soup – Dabbled

Fall Entertaining: Have a “Soup Night”

Dot — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:37 +0000

There is an old tradition among our group of friends called “Soup Night”. As the weather gets colder, and there aren’t as many outdoor activities to bring us together, it’s great to have an excuse to get together with friends for fun and fellowship. Thus, “soup night”.

To do your own soup night, pick a core group of friends to host for the next (say) 4-6 weeks (skipping for holidays as necessary). It’s best to pick a consistent night, like every Wednesday. Each household hosts one night, and provides the main meal, some form of soup. Other guests chip in apps, bread, wine, beer, desserts, and it’s a pretty cost effective gathering. It’s not a late night event, since it’s a work night — plan for after work (6ish) to around 9. People get there when they can, and the dinner is out for everyone to graze on throughout the evening.

The host invites the core group, and maybe a few extra friends to expand the circle and have everyone meet new people.

Inspired? Try one!

Need a soup?
Try Dabbled’s Favorite Carrot “Vichy”! Super Easy and Yummy. (Photo-recipe here)

Some others:

From Craft: Split Pea Chowder by Indie Fixx
How about Spiced Butternut Apple!?
Or the Best Chicken Soup from No Recipes..
Pink of Perfections’s Mulligatawny
Your favorite chili or black bean recipe would also be ideal!

Make Some Soup!

Dot — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:03:00 +0000

But it’s not soup weather you say!? Well, this is a vichyssoise, and it’s perfectly delightful served cold!

Sorry for the re-run here, but I’m so behind in the real world right now. The Boy’s 4th Birthday is this weekend, and I’d better get started! The rest of this week should be filled with Dragon Party related posts.

But, here’s a cool soup recipe for you — check out the pics below, and go here for the full recipe! How to Make Carrot Vichyssoise.

How to Make Carrot Vichyssoise.

One more octopus… and Making Soup!

Dot — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Skitzophrenic post here, but I wanted to get one more Octopus out for Cepholopod Week.
And I also have a new instructable up, on how to make a totally easy, kid-veggie-friendly, inexpensive soup – Carrot Vichyssoise…

So here he is — “Cedric”… But I also need an opinion.. I didn’t ink him like I’ve been doing (see others) just darkened the pencil outline. Like? Not as good?
Would love some feedback on this.

So the second thing is the soup… It has some great things going for it:
1. Sounds fancy! and French! Well, it isn’t really french in origin, but was invented at the Ritz, so that makes it fancy, right!? (By the way, it’s pronounced ‘vishee-swahz’, sounds like ‘fishy bras’)
2. Easy, quick and inexpensive to make.
3. Kid friendly way of getting them to eat their vegetables. I serve this with cheddar cheese on top, and call it “Cheese Soup” and my 3 yr old is happy!
4. Soup is great on a cold day to warm you up! Well, technically, vichyssoise should be served cold, but I like it hot. Especially in cold weather. But in the summer, this works great as a cold soup too, nice for brunch!

Soup! Make an easy, healthy, kid-friendly Carrot Vichyssoise – More DIY How To Projects

See the Photo-Recipe here on flickr