I made this soup two nights ago and just now have the last luscious bowl in front of me. The smooth sweetness from the sweet potatoes feels so good in my belly on a cold night, and I added a little … [Read more...]

This is a recipe worth doing on a winter day. I just finished a big bowl for lunch and I want for nothing. There's some sweetness from butternut squash and yams, a full load of high quality protein … [Read more...]

My friend Dawn, who beat lymphoma with diet and meditation, swears by garlic. She crushes at least a clove of raw garlic on her food daily and recommends everyone do the same for optimum health. No … [Read more...]

It's a frigid February day, the kind of day you wouldn't mind having an extra little layer of fat cells between your bones and the wind. It's the kind of day you want to eat soup and sit by a … [Read more...]

This was a version of "Clean Out the Fridge Soup" which I make quite often. In Clean Out the Fridge Soup, anything goes. All the veggies in the veggie drawer qualify. And you can use a can of chick … [Read more...]

This is one of my all-time favorite winter soups. It's rich and creamy and sweet and dense with sweet potatoes and coconut milk with a balance of brightness from ginger and lime. The color is soothing … [Read more...]

It's been a gorgeously warm week here in Toronto and I haven't had soup on my mind since last week's cold weather, but today I needed to use up some veggies in the fridge, and a quick soup seemed like … [Read more...]

The under appreciated parsnip came out in my kitchen yesterday to become the star of a wonderful Mellow Yellow Soup. Light and slightly sweet in flavor, parsnips make beautiful purees because of their … [Read more...]

It was cold in Toronto yesterday, and the winds were biting. I love fall for that. The great wake-up call before the deep slumber. And fall food is the best. I picked up one of every fall vegetable … [Read more...]

This warming soup is always a hit. Even people who claim not to like curry like this soup. It's soothing on the stomach and all the digestive organs, good for the blood, good for the spleen and good … [Read more...]

Mild, sweet, soothing and nurturing. In a soup pot, sautee five or six cloves of chopped garlic and half a chopped onion in a little olive oil. Add four medium carrots, chopped, two chopped … [Read more...]

Nothing satisfies better than a hearty bowl of lentil soup. Lentils are high in soluble fibre, protein, iron, complex carbohydrates and folic acid. Not only are these little legumes low in fat with … [Read more...]

Beets are powerful blood purifiers and cleansers, so much so that it's recommended to go easy on pure beet juice if doing a de-tox because it can flush out toxins very quickly, causing dizziness or … [Read more...]

In Chinese medicine, the colour green is associated with the liver, our body's de-tox organ. Just looking at this soup is nourishing to the liver - one sip your little hepatocytes will be … [Read more...]

Get your vitamin A and Beta Carotene fix with a warming, healing, soothing carrot soup. It's quick and easy, with only a handful of ingredients, fresh from the market. Make enough to have for lunch … [Read more...]