3.28.2014

Vegetable Barley Soup with the Taste of Little India for French Fridays with Dorie


We truly enjoy being a part of the online food blogging community. We love having the opportunity to share recipes, tips, tricks, family traditions and stories about food and drink. Food is such a huge part of our lives. We are not the type of people who eat to live. Food is not just fuel for us. Rather, it is pleasure - not just the act of eating delicious food, but also the act of creating it and sharing it. It's how we experience other cultures. It's how we show our love and caring. And it's great to be in a "club" with others who feel that way.

That's why we joined French Fridays with Dorie, a group of cooks who all make the same recipe from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table each week. Although we don't have the time to participate as often as we would like, this week we just had to find the time. It was a good week to do so, as the recipe was quite simple and easily made with a few basic kitchen ingredients. And also, because even though it's the end of March, it's still as cold and briskly windy as mid-January around here! So this week we, along with others around the world, made "Vegetable Barley Soup with the Taste of Little India," accented with such warming spices as garam masala, turmeric and red pepper. Perfect for this terrible weather!



We won't post Dorie's recipes here, as we'd rather encourage people to buy the book. The stories that go along with her recipes are entertaining, the pictures gorgeous, and it's a great big book filled with plenty of amazing recipes, making it well worth the cost. But this week, there's a loophole, in that Bill Daley of Tribune Newspapers did a feature on online cooking communities and in the feature, he included this very recipe. Here is the link to that article, and a longer version of the article can be found hereBon appetit! 



14 comments:

Cher Rockwell said...

It is still soup weather, isn't it? Sigh.

Glad you enjoyed!

Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

Glad to see you joining us! This was perfect for our weather, too.

Unknown said...

It was soup weather in Oklahoma too! Yours looks delicious.

Trevor Sis Boom said...

The soup was a lot of fun and it was nice to have our group noticed in the newspaper.

Nana said...

Your soup looks delicious, perfect for this last days of winter.

Ei said...

Looks delicious!

Cakelaw said...

This was great soup, wasn't it.

Mary Hirsch said...

Didn't you love throwing all those exotic and flavorful spices into a plain ole vegetable soup. I thought it was delicious also. Although I am in warmer weather than most, our evenings are cold. I enjoyed my soup. Glad your cooking with us as often as you can.

Alice said...

Even in California, I still consider it soup weather, until I'm sweating over the stove to make a 30 minute soup,... then its no longer... :) I hope it warms up soon for you!

Kathy said...

This was a good pick for the last days of winter…but I can feel spring in the air! Glad you enjoyed this one!

Betsy said...

Glad to see you on board this week. I really wish it weren't soup weather anymore, though your soup does look good.

Teresa said...

This was a great soup, wasn't it? And the spices were so warming - it's raining here, so comfort food was definitely a plus this week.

Andrea_TheKitchenLioness said...

It looks like you really enjoyed this soup recipe - nice to have you joining the group.

jck said...

Sweet, and warm, and just a touch spicy...wonderful soup. I thank you for sharing.