Gutsy By Nature
You have an onion, two sweet potatoes, a broccoli crown, and some bone broth… What can you make? Believe it or not… these humble AIP-friend ingredients make a “cheddar broccoli soup” that will knock your socks off, without any dairy or dairy-replicating gimmicks! I’m not promising that this recipe will fool dairy die-hards into believing […]
This AIP-friendly creamy vegetable beef soup is a study in contradictions. It’s creamy without a drop of dairy, vegetable focused but not vegetable-forward, both light and hearty, and ready in about 30 minutes yet full of flavor you’d expect from a long simmered stew! It’s also very flexible… I actually toyed with the idea of […]
Nothing says spring more than a vibrant green asparagus and garlic scape soup! Use your choice of greens – kale, spinach, chard, or even mustard or dandelion greens – and make it creamy with either cauliflower or white sweet potato, depending on your preference and dietary need. What are garlic scapes? Turns out the familiar […]
The 1950 classic edition of Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook describes American Potage as “A quick, savory, meat-and-vegetable soup.” Start to finish it takes a bit more than 1 whole hour to make and a significant investment of labor in the form of peeling and chopping vegetables, which serves as a clear reminder that “quick” meant […]
Your mouth may have trouble believing it, but there are no potatoes in this clam chowder or a drop of dairy. Celery root, or celeriac, is the single magic ingredient that serves as a perfect substitute for both also adds an enticing aroma and flavor. To top it off in complete New England “chowda” style, […]
The alternate name for this carrot, fennel, and orange soup is “Sunshine in a Bowl,” not only because it has the bright vibrant color of sun, but because it is absolutely packed with nutrients that will perk you right up… even on a cold and dreary January day! A few words about bone broth… If […]
If your favorite way to eat broccoli is smothered in cheese sauce, then this recipe is for you! It is dairy free, but is a pretty good AIP-friendly representation of the cheddar broccoli soup… though much more nutrient dense. The yellow color comes from vitamin A rich butternut squash and optional nutritional yeast adds both […]
With a good blender, puréed root vegetables make a satisfying creamy soup with nary a drop of dairy in sight. This recipe combines parsnips and turnips with some aromatics to create a dish that you’ll enjoy year round, but particularly on these early spring days when you “in season” vegetables are scarce. Garden update About […]
If you prefer a fancy Italian name, you can call this “zuppa di salsiccia,” which simply means sausage soup. It was born on a cold January night when when I was craving something nourishing and hearty like the white bean and sausage soup I used to make, before I realized that legumes and my digestive […]
Fall is the season for soup, isn’t it? This recipe for a gingered pear and butternut squash soup embraces the produce of the season and is especially nourishing on cool days. I’ve been eating more soup lately as the weather turns cooler and experimenting with different flavors that please my palate while still adhering to […]