We’ve all had lemon chicken soup with rice or noodles, but quinoa somehow makes any dish heartier and more substantial. Because quinoa is so dense and filling, it’s an excellent way to make Faith’s soup recipe, a riff on avgolemono, a meal.
Soups
Chris Prosperi’s Quick and Easy Tomato-Chicken Soup
This quick soup, one of Chris’s go-tos on a snowy day, uses a genius shortcut ingredient: tomato sauce, but a few plum tomatoes keep the flavor fresh. Chris’s favorite mini pasta, ditalini, adds the umph to make it a meal.
Alex Province’s Quick Version of a Traditional Cocido (Spanish Soup)
There’s nothing better than roasting a chicken low and slow for Sunday dinner. But, I don’t stop there. While I’m doing the dishes after dinner, I’ve got the chicken carcass in a stockpot simmering away on the stove so my husband Matt and I can have a delicious homemade stock for a Spanish soup later on.
Julia Turshen’s Red Lentil Soup with Coconut + Cilantro
This soup is the easiest (and fastest!) thing ever and so incredibly satisfying, not to mention a very affordable way to serve a crowd.
Samin Nosrat’s Smooth Silky Sweet Corn Soup
Use the freshest, sweetest summer corn you can find and you’ll see how five simple ingredients can add up to a singularly flavorful soup.
White Gate Farm’s Fennel Vichyssoise
On a hot summer day, there’s nothing better for lunch than a chilled soup. This lovely starter, featuring farm-fresh fennel, potatoes, and garlic, was as delicious as it was beautiful.