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Soups & cozy meals

The pot of soup that turns a normal evening into a slow one. Creamy chicken and rice, white bean and kale stew with rosemary, late-summer roasted tomato and bread soup with basil oil, cold cucumber and dill soup with skyr for the hot months. The kind of brothy, pantry-friendly cooking that asks one Dutch oven, forty minutes, and a piece of crusty bread. Most freeze well. Several stretch across two dinners and a lunch. They are the recipes I make on a Sunday afternoon when I want the rest of the week to feel quietly handled. Here are the ones in my regular rotation.

5 recipes in this category.

A wide cream-speckled stoneware bowl of brown butter mushroom pasta on a white marble counter: short pasta in a glossy nutty brown sauce, deeply browned cremini and shiitake mushrooms distributed throughout, white cannellini beans folded in, a snow of freshly grated parmesan, scattered fresh thyme leaves, cracked black pepper, a small drizzle of olive oil pooling on the surface. Beside the bowl: a small wooden cutting board with halved cremini mushrooms, a sprig of fresh thyme, a wooden pepper mill, a folded striped cream-and-blue linen tea towel, a small dish of more grated parmesan. Soft late-afternoon kitchen light.

Brown butter mushroom one-pot pasta with white beans

A vegetarian one-pot pasta built on brown butter, deeply browned mushrooms, white beans, and parmesan. Thirty minutes, one Dutch oven, the kind of dinner that tastes like a long Sunday.

A wide cream-speckled stoneware bowl of cold cucumber dill soup on a white marble counter: a pale spring-green soup with visible flecks of fresh dill, a drizzle of olive oil pooling on the surface, a scatter of crunchy diced cucumber, finely chopped fresh dill and mint, a small dollop of thick white skyr, a few thinly sliced radish rounds, and a flake of flaky salt. Beside the bowl: a small clear glass cruet of olive oil, a small bunch of fresh dill, a lemon halved cut-side up, and a folded striped cream-and-blue linen tea towel. Soft midday summer light.

Cold cucumber and dill soup with skyr

A summery Swedish-style cold soup with cucumber, skyr, dill, mint, and lemon. Ten minutes of blending, no cooking, and the most refreshing lunch you'll have this month.

A wide cream-speckled stoneware bowl of deep red roasted tomato soup on a white marble counter, the surface drizzled with bright green basil oil in slow swirls, topped with a small handful of crispy torn sourdough croutons, fresh basil leaves, freshly grated parmesan, a pinch of flaky sea salt, and cracked black pepper. Beside the bowl: a small clear glass jar of more basil oil, a wooden cutting board with a half-loaf of crusty sourdough, a small bunch of fresh basil, and a folded striped cream-and-blue linen tea towel. Soft late-afternoon kitchen light.

Roasted tomato and bread soup with basil oil

A late-summer tomato soup that gets its body from a thick slice of day-old sourdough blended right in. Roasted tomatoes, garlic, basil oil, no cream.

A wide cream-speckled stoneware bowl of creamy chicken and rice soup with shredded chicken, tender rice, soft diced carrots, fresh parsley and dill, and a swirl of cream on top, on a white marble counter beside an open cream enameled Dutch oven, a wooden spoon resting on a striped cream-and-blue linen towel, and a torn piece of crusty sourdough.

Creamy chicken and rice soup

The Sunday soup that brought me back to cooking. Pantry-friendly, very forgiving, cozy without feeling heavy, and the kind of leftovers people fight over.

A wide cream-speckled stoneware bowl of brothy white bean and kale stew with tender cannellini beans, wilted lacinato kale, soft diced carrots, and a generous swirl of golden crispy garlic oil with little crispy garlic chips on top. A grated dusting of parmesan, a crack of black pepper, and a flake of flaky salt finish the bowl. A torn piece of crusty sourdough sits on a small wooden cutting board beside the bowl, with a folded striped cream-and-blue linen tea towel and a small jar of more crispy garlic oil on a white marble counter.

White bean and kale stew with crispy garlic oil

A weeknight stew of white beans and kale finished with a slow drizzle of crispy garlic oil. Brothy, savory, healthy-ish, and the kind of dinner that just needs a piece of crusty bread.