Now that the weather is colder again, we have been pulling our favorite soup recipes. For Thanksgiving, I made this special “Hearth” broth and turned it into a broth-y light soup as our first course on Thanksgiving. (It was actually one of our favorite dishes of the meal!). Now we are enjoying soups made out of our Thanksgiving turkey.
We love homemade broths and soups so much around here. But that shouldn’t surprise you as I am the person who wrote a soup cookbook (affiliate link), Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons, solely so that I could share that love of soup and broth with you all! It’s full of recipes that we use on a regular basis (recently we have been enjoying the dairy-free version of the clam chowder and the Egyptian Red Lentil Soup with Caramelized Onions).
In celebration of soups, we wanted to giveaway some copies of Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons! My hope is that those who win this book will also find the same enjoyment and nourishment out of soups that we do.
Three reasons we like soups
If you were wondering why I am such a fan of soups and stews, here are a couple of reasons why.
Soup is delicious
We have to start with the obvious! While granted, if your only experience with soups is from lackluster restaurants and canned soup, soups can leave a bad taste in your mouth. But homemade soups are gloriously delicious! They are satisfying both to the appetite and to our sense of taste as we can build so many flavors into soups. Everything from simple lentil soups to fiery Thai soups, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Soup is Nourishing
There are so many potential health benefits of eating homemade soups! This is especially true when made with nourishing homemade broths. There are so many potential benefits that they are too many to list here! But if you are curious, check out this list of 10 reasons why homemade broth should be your diet, and the health benefits of broth.
Soup is frugal
Soup can really help stretch out your budget. Sure, there are expensive soups to make, (I have some really special ones in my book, too) but so many of them are far cheaper to make than many meals. We have our favorite frugal standbys that we rotate through our menu and our budget thanks us.
If possible, working on a cookbook devoted to soups helped me grow to love soup and stews even more. In this book, I share many different broth recipes, simple soups, old family favorites, soups inspired by our favorite restaurants, easy creamy vegetable soups, rice congees, and many more. Here are two recipes from the book to check out. Simple Thai Broth (a reader and personal favorite!) and Miso Brown Rice Congee. Also, download this preview of the book with three recipes! (It’s a PDF and we kept it lower quality so that it wouldn’t take up so much space on your computer, but it allows you to get a glimpse of the book format).
Would you like to win a copy for yourself (or if you already own it, to give as a gift?)
Enter the Rafflecopter below! US addresses only please, must be 18 years or older to enter. Giveaway winner will be announced December 12th.
Not required, but I’d love for you to check out Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons on Amazon, and tell me what most interests you about the book!
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Erica
I am a soup lover and Kimi’s recipes never fail. A perfect combination!
Betty
I’m just learning how to make soup. I have a LONG way to go. But seeing your easy delicious recipes is encouraging!
Cecilia
I have wanted a copy of this book ever since you wrote it. I love to use broth and, like you said, not only can soup be nourishing, and tasty, but also thrifty. Sometimes, though, our “winging it” soups aren’t quite what they could be. 😉 I have liked anything I’ve ever tried on your blog and trust your recipes, so I’d love to have a copy of this book.
Jennifer at Purposeful Nutrition and The Entwife's Journal
I love soup and we eat a lot in the winter so I would love to have an all real food soups cookbook.
Ceryl
The book looks beautiful. I am interested in the gut healing broth.
Melissa
The photos are gorgeous and inspiring. I love soups but usually stick to the same 6 or so kinds.
Ellen D
It’s funny I should get this today. I just spent the day making turkey broth. I love soup and am always looking for new recipes. I’d love to try the Indian lentil soup.
Stephanie
Was just looking at your book on Amazon yesterday. The preview is fantastic and I found the recipes very versatile. You have so many options that even someone with major food restrictions can still find some yummy soups to try! Can’t wait to get it.
Jackie H
As someone not from the States, I love that you have international flavors represented! 😉
cindy
Love soups and could really use guidance to expand my soup repertoire! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Elmasue Zylberberg
Love your recipes, can’t wait to check out this book!
Amy
I love soups, especially this time of year! I’m always happy to get inspiration for new ways to make them!
