and vegetables. I even added it to a cheese sandwich the other day! YUM! And so easy. Try it out! Little Farm Manager Max Arteaga’s Seasoning Mix – for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Fish, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Meat, Pasta, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Soups, Starters, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged Cayenne, cheese, chili, Chili Powder, Crushed Red Pepper, Fennel, Fish, garlic, meat, oregano, pepper, Poultry, sea salt, Seasoning, soups, starters, vegetables
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Butternut Squash soup is an old favorite – with a twist of rosemary adds a wonderful flavor
We LOVE butternut squash soup but I tried something different this season and it worked out really well! Hope you like it! INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs of butternut squash cut in half 4 Tbsp of olive oil 4 sprigs of rosemary … Continue reading
A great vegetable soup – everything but the kitchen sink!
Before we went out of town this summer, I had a lot of vegetables in the fridge. So I made up this veggie soup – basically threw in everything I had except potatoes – and used vegetable broth with it. … Continue reading
A great idea to make two soups out of one
Some time ago I shared with you a super Cauliflower Butternut Squash Soup that I made. I have included that recipe again here in case you didn’t see it. The cauliflower makes the soup seem creamy which it is not. It is pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Soups, Starters, Vegetables
Tagged Better than Bouillon, Butternut squash, Cauliflower, cooking with kids, grandma cooking, healthy eating, mushrooms, soups
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Easy fast Zucchini Soup which could be Gluten free without the croutons
The easiest Zucchini Soup you have ever made! Here it is in summary: Puree zucchini in broth and simmer for 10 minutes. This is gluten free without the croutons/bread unless you buy/make gluten free bread. Ingredients: 4 zucchini’s 4 cups … Continue reading
Delicious Beet Soup
It is the time for fresh beets and so I could not resist making beet soup. We love it – and add small hard boiled eggs ( quail eggs) and it makes for a healthy and filling meal. Of course … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Starters, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged beets, cream, cream cheese, garlic, soup, sour cream, vegetarian
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Remember the cabbage soup that was supposed to make you lose weight? Here it is!
Losing weight means watching calorie intake and exercising daily – in moderation. Here is a recipe – boring but pretty good. I can take it for about three days and then I am done! Enjoy! Cabbage Fat-Burning Soup Ingredients 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged beef broth, bell peppers, Cabbage, Cabbage fat burning soup, calories, carrots, dry onion soup, exercise, green beans, onions, peppers, tomatoes
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New Board, New Speech and New Recipe!
I am so honored to be appointed to a new Board – Vanir Construction Management, a global company. And recently I was also delighted to give a keynote at an event titled “The Chief Lawyer and Corporate Board” – speaking … Continue reading
The most divine minestrone soup !
We love minestrone – but this one was the best ever as we cooked it in the slow cooker. Enjoy! Crock Pot/Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup ( Low in Calories too – about 200 calories for 2 cups) Ingredients: 1 (15 oz) … Continue reading
Cabbage Casserole – a one dish dinner that could not be easier! In the Slow Cooker of course!
Cabbage Roll Casserole Ingredients 2 pounds ground chicken 1 cup chopped onion 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce ( note this is NOT ketchup!) 3 1/2 pounds chopped cabbage 1 cup uncooked brown rice ( you could use white rice but we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker, Soups
Tagged beef, beef bouillon, Better than Bouillon, Brown rice, Cabbage casserole, chopped onion, cooking with kids, garlic, garlic powder, ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey, healthy eating, lemon, parmesan, slow cooker, tomato sauce, white rice
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Who said Dogs do not smile? Our new rescue does!
Dogs smile. No doubt in my mind. Just take a look at our grandsons with Goldie our new rescue. Is she a happy dog or what? We are still enjoying the cold weather – and hoping for more rain!! WHOHOO! … Continue reading
Egg Drop Soup – sooo easy and yummy – light too
I love noodles – of all kind. And chicken soup is soothing – still cannot find proof that it helps ( empirical proof that is) – just the goodness of the way I feel when I eat it! And that … Continue reading
Beef Barley Soup – Ina Garten Style with Little Farm Modifications
My husband loves Beef Barley soup especially on a cold day. Here is a great recipe from Ina Garten – with a few modifications. Beef Barley Soup Ingredients 1 tablespoon good olive oil 2 pounds beef oxtails Kosher salt and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups
Tagged barley, Beef barley soup, cooking with kids, one course meals, oxtail, soup, stew, winter cooking
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Chicken Tortilla Soup – easy and filling
Chicken Tortilla Soup in the Slow Cooker ( from All Recipes with some changes) INGREDIENTS 1 pound shredded, cooked chicken 1 (15 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes,mashed 1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker, Soups, Starters
Tagged All Recipes, bay leaf, Better than Bouillon, chicken broth, chicken tortilla soup, cilantro, cooking with kids, Corn, enchilada sauce, garlic, healthy eating, mashed tomatoes, onion, Recipes to make with children, shredded chicken, tomatoes, tortillas, Water
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Chowder – a quick easy winter meal that is great when cooking with kids!
Chowder is not something that we ate in South Africa. So I didn’t grow up with it. But on our first visit to the USA we went to Boston and then later in life we went to Thailand – and … Continue reading
