http://umamigirl.com A food blog by Carolyn Cope Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:33:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:58:13 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7756 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.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-5-principles-of-homemade-vegetable-stock.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:59:40 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7641 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. [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/spiced-tomato-soup-with-red-lentils.html/feed 5 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:29:32 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7173 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 [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/potage-aux-legumes-french-vegetable-soup-recipe.html/feed 2 http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-laylas-lentil-soup.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-laylas-lentil-soup.html#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:22:04 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=7321 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. [...]]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/11/from-the-archives-laylas-lentil-soup.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2011/01/easy-vegetarian-red-lentil-soup-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2011/01/easy-vegetarian-red-lentil-soup-recipe.html#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:48:44 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4696 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.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2011/01/easy-vegetarian-red-lentil-soup-recipe.html/feed 29 http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-kale-chickpea-tomato-vegetarian-stew-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-kale-chickpea-tomato-vegetarian-stew-recipe.html#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:29:11 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4824 In the crisper this holiday week, possibly the closest you'll come to a Christmas miracle. It's a savory, satisfying vegetarian stew that comes together like visions of sugarplums and fuels a happy crowd. Find the recipe here on Serious Eats.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-kale-chickpea-tomato-vegetarian-stew-recipe.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-pumpkin-soup-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-pumpkin-soup-recipe.html#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:06:17 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4700 This week in the crisper, the classic pumpkin soup—without curry, without crispy pancetta, without dancing croutons—that got us all hooked on pumpkin soup in the first place but rarely makes an appearance anymore.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2010/12/how-to-make-pumpkin-soup-recipe.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2010/11/how-to-make-easy-potato-leek-soup-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2010/11/how-to-make-easy-potato-leek-soup-recipe.html#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:13:37 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4499 This week in the crisper, a basic, warming potato leek soup for the days in early November when the mere prospect of Thanksgiving dinner is enough to make you overstuffed, if not slightly drunk.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2010/11/how-to-make-easy-potato-leek-soup-recipe.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2010/09/how-to-make-homemade-vegetable-stock-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2010/09/how-to-make-homemade-vegetable-stock-recipe.html#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:57:14 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4382 This week in the crisper, homemade vegetable stock. Whether you make it from whole vegetables or scraps you've saved in the freezer, vegetable stock is a quick, flavorful, vegetarian alternative to homemade poultry or meat stock.]]> http://umamigirl.com/2010/09/how-to-make-homemade-vegetable-stock-recipe.html/feed 0 http://umamigirl.com/2010/07/how-to-make-homemade-chicken-stock-recipe.html http://umamigirl.com/2010/07/how-to-make-homemade-chicken-stock-recipe.html#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:36:14 +0000 Carolyn http://umamigirl.com/?p=4201 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."]]> http://umamigirl.com/2010/07/how-to-make-homemade-chicken-stock-recipe.html/feed 6