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Red Chileatole with Mushrooms, Corn, Peppers, and Chicken
This is a perfect recipe to adapt to the vegetables you happen to have on hand. Our CSA box came loaded with corn on the cob and mushrooms, so I modified a recipe from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Everyday to use the fresh vegetables of the day. As the book suggests, one of the great things […]
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Ecuadorian Chicken Corn Chowder
This recipe comes from Fitness Food. A hearty – but healthy! – chowder made with chicken, corn, and veggies. Lisa says: What’s with all the poaching this week? And isn’t poaching illegal? Chris says: Different kind of poaching. But I know what you mean — the enchiladas, the tuna, now this. Not sure. Maybe it’s […]
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Latin Tomato and Mushroom Soup
Tonight I made a soup adapted from The Mushroom Lover’s Mushroom Cookbook: a chicken broth-based soup with plenty of veggies, chicken, and sauteed mushrooms. The original recipe suggests huitlacoche (also known as ‘corn smut’), but I couldn’t find any here in Seattle. Chris says: This is really good — and a nice change of pace […]
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Southwestern Corn and Potato Soup
This soup also comes from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites Book. It’s rich and creamy, and the corn and potatoes give it a sweet taste, with just a touch of heat from serrano peppers. Lisa says: You know what my favorite part of this soup is? The sweet — it reminds me of one of […]