Have you ever wondered why, in cooking sinigang na sugpo, the prawns are cooked whole without removing the heads and shells? The answer can be summarized ...
Superb Soup Recipes
Simple, chunky, rustic or show-stoppingly stunning, soups are comforting and uncomplicated to eat. Light soups are wonderful for balmy days; chunky and rich soups are warming on cold and rainy nights. Here are soup recipes for every day or night and for every weather condition. Choose from noodle soups to chowders and everything in between.
Kale, Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup
It rained. Hallelujah! It was already raining when I woke up and it continued to rain until after sunset. Although the gray skies and inundated garden ...
No-frills Slow Cooker Beef Bone Marrow Soup
This is an unintentional recipe. I was in the grocery to buy scrap bones to make bone broth when I discovered a huge pile of cross cut beef shank bones. I ...
Japanese Miso Soup
There was a time many years ago when we were so into miso soup that we were making it almost every day. Sam and Alex learned to make it without following ...
Corn and Mushroom Egg Drop Soup
It was hard getting out of bed. It was comfortably cool in the room and I knew that once I stepped out, the torture would begin. Still, I got up. It helped ...
Mushrooms and Broccoli Egg Drop Soup
When you have a stock of bone broth, making a great soup is both fast and easy. I cooked my mushrooms and broccoli egg drop soup in under 15 minutes and ...
Three-cheese Broccoli Soup
Most broccoli and cheese soup photos I see on Pinterest link to copycat recipes of the dish made popular by Panera. I've never eaten at Panera but I like ...
Alex’s Gratinéed French Onion Soup
I'm ditching the old French onion soup recipe in the archive—this version by my daughter, Alex, is simpler with the same fantastic results. No need to cook ...
Spanish Sausage, Garbanzos and Spinach Soup
When you have a soup this rich and chunky, all you need are a few slices of crusty bread to make a totally satisfying meal. Bursting with Mediterranean ...
Sinigang na Tiyan ng Salmon (Salmon Belly Sour Soup)
Since I first sampled sinigang na tiyan ng salmon at Gerry's Grill over a decade ago, I dreamed of cooking my own version at home. In 2004, I posted my ...
Chinese Pork and Daikon Soup
This pork and daikon soup, a peasant food so simple and inexpensive, is rarely found in the menu of Chinese restaurants. I have been loving Chinese food ...
Duck and White Asparagus Soup
We had roast duck on New Year's Eve but we didn't finish it. There was too much food. In addition to the duck, we had shrimps crusted with crushed corn ...
Chicken and Vegetable Chowder
Too many pumpkin recipes popping up on the web these days. I bet I’ll see more as Thanksgiving draws nearer. We don’t do Thanksgiving in the Philippines ...
Slow Cooker Filipino Picadillo Soup
Picadillo soup is comfort food for my family. This one cooked overnight while we slept. Well, partially, at least. The slab of beef was cooked with bones ...
Asparagus and Mushroom Soup
Dieticians say it's a good idea to start a meal with a soup or salad. The starter course fills up the tummy partially and tells the brain that it won't ...
Slow Cooker Minestrone
A chunky vegetable soup with no fixed recipe, Italian minestrone is cooked with whatever vegetables are in season. It may contain meat, rice or pasta. This ...