Quick and easy American soups, stews & chilis recipes 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…

Carolina Coast Shirmp Bog

A bog (unlike a pilau) is any stew that includes wet, soggy rice. This recipe was adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, Stews, Bogs, and…

Chicken Tortilla Soup 2SP

Maple Mesquite Bar-B-Que Sauce

Here is a recipe for a sweet and tangy sauce for barbecues or use as a condiment for eggs, potatoes, meats or sandwiches. Very good on pork…

Creamy Shrimp Chowder

I had some leftover Shrimp from the New Years Eve Party and made this delicious, easy chowder, it was a hit!

Easy Texas Chili

Saute the beef and open some cans. Thirty minutes later you have a wonderful pot of chili. The cost of this recipe is about $2.00 per person,…

Cowboy Soup 1

Zesty Lentil Soup

With this recipe, I modified my mother's traditional Lentil Soup recipe with red lentils, fire roasted tomatoes, cilantro and viognier to give a…

Italian Sausage Goulash

Perfect goulash for those cold winter nights. Mild italian sausage brings the perfect flavor to the broth. Feel free to use fresh mushrooms, if…

Jerk Chicken Chili

A fast, yet flavorful meal - ideal for a busy weeknight!

Perfect Clear Chicken Broth

Step by Step and the secrets to make the perfect broth, suggestions on what to make with it and use the leftover chicken for more than one use. Take…

Spicy & Smokey Tomato Lobster Soup

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

Vegetarian Sausage Goulash

Perfect goulash for those cold winter nights. You can use soy ground meat (looks like ground round) or the sausage like meat. Feel free to use…

Chicken soup

Money-saving recipe using bone-in whole chicken.