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Tasty Tuesday: National Soup Month

#CelebratingNationalSoupMonth

Brrrr. Arkansas has been in a real deep freeze so far this new year. I can’t think of a better way to chase away that chill during National Soup Month than with a brimming bowlful of warm and hearty soup. Our ARWB members have a variety of them for you to choose from this week. Be sure to pay them a visit and let them know how much you appreciate their willingness to share these savory ideas with you.

 

Best Damn Soup Evah via Rachel Hough of Hough Family Farmstead

Rachel Hough: Best Damn Soup Evah

Enter….the best damn soup evah! What makes this soup so great? Well, it’s wonderful on it’s own as it’s a just a homemade vegetable beef soup, but what makes it even bettah’ is that every ingredient in the soup was either grown and harvested by me, or killed/butchered by us. I know where EVERY. SINGLE. INGREDIENT. comes from and since I’ve either frozen or canned all the ingredients, it’s super easy to make. READ MORE

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup via Renee Birchfield of If Spoons Could Talk

 

Renee Birchfield: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

I love summer so much, but it has a lack of some foods that I love. Soups, stews and chilis are some that I miss the most in those hot months. Thankfully it is just about the right temperature to eat them again. Fall started last week so even though it’s a bit warm still I am jumping in with decorations and this Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

Last year I went to a little dinner party that we dubbed Dinner with the Doc, I wrote about it here, we had this amazing soup and finally I got around to making it. I’m so glad this is what I get to have for lunch this week and don’t have to share. READ MORE

 

Stovetop Sausage Tortellini Soup via The Gifted Gabber

Amy Gramlich: Stovetop Sausage and Cheese Tortellini Soup

As my husband says, you can’t go wrong with cheese tortellini. Earlier this week, I couldn’t decide which of the sausage and cheese tortellini soup recipes on Pinterest I wanted to try. None seemed healthy in any form or fashion so I couldn’t use that as a determinant. But delicious? All sounded highly delicious. The two recipes I was vollying between are this sausage and tortellini soup from Party in My Kitchen and this Crockpot sausage and tortellini soup from Little Fellows.

Ultimately, my pantry and fridge made the decision for me. I had cream cheese and did not have evaporated milk. I went with the Little Fellows recipe as a base but made a few changes. Now, y’all know I love coming home to a good slow cooker meal, but I forgot to brown my sausage before work which really messed up my whole slow cookin’ process. READ MORE

Mexican Chicken and Roasted Tomato Soup via Big PittStop Keisha McKinney

Keisha McKinney: Souper Saturday Mexican Chicken and Roasted Tomato Soup

So, for 2 weeks I’ve been wanting homemade soup.  I was all ready last weekend and the lazy bug kicked in so it didn’t happen.  But the almost blizzard conditions (remember I’m from TX) that blew in on Friday left me freezing to my bones and fully committed to my Saturday adventure of multi-tasking – cleaning and cooking simultaneously. 
 
I’ll admit, it was just about throwing a bunch of junk together and crossing my fingers that it worked.  I’d love to be cool like Mix n Match MamaDining with Debbie or Heather’s Dish and actually make up a recipe that you could duplicate.  But, my style is more to tell you what I did and why I did it and let you figure out if its something you want to repeat.  You see I’m all about knowing tastes and learning what makes a great food marriage (at least a good party in your mouth) and then making that magic happen over and over.   READ MORE
 
TARAMAHOOTA SOPA CON ARROZ VIA RICELAND FOODS DININGWITHDEBBIE
 

Riceland Foods (Debbie Arnold): Taramahoota Pollo Sopa Con Arroz

Good friends are such a blessing. And they are especially so when they share delicious, original recipes with you and allow you to share those as you please. My good friend, Chef Liz Bray, created the original version of this Taramahoota (tear uh ma hoot uh) soup years ago when she was developing recipes for Fagor 3 in 1 Pressure Cookers. It has become a family favorite and one I have shared often with others. READ MORE

 

Katharine Trauger: Turkey Minestrone

Okay, I’ve been working more on being organized because I got a good start when I froze leftover turkey from the holiday, in approximately one-pound packages.

