Eggplant soup :

Farmer's Market Soup

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I'm calling this farmer's market soup...really it's just a soup with a bunch of vegetables and barley. Although I may not have gone to a farmer's market to get all of my ingredients, more like the local grocery store, this is the type of soup I[...]

Calzone & Alphabet Soup

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Home made whole wheat calzone, stuffed with sliced roast chicken, eggplant & onion in tomato basil sauce. Oh with melty cheese of course! I need to work a bit more on the pinching technique though. Oh! A hint for those who think[...]

Tofu, Shrimps & Celery Soup - ???????

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A "?" ( Geng ) is a kind of thick soup in Chinese cuisine, almost like cream-based soup in Western cuisine but relatively lighter. Usually, corn starch or egg is used as a thickening agent to thicken the soup. However today, I am taking a fresh new[...]

Beyond soup: 5 uses for miso

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Like many food lovers, the strangest things make me hungry. Like the Olympics. Ok, perhaps that’s not too much of a stretch– watching feats of endurance always works up a bit of an appetite– but that’s not what I’m[...]

Accompaniment for pasta and a pantry soup

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These goes very fine with pasta: Roasted eggplant : oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, paprika (mix and brush the eggplant with it) 20 to 30 minutes under the oven grill, turn halfway. Sundried tomatoes &[...]

Beef Chili

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A couple of years ago, before I developed my passion for cooking and baking, I had an idea that I wanted to make chili. I don't quite remember what had inspired this...a sudden craving I guess...but my mom agreed to make chili if I provided her[...]

Around the World

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My wallet may hate me, but my foreign food fetish has certainly been fulfilled this weekend! There was Afghan food on Friday: The Vegetarian Special: Banana Squash (!), Eggplant, Spinach, Okra, & Rice Friendlings.[...]

Kamakura Takeout

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Ok, I’ll be the first to admit I’ve been lazy this week. I got Indian food last night, and didn’t even blog about it. But tonight I went and picked up a bunch of yummy things from Kamakura restaurant , down near where I[...]

Smoky eggplant soup

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2 eggplants 3 TB olive oil 2 md onions -- sliced 4 garlic cloves -- chopped 2 tomatoes -- chopped 8 c chicken broth 2 TB chopped fresh basil 1 TB chopped fresh oregano : Salt and pepper -- to taste 1 ds Tabasco sauce 1/2 c grated Parmesan[...]

Cream of eggplant soup

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1 lb Eggplant Salt 2 oz Butter 1 md Onion, finely diced 2 Stalks celery, diced 1 ts Curry powder 1 pn Thyme 1 pn Basil 4 c Chicken stock 1 c Potato, diced 1/2 c Cream Salt Pepper Diced tomato, for garnish Chopped chives, for garnish[...]