Kristy
I would love some clear direction on making bone broth that is consistently good! I am hit and miss still and I really don’t understand why. But yet my turkey stock from Thanksgiving turned out fantastic and I cannot tell you why!
Ruth
I love that you use nourishing broths and combinations of flavors that are similar to the kind food we like to eat.
elisa
my kids adore soup – would love to be inspired by new options
Lindsey
My kids love soup so I would love to have all these healthy soup recipes.
Heather M Pelletier
I love soup, especially at this time of the year, and any I can make in a crockpot is even better!
norma
so many good looking recipes, so little time. They all really look good, I am a soup lover!! I think the bean soups interest me the most…….yummy looking recipes.
Beth
Every recipe I’ve ever tried of yours has been a winner, so I expect the ones in this book would be no different!
Incidentally, I once asked a restaurant to see the list of ingredients in their soup, and it was a nauseatingly long 3-page list of chemicals and additives, with very little food to be found. Even with health food store soups, you run the risk of hidden forms of MSG and other undesirable yuckiness.
Bring on the homemade soups! Mmmmm… good.
Beth
Heather W.
I, too, migrate towards soups once the weather turns colder. My husband, on the other hand, has an “is this all” attitude toward sitting down to soup. I would love to try your recipes!!
Dawn
I love that this book has recipes from various ethnic groups! I didn’t know half of these soups existed. And I like that you, also, cover toppings!
Raeleen
Soup us definitely good food!
marilyn s
My family loves to eat soup, especially in the winter. I find I usually make the same few recipes so I am excited about having a cook book of recipes for soup to add some variety.
Lynn
Love your soups!
Laurel
We make broth a regular part of our diet and are in need if new inspiration
Lena
This book looks AMAZING! There is something absolutely soul-satisfying about a beautiful bowl of soup, and yours has so many to choose from!
Laken
I find that I’m always making the same soup recipes over and over! I’d love a copy of your book to learn some new tricks 🙂
Hope
I’d like to learn to make pho–I’ve heard others sing its praises.
mackenzie wojta
I want to learn more about bone broth and how you make soup super nourishing! !!
Kate
Gave this book as a wedding present recently. Would love to have my own copy. Everything looked wonderful. My family would like some new soups.
Heather
I love a nourishing bowl of soup! I have given this book as a gift, but would love to own my own copy.
Ellen
What interest me most: HEALTHY SOUPS and creativity!!
Lydia Carr
We eat a lot of soup, but I tend to fall back on the same old flavors. I would love something that would help me branch out a bit more – and I think my family would love it too!
Karen
I’m having trouble getting things to work properly when clicking to enter, so I hope I’m officially “in the hat” now!
Anyway, I’d love to have some yummy soup recipes for winter–I make a couple I really like, but new ideas would be lovely. 🙂
Talia B.
My husband loves to eat soup. I never much liked it until I made it homemade. Would love some new recipes.
Casey
The book is beautiful and I love the idea of having a cookbook that gives me so many recipes for soups! I love soup!!
Rebecca
I love the variety of broths recipes in the book. I’ve never really thought past using vegetable or chicken broth in soups, and the mushroom, stinging nettle, and fish broths look really interesting.
Jennifer
Soup is so comforting and satisfying! Your recipes sound wonderful. I hope I win so we can have a winter of new soups. 🙂
Lisa Todd
Want to prepare more soups for their nutritional and economical value. I have so wanted this book!
Natalie M
I love soups and the book looks beautiful, win win
Rachel
What a beautiful book! I’m intrigued by all the different broth recipes.
Amanda B.
I am so intrigued by the different styles of soups that are presented and that I know nothing about. I basically know how to prepare a basic chicken noodle or cream of something soup and I like the different options in the book!
Billie Yates
I’d love to learn how to make fish stock! Looks beautiful!
Laura
Oh, I’ve been eyeing this book for quite some time!
Brenda Adams
Your new book is so informative. I want one copy for my grown daughter and one for myself!!!
Amy
I’d love to try some new soups and ways of cooking them.
Kate
I love that there are beautiful pictures!
cynthia
I love all the “healthy” recipes!
Maria
I love me some soup, and if having this gets me away from my Mom buying Bear Creek soup mixes, all the better!
jani
Soup is the best!! Especially in wintertime.