What is Soupy Sunday?

Soupy Sunday is a biweekly event held at the residence of Keri Marion & Justin Lewis where we ask guests to bring something to contribute to the soup pot. While the soup is cooking, we entertain each other with performances, music or plays, all loosely categorized.

Occurring every other Sunday through the late Fall and Winter, Soupy Sunday is a way to beat the cold-weather blues with hot soup, warm friends & cold drinks.

Every Soupy Sunday is child-friendly. We ask that if your child is exceptionally picky, that you bring something they might like.

Crucial to Soupy Sunday success is to Bring Your Own Bowl.

For obvious reasons, we are not posting our home address to the soupy blog. If you know us, you’re welcome to come. If you don’t know where we live (because we move so often, really!), just get in touch by phone, email or through facebook and we’ll get you all gussied up for the ball.

Soupy Sunday Soup #9

• 1 yellow pepper (kim & sonia)
• 1 onion
• 2 grated carrots
• 2 big cloves of garlic
• 1 shallot (iris & shae)
• 4 potatoes (iris & shae)
• 1 can of fire roasted tomatoes (jenny)
• 6 cups of water
• 2tsp salt (or to taste)
• fines herbs (parsley, chives, tarragon and chervil)
• 2tbs (more or less) olive oil for sauté

Stupid delicious. Vegan. Low sodium. Heart healthy. Served with Tassajara Yeast Bread.

I may be forgetting a couple items, so feel free to correct as needed.

Kick Ass Black Bean Soup

I use dried beans, but if you’re in a pinch, use canned.

• 1c dry black beans (half a regular size bag)

If you have forgotten to soak them overnight, don’t fret.  Inspect the beans, put in a good-sized pot and fill with water. Bring water to a boil, cover the pot and let sit for at least an hour, test the bean for tenderness, drain off the water and then they’re ready!  Set aside.

In a skillet or heavy-bottomed pot, sautee in a bit of olive oil or butter:

• 1 large onion
• 3 cloves garlic (or to taste)
• frozen corn
• frozen peppers

Add beans & some water into the sauteed mixture. Season with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, paprika, cumin and whatever other kinds of spices you might like or seem appropriate. At this point if  add:

• 1/2 – 1 can black olives (if you like them)
• 1/2-1 large can of tomatoes (or fresh if in season)

And just before serving, top with

• grated sharp cheese

A thicker version of this soup is delicious over rice, polenta or corn cakes.  A thinner version of this soup accommodates polenta dumplings really well.

Delicious Leek & Carrot Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 Onion
• 3-4 cloves of garlic (or to taste)
• 2lbs leeks, sliced
• 2 large carrots, shredded
• 2tbs olive oil or butter

Sautee the above ingredients in the oil until they smell exceptional. Add:

• 3qts water
• 1 vegetable bouillon
• 1-2tsp Summer Savory

Simmer for about a half hour until all vegetables are soft. Broth should be a rich, warm color, but still clear.  Add cilantro or parsley for either garnish or add considerably more directly in the soup if you like it.

Yum Yum!

Soupy Sunday: Thanksgiving Edition!

Hello, hello!

The next Soupy Sunday event is scheduled for Sunday, November 29th, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We’ve held two so far, and they’ve been a lot of fun, so I hope you can make it.

Thanksgiving can produce a lot of waste on food that hasn’t been quite eaten up in time, so we think it’d be a great time to have people bring their leftovers and we’ll make some odd concoctions, play music, read poetry or perform a short play.

Mashed potatoes make great latkes; cranberry sauce can make for something interesting in the pot, stale bread can make a nice bread pudding: There are lots of ways to reconfigure food about to spoil!

You may bring meat, but because we have many vegetarians in our circle, it would be helpful if we keep the meat separate from the soup and not double dip utensils.

So let’s be thankful together! Bring a bowl, something to drink and something leftover!

Soupy Sunday 11/15/2009

We hosted Soupy Sunday once again and a great time was had by all. Good company combined with puppet shows, live music, and soup makes for a great time. The first Soupy Sunday soup was totally random with everyone bringing at least one ingredient for the soup. This time around we decided on sticking more or less to one of our favorite recipes.

The First Soupy Sunday

A few days ago Keri and I had an idea inspired by our friend Melissa. She had told Keri about her college days and how on Sundays she and her friends would gather together to make soup and while the soup cooked they would perform a play. What a cool thing to do! We just had to do something like that. And so, Soupy Sunday was born.