A rustic Italian beef stew recipe or " Stufato di Manzo " with red wine gravy, tomatoes, mushrooms and potatoes. Italy in a pot! Who’s bringing the wine ? I used all mine in the stew, so it is a drunkard style dinner tonight! Just like in the case of a rugu alla Bolognese, there are endless variations of Italian beef stew recipes as well. From family to family, from region to region, from one season to the next, this one pot wonder changes like a chameleon. I sure do hope that makes ...
Soups + Stews
A collection of our best soups and stews recipes that I keep on repeat at the shack all year long!
From hearty winter bowls of goodness, to light, simple, spring and summer inspired vegetable soups. You will find mostly easy, good for you, healthy, plant based vegetarian recipes.
From Italian tomato soups and stews, to potato, leeks, kale, butternut squash minestrone, peas, beans and lentils, there is sure to be something for everyone in this collection.
Hope you love them as much as we do. ~ Florentina
Easy Potato Leek Soup Recipe
An easy potato leek soup recipe, made with tons of caramelized leeks, thyme, potatoes and just a touch of cream. Served with pan seared andouille sausage but ham or bacon are also popular choices. I have a super simple, easy potato leek soup recipe I’ve been waiting to share with you. And today it’s the perfect day because It rained in Los Angels. Like for real kind of rain kids, bubbles and all, incredible! This is how I get the Batman to eat leeks by the way, via this insanely ...
Italian Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
Easy Italian Chicken Cacciatore recipe, an authentic Hunter Style Chicken Stew in Red Wine Sauce with Italian San Marzano Tomatoes and Wild Mushrooms! You can finish it on the stove top, bake it in the oven or the slow cooker. You knew I was gonna bring an authentic, easy Italian Chicken Cacciatore recipe from Italy for you. How could I not, right ?! Especially because this is a regular at the shack, healthy, light, gluten free and so easy to make. Not to mention perfect for a crowd! There ...
Spinach Clam Soup Recipe ( Healthy )
I’ve been waiting since last year to finally share this spinach clam soup with you guys. That’s because I can only find these cute wild baby clams during this time of year. If you had stopped by last night, you would have found us with our heads buried into a bucket of these garlic clams. This morning, I was at it again with the clam soup. Really, i can’t help myself ! I wanted to make a healthy summery variation of clam soup, light and vibrant with lots of nutrition. Not to say that there’s ...
Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho Recipe
Heirloom tomato gazpacho, a raw, easy chilled tomato soup made with cucumber, scallions and a little spice from red pepper flakes. I gave mine some Italian flair with the fresh basil, but you can go Spanish style with cilantro instead and serve it with sliced avocado and grilled shrimp. This summer soup is Ideally served with garlicky bruschetta to mop up all those juices, but equally delicious without any bread at all. Many recipes call for some type of bread to be added to the soup in ...
Vegetarian Kale Soup Recipe
A healthy, good for you, easy vegetarian kale soup that is loaded with nutrition and pureed into a smooth bowl of goodness! Simply replace the dairy with coconut cream and keep it vegan If you prefer. Supernatural spinach, kale, a zucchini for texture, together with a bunch of herbs and a little kick from green chili peppers make this simply perfect! Feel free to add a cup of cooked quinoa at the end to make it more of a hearty stew. I suspect this recipe is going to be on rotation at the ...
Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe
A rustic Italian roasted tomato soup recipe made with the last of summer's heirloom tomatoes, slowly roasted with garlic, onions and a splash of white wine! This roasted tomato soup recipe kids, ahhh! But before I even dive into telling you about how I could eat this each day every day, spring, summer, fall and winter until the end of time, I’ll rewind a little to explain how this actually came to be. To make my recipe make some sense, you'll need to rewind a couple of weeks back. My ...
Spinach Artichoke Soup Recipe
Gloomy rainy winter morning, just perfect for a warm spinach artichoke soup. I was actually determined to go back to bed and sleep in until the sun shine peeked through the clouds and woke me up with a warm kiss. It’s been ages since I’ve indulged in that kind of ultimate relaxation “Il dolce far niente”... But then, just as I was making my way up the stairs, I heard through the grapevine that my neighbor down the street is having an estate sale. I always mean to stop by those events but somehow ...
Celery Root Arugula Soup Recipe
This rainy gloomy day calls exactly for a pot of this immunity celery arugula soup . Not only because it's winter and cold and yucky out there, but also because it is exactly what I had in my refrigerator drawer looking for a purpose. A celery root some celery ribs, and some baby arugula. It's a sign I tell ya, without a doubt! Because really, the possibility of me getting in my car for a grocery store trip today was absolutely non-existent ! I barely found the motivation to take Peluci ...
Chanterelle Mushroom Soup
A hearty flavor loaded chanterelle soup recipe made with sweet butternut squash, wild chanterelle mushrooms and baby spinach. Chanterelles are like mushroom royalty to me; so what better time to treat yourself to some than during the holidays, right? And as much as I love and use them, I realized I haven't posted any chanterelle mushroom recipes. Whaaat ? I need to fix this! I think of them as vegetarian's meat, if that even makes any sense to you, which is how I got the idea of pairing ...