I hope you did not throw yours out or force your family to eat turkey until it was coming out of their ears!

Anyway, I’ve had three pounds of frozen turkey to look at in the freezer and have been dreaming until I just could not STAND it anymore!

So I made turkey minestrone. Sort of. Except I am not sure what that is and I did not have eggs to make noodles with (after making two cakes in a row. Well, really four, if you count mistakes…) READ MORE

 

Riceland Foods Tomato and Brown Rice Bisque via Heather Disarro

 

Riceland Foods (Heather Disarro): Tomato and Brown Rice Bisque

I have yet to meet a person who isn’t a fan of the traditional grilled cheese and tomato soup comfort meal. For a while I may have been the only one who wasn’t a big fan of tomato soup. The canned version really isn’t my cup of tea; the flavor typically a little too sweet for my liking. However, once I came around to tomatoes in general I couldn’t help but be drawn to the homemade versions of tomato soup I then came in contact with. READ MORE

ARWB Soups, Stews and Chilis Round Up with Pumpkin Cornbread {Foodie Friday}

Debbie Arnold
pumpkin cornbread edit

We finally had a hint of fall weather in Arkansas recently just before almost-summer temps returned. Mother Nature has a way of playing us that way, doesn’t she? But we all know that it’s coming and we’ll stop fussing about the heat and start to spot the frost on the windowpanes and our nosel. It only takes a little temperature drop to turn our attention to warming our toes and our tummies. For many of us, that tummy warming involves big pots of soups or stews and countless varieties of chilis. We may garnish those with chips and cheese or dunk with a cracker or piece of cornbread — each bowlful calling for its own unique accompaniment in all probability.

This week’s Foodie Friday presents a round up of favorite soups, stews and chilis from some of our ARWB members. You’re sure to find a new one or two to try. Be sure to tell us what deliciousness you discover.

For a little something unique to add to your dining pleasure, whip up a skillet of this Southwestern Pumpkin Cornbread. Yep. That’s right. Pumpkin in your cornbread. And you just thought you had tried all things pumpkin already.

ARWB Soups, Stews and Chilis Round Up with Pumpkin Cornbread {Foodie Friday}

10 servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 cups buttermilk self-rising corn meal mix
  • 8 ounces sour cream
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
  • 1 - 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 - 2 Tablespoons chopped jalapeno pepper
  • 1 cup cream style corn
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup finely grated cheddar or fiesta cheese blend

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place butter in a 10-inch skillet and melt in the oven while the oven is preheating.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix remaining ingredients in order listed. After skillet is hot and butter has melted, pour most of the butter into the cornbread batter. Leave just enough in the skillet to coat the bottom.
  4. Pour batter into the skillet and bake 40-45 minutes until the top springs back when touched.
  5. Serve warm with butter or whipped honey butter.

Notes

Adjust the ground chipotle and jalapeno to suit your tastes. I don't put sugar in my cornbread -- heresy in the South for sure --if you feel the need for sweet, I suggest adding in sorghum, molasses, maple syrup or honey for an added depth of flavor that shouts out fall.

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Enjoy these bowls of goodness offered by our members:

 Soups

Butternut Squash Apple Bisque – Talya Boerner of Grace Grits and Gardening
Butternut Squash Soup with Hazelnut Gremolata – Ceri Wilkin of Recipe Doodle 

Cabbage and Potato Soup – Talya Boerner of Grace Grits and Gardening
Cajun Potato Soup – Keisha Pittman of Big Pitt Stop
Cauliflower Leek and Potato Soup – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish
Cheeseburger Soup – Ricci Ellis of Ricci Alexis
Chicken Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie for Taste Arkansas
Chicken Noodle Soup – Katharine Trauger of Home’s Cool
Continuous Bone Broth – Tiffany Selvey of Songbird Tiff
Cream of Banana Pepper  and Rice Soup – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie for Taste Arkansas
Cream of Chunky Carrot Soup – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie for Taste Arkansas
Cream of Pumpkin Soup with Smoky Sausage – James Moore of Busvlogger
Creamy Asparagus Soup – Julie Kohl of Eggs and Herbs
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie for Taste Arkansas
Creamy Cauliflower Soup – Stacey Valley of An Awesome Amazing Life
Creamy Chicken Veggie Soup – Ricci Ellis of Ricci Alexis
Creamy Taco Soup– Ricci Ellis of Ricci Alexis

