From the Kitchen of Dr. Amy Rothenberg My friend Dennis Rosen MD, served this Watermelon Soup at a Fourth of July party and I was smitten! Delicious with some surprising flavors, and SO refreshing on a hot summer evening!! * 8 cups fresh watermelon, cut into one inch...
Lentil Vegetable Soup
Nothing beats a good, hearty soup that has inexpensive ingredients, feeds a lot of people, and doesn't take long to make. To prepare a vegetarian lentil soup, don't add meat and substitute vegetable broth for the chicken broth. Original recipe for this soup was from...
Chilled Cucumber Soup
Chilled soup seems like an oxymoron to me, but I was determined to do something light and summery for this month’s offering. I was blown away at the delicate pale celadon color of this soup. And if I were to give a temperament to this soup, I would call it shy. It’s...
Gazpacho
Never a huge gazpacho fan, but I was in search of something summery in which I could also use all the veggies I had overgrowing in my garden, so gazpacho was a natural selection. The key to good gazpacho is fresh ingredients, the right balance of veggies and the right...
Minestrone Soup
This is the soup I have made most often, that my kids ask for the most and that I can make blindfolded with one hand behind my back. It's a kind of take on a milestone sans the pasta. Well, that might be overstating it, but suffice it to say, you do not have to be too...
Squash or Pumpkin Soup
The key to a good squash soup is to bake the squash and sweet potatoes and white potatoes and to not rush them along. With pumpkin or squash, I will cut in half, get out the seeds and bake face down on a cookie sheet. I was once so inspired by the sound of sizzling of...
Red Lentil & Black Bean Soup
I am an artist at heart so a lot of the things I love to do, I love to have a visual component that is compelling. With this soup, the black beans stand out like punctuation in the yellowish backdrop. I think it’s the sesame oil that makes this recipe pop and not...
Corn Chowder
I love to serve corn chowder with what my mother called a Famous Sandwich: toasted bread with a dab of mayo, lettuce, tomato & cucumber; you have to cut on the diagonal and if you happen to keep toothpicks with frilly tops on hand, this would be the perfect...
Tomato Soup
This is less of a recipe and more of the realistic food prep in a busy household! For the month of May, between travel and family and work commitments, I wanted to prepare a nice dinner/soup but found myself short on time. SO! I offer here instead a salad with a...
Turkey Soup
I make this one just like I make my Chicken soup, but instead of using a whole chicken or chicken legs, I use turkey legs. They are bigger in general and you do not need as many. You can also make this soup using scraps of turkey from a carved bird after Thanksgiving....