Soups and Stews

Dry Sourdough Bread Soup

A little sourdough bread always seems to get left aside. After two or three weeks it dries out completely, hard as a stone. Unlike modern breads, s...

Roasted Kabocha Squash Soup

Kabocha squash is valued for its low water content and high starch density. This recipe uses roasting to break down these complex starches into sim...

Creamy Lettuce Soup

We usually think of lettuce as a vegetable best suited for salads or eaten raw. But lettuce can also be roasted and, as you will see in this recipe...

Nettle Soup

Nettle is a versatile wild plant that works beautifully in cooking. Both stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) and Roman nettle (Urtica pilulifera) are s...

Creamy Zucchini Soup

Uri created this soup especially for his wife, Tali. One day there was not much in the house to cook with, Tali was hungry, and there were plenty o...

Whole-Grain Matzah Balls

These traditional dumplings get a nutritional upgrade using whole-grain matzah meal. They are light, flavorful, and a perfect accompaniment to any ...