Comments on: Eating Local: Snowy Day (one-pot) Tomato Bread Soup

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:05:20 +0000

[...] winter-like weather finally making its way to the DC area, Victoria (MD) from The Soffritto figured that her favorite way to warm up was perfect for this one-pot meal challenge. Italians call [...]

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:29:21 +0000

Thank you! I can’t wait to see how your versions turn out. The home-frozen pesto & the home-canned tomatoes are really the trick to getting the taste of summer. I guess we’ll find out Thursday (Groud-hog Day) just how close we all are to digging into the garden!

By: Jes

Jes — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:02:39 +0000

Beautiful soup! I’ve never made a bread soup before, but have been wanting to for awhile. Definitely bookmarking the recipe.

By: Rebecca @ Eating Floyd

Rebecca @ Eating Floyd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:53:15 +0000

Perfect, Victoria! Now I know what to take to the farmers market vendors potluck this week! We’re all craving a taste of summer.

BTW, I freeze pesto and herb pastes in snack size baggies. They hold several tablespoons, freeze flat, and it’s easy to get all the air out of the bags before freezing so the bright color is retained. It also makes it easy to break off just the amount you want and return the rest to the freezer.

By: Margo, Thrift at Home

Margo, Thrift at Home — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:23:39 +0000

oh yum. This looks so good. I’ve got all that good stuff on hand – I think I’ll have to make this.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:01:27 +0000

It was nice to have the sun this afternoon, but I grow tired of these snowy/sunny weeks! I hope we get a good freeze soon…otherwise the bugs are going to be 10x worse this summer

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:23:29 +0000

I think it’s great. We both have foggy, ugly day pics. We both ended up making soup.

I can’t believe today though. Sixty degrees? In January? I should have grilled something tonight.

By: Sincerely, Emily

Sincerely, Emily — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:30:11 +0000

That looks like a hearty and filling one-pot meal. I am crossing my fingers that next winter I will have a cabinet full of canned tomato sauce sitting there ready to use like you do!

Beautiful meal. Emily

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:55:40 +0000

During the summer I do a few batches – one for thai basil pesto & one for italian basil pesto. After I make a batch of pesto, I freeze it in the freezer cube trays, allow to set over night then pop the cubes into a freezer bag. The cubes are used in sauces, soups & on bruschetta all winter long. I can’t imagine a freezer without them!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:33 +0000

How do you make your pesto cubes? Made once. Seemed like more work than it was worth???
Thoughts?

Trader joe cubes ok but still not excited about…