American soups, stews & chilis recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing more than $3 per serving

Italian Spinach Soup

Suprise, surprise. Another amazing recipe adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essential's of Italian Cooking. This is one of my bibles. Not only did I…

Hearty Red Lentil Soup

This is a wonderfully flavored soup that our whole family really enjoyed. I'm a huge fan of traditional Turkish Red Lentil soup which has more…

New England Clam Chowder

Easy, creamy traditional clam chowder without hassle.

Slow Cooked Beef Stew

Venison Chili

Our local venison is mild and tender - most deer spend their days munching in corn fields or nibbling people's gardens. This is a really quick…

Corn Chowder with Crab

Gumbo Z'Herbs

Gumbo Z'Herbs is often referred to as the king of gumbos in New Orleans. In predominantly Catholic South Louisiana, it was traditionally served on…

Spicy & Smokey Tomato Lobster Soup

Tomato soup happens to be one of my favorites soups. The addition of smoke, pancetta and lobster takes this…

Jacked Up Chili

Biker special that treats the whole family. The alcohol burns off during cooking.

Chicken soup

Money-saving recipe using bone-in whole chicken.

Beefy Mushroom Barley Soup

Exactly 27 years ago today My brand new husband and 6 month old baby went on a "road trip" to celebrate a honeymoon that hadn't happened yet. We had…

Corn Chowder with Crab

You can choose to leave the crab out if you want

Lobster Bisque with White Wine and Cognac

What better way to warm your tummy waiting for the game to start ,a great big mug of creamy Lobster Bisque ,my…

Chicken Sausage, Sweet Potato and Kale Soup

My family loves the potato and sausage soup at Olive Garden. So I made up this soup to try & replace the Olive…

Chicken and Corn Chili