Easy Vegetable Soup – Anita Stafford of Sugar Spice and Spilled Milk

Fall Time Pasta Soup – Rhonda Franz of Captain Mom for Taste Arkansas
Faux-Tato Soup – Ricci Ellis of Ricci Alexis
Feel Good Soup – Jeanetta Darley of So I Was Saying for ARWB
French Onion Soup – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie
French Onion Soup – Renee Birchfield of Married and Hungry

Gingered Carrot Orange Soup – Stacey Valley of An Awesome Amazing Life

Italian Sausage Soup – Julie Kohl of Eggs and Herbs
Kitchen Sink Soup – Laurie Marshall of See Laurie Write for Taste Arkansas

Lighter Lasagna Soup – Ricci Ellis of Ricci Alexis

Orzo Yellow Squash and Chicken Soup with Rubbed Sage – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie 
Oxtail Vegetable Soup – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie for Taste Arkansas

Potato Soup for the Soul – Stephanie Buckley of The Park Wife
Pumpkin Soup with Bacon – Stacey Valley of An Awesome Amazing Life
Pumpkin Soup with Navy Beans and Kale – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie
Roasted Poblano Chicken and Quinoa Soup – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish

Sausage Leek and White Bean Soup – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish
Sausage Minestrone – Ceri Wilkin of Recipe Doodle
Shitake Mushroom Soup – Lyndi Fultz of NWAFoodie
Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup – Rhonda Franz of Captain Mom
Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish
Spicy Vegetable Soup – Talya Boerner of Grace Grits and Gardening
Summer Market Soup + Garlicky Greek Yogurt – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish
Super Soups 1 – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie
Super Soups 2 – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie

Tomato Bisque – Whitney Binzel of Whit Bit’s Kitchen
Tortilla Soup 
– Talya Boerner of Grace Grits and Gardening
Turkey Minestrone – Katharine Trauger of Home’s Cool

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup – Sarah E. White of Our Daily Craft
Vermont Cheddar Ale Soup – Julie Kohl of Eggs and Herbs

Stews 

Hearty Clam Chowder – Whitney Binzel of Whit Bit’s Kitchen
Loaded for Bear Stew
– Jeanetta Darley of  So I Was Saying for Taste Arkansas
Mexican Corn Chowder – Julie Kohl of Eggs and Herbs
Old Time Beef Stew – Debbie Arnold of Dining With Debbie
Oxtail Stew – Ceri Wilkin of Recipe Doodle
Pinterest Made Me Do It Chicken and Dumplings – Rhonda Bramell of Bramell: Party of Five
Slow Cooker Shepherd’s Pie Stew – Mel Lockcuff of Adventures of Mel
Sweet Potato and Pear Beef Stew – Ami Lee of Common Sense Cook

Chilis

 1 for 1 Bean and Meat Crock Pot Chili- Jamie Smith of Jamie’s Thots
Chili – Mary Wood of Run of the Mill Mary for OnlyinArk
Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili- Renee Birchfield of Married and Hungry
Dove’s Nest White Chili – Anita Stafford of Sugar, Spice and Spilled Milk
Drunken Turkey Pumpkin Chili – Gina Knuppenburg 0f Desperately Seeking Gina
Green Chile Chicken Chili (AKA White Chick Chile)– Keisha Pittman of Big Pitt Stop
Not Your Mama’s Meatballs and Bok Choy Slaw – Laurie Marshall of See Laurie Write
Playoff Chili – Anita Stafford of Sugar Spice and Spilled Milk
Spicy White Chicken Chili – Maegan Clark of Southern Blondie
Sunday Slow Cooker Chili – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish for Taste Arkansas
The Most Delicious Red Chicken Chili – Heather Disarro of Heather’s Dish