Well Winter isn't officially here, but it is December and we have definitely had some blustery chilly days here in Birmingham.
I love those gray, windy, cold days when all you want to do is stay inside where it's warm, curl up on the sofa and watch bad tv or movies and make a big pot of homemade soup!
I absolutely love LOVE LOOVE soup.
(Did I say that I love soup?)
I really love any soup recipe and would literally have a bowl of homemade soup everyday during the winter months. Nothing is more fantastic or comforting to me then that. So as I was looking for a new soup recipe to try, I got an email from a new post of one of my favorite blogs called "101 Cookbooks" by Heidi Swanson. She's a "foodie" blogger, and I love reading blogs about recipes or what other people are making in their home.
Plus, to be honest, I could read recipes or cookbooks all day long.
So the recipe she posted was something I had never tried before, but sounded amazing. It was a recipe for Baby Lima Soup with Chipotle Broth. It only has five ingredients, and it does not lack any substance and definitely has a kick. Plus, it was so simple to make as well. I actually used dried lima beans, and it took no pre-soaking, and was done in under an hour. I also liked the fact that you controlled how much heat you wanted by how much Chipotle sauce you added. Eakin is not as much a spicy fan as myself, so I only added one Chipotle and about two teaspoons of the sauce and you could still get that kick.
I also added sweet frozen corn to balance the heat factor which was a nice combination. And while the beans were cooking, I also added a piece of bacon to give even more flavor, because everything is better with bacon right?
So when it's a cold bluster day, try this soup with some cornbread and it will defiantly warm you up!
Thanks Heidi!
I'm sure with winter just aproaching, I'll have more posts about terrific soups to come!
