Category: Soups

This recipe comes from my dear friend Alain, who taught me how to make this delicious soup.

Sancocho is a traditional soup (often considered a stew) in several Latin American cuisines derived from the Spanish dish known as Cocido.  Sancocho is a traditional food in Colombia made with many kinds of meat (most commonly pollo (chicken), gallina (hen), pescado (fish), and cola (ox tail)) along with large pieces of plátano (plantain), papa (potato), yuca (cassava) and/or other vegetables such as tomato, scallion, cilantro, and mazorca (corn on the cob), depending on the region.…

Recipe comes from “The Candle Cafe Cookbook” by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza with Barbara Scott-Goodman.

Creamy Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:
6 cups vegetable broth (you can buy ready one in the store.Make sure it is vegan).
3 medium heads of broccoli, trimmed and coarsely chopped
2 medium red potatoes, diced
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small onion, peeled and diced
2 garlic cloves,minced
1 celery stalk
1 bunch of parsley,chopped
1/2 cup of corn flour
1 teaspoon of salt
black pepper

IN a large soup pot,combine the broth,broccoli and potatoes and bring to a boil.Reduce…

This dish my mom used to make. I changed it to vegan. You can make it more spacy by adding more spascy seasonings or hot peppers.

A’la Leczo

Ingredients:
4 red bell peppers
4 green bell peppers
4 yellow bell peppers- optional
(You can use only red pepper if you prefer,it is really up to you how many and which one you want to use).…