Rainy days call for comfort food. Soup and grilled cheese. Not just any soup, a slightly sweet, mildly spicy, rich butternut squash bisque. This soup is velvety, creamy, and perfect for dunking a crispy, gooey, grilled cheese sandwich in. It's the classic grilled cheese and tomato soup all grown up. You can still justify the nap afterwards though; naps are definitely for adults too!
One year for halloween, my grandmother dressed as a piece of broccoli. It was spectacular. She wore a green sweatsuit, painted her face green, and used temporary colored hair spray to tint her then gray hair a celery green color. She was at the time working as an aid for the local elementary school, and her students called her Mrs. Broccoli.
This is my absolute favorite chicken noodle soup. It's the soup that I want when I have a cold or a sore throat. It's soothing, filling, and just delicious with the bright lemon. It's a great way to use up leftover chicken and comes together pretty quickly. I've been making versions of this soup for years, first with vegetable stock and TVP (textured vegetable protein) as a vegetarian. It's great in a vegetarian version but even better with leftover roast chicken.
