Vegetarian Matzoh ball soup

February 13, 2023 at 11:24 pm (A (4 stars, love, favorite), Jewish, My brain, Root vegetables, soup, Spring recipes, To test on plan, Winter recipes, Yearly menu plan)

I make matzoh ball soup every year on Passover, and usually at least once or twice a year just because I like it. I made it this week and wanted to write down a few notes to remember what I did. Read the rest of this entry »

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Vegetarian Ukrainian Borscht

February 8, 2023 at 10:23 am (Beans, B_(3 stars, like), Cruciferous rich, Instant Pot, Root vegetables, soup, Spring recipes, Summer recipes, To test on plan, Uncategorized, Website / blog, Winter recipes)

Alma likes beets, as do Derek and I, but I don’t actually make that many dishes with them. I make a beet and lentil salad pretty often, and I occasionally make a beet and potato walnut gratin. And sometimes we just have plain beets as a side. But other than that I don’t use beets that often. I was trying to think of other things to do with beets, and a friend suggested making borscht. Given that we are smack in the middle of winter, I liked the idea of adding another soup to the rotation, so I decided to give it a try. I don’t have a recipe for borscht so I started looking on the internet. Many of the recipes I found call for meat (like this one from Serious Eats). But I found a recipe for a Ukrainian Vegetarian Borscht that looked good to me. I served it for dinner tonight with extra white beans on the side and with dark 100% rye bread from our local farmer’s market. Read the rest of this entry »

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