
Pin it From the archives for World Vegan Month, key tips for making good vegetable stock at home. (Hint: don’t forget the potato peelings.) Find the story here on Serious Eats.
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Pin it In all the time I’ve been sharing little pieces of my world with you, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned how much I like to sing. How from sixth grade through college, I was always in at least two choirs at a time, and it was always my favorite part of the day. [...]
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Pin it I’d love to pretend that I once had a meaningful relationship with Paris. Hemingway had one. Woody Allen had one. Carrie Bradshaw managed to have one, and she’s not even a real person. I think we’re all meant to feel hopelessly dull if we haven’t shone brightly in the City of Light. But [...]
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Pin it From the archives, it’s another of Umami Girl’s most-popular posts that just happens to be vegan. My friend Layla’s humble lentil soup, made with red lentils and only a handful of other simple ingredients, pleases just about everybody and will quickly become a staple in your repertoire. It’s certainly a staple in mine. [...]

How do I say this? You are *going* to try Layla’s lentil soup, a humble, simple comfort food that elevates a mere…ahem…fistful of common ingredients into a healthy meal that’s sure to become a regular in your repertoire. You’re going to try it, or else I might have to fight you. So there.
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A recipe for gift-worthy homemade chicken stock that really brings out the big guns, and a rhubarb syrup that comes with an incidental jam. These are just two of the wonderful pleasures that will enter your life when you learn to stop blindly following the recipe direction, “Discard solids.”
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A simple soup of tortellini in broth with spinach is the ultimate quick comfort food.
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A duo of fecipes for healthful, elegant veggie soups: Celery Root Soup with Pancetta and Carrot Ginger Soup.
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When life gives you a zucchini patch that spreads to the compost heap, make Zucchini and Saffron Vichyssoise—and play baseball.
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A chilled soup of roasted tomatoes with garlic, onions and herbs makes quick work of tomatoes on the brink.
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A sweet riff on the Portuguese caldo verde, this hearty, healthy soup of kale, potatoes, white beans and chicken sausage comes together quickly and easily.
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This sorrel and potato soup is perfect as a first course or light lunch when the days start to warm up.
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