One of my daughter’s favourite soups is clam chowder. For the longest time, I had always have this misconception that clam chowder must be very difficult and hard to make. I assumed that it takes hours and loads of work to prepare and cook. But it’s hard to find really good clam chowder at restaurants here nowadays. We’ve had horrible clam chowder at different places…some are watery, some tastes like regular mushroom soup, some just taste really weird.
So, my daughter turned two recently and since it’s her birthday (and feeling guilty that I didn’t bake her birthday . . . → Read More: Easy Clam Chowder Recipe
So, we got a huge head of cabbage from a neighbour recently and what am I going to do with a huge head of cabbage that could spoil and stink up the fridge if not cooked and eaten.
First, I used some of it, raw, with my pita dinner with baked chicken breast meat. Then I cooked it in three other ways.
For the longest time ever, beehoon soup or vermicelli soup is one of The Food Critic’s favourite food. He eats it when he has the flu. He eats it when he is overworked. He eats it whenever he is in need of some warm comforting food. Now, I’m not much of a fan but over time (after ten years of having to eat this meal with him), I acquired some taste for it. As long as I have some chili padi to go with it, I’m fine.
Other than rice, my son absolutely loves to drink soup. In fact, he’d rather drink soup than milk! I’ve been working late into the night a lot these days (blogging and some freelance writing work) so a nice bowl of nutritious chicken soup is really good to rejuvenate my tired body.
This is a recipe for nutritious and highly healthy clear chicken soup:
Chicken and Ginseng Soup
Chicken Soup For the Tired Body (with ginseng / pao sam and Dom)
Ingredients
Half chicken, cleaned and skin removed (so that soup will not be so oily)
Amongst my repertoire of soups to cook during the weekends, is the winter melon soup. Winter melon is known to be ‘cooling’ so it is great for hot, humid days. I especially like the clear, refreshing taste that is not too cloying.
I could probably say that this is the only soup using a fruit that I can cook all the time and both the men in my household love it! Yes, winter melon is essentially a fruit although we, Chinese, tend to think of it as a type of vegetable.
