American winter soups, stews & chilis recipes costing less than $2.0 per serving

Vegan Cream of Spinach Soup

The best thing about this soup? It takes less than half an hour from chopping board to table; and is dead easy. Unlike starchy soups that need about…

Black Beans with Saffron Rice

Ed's Chicago Cocoa Chili ( aka Chocolate Chili )

I like cooking and I love chili and chocolate, so if there was any way I could combine the three, I was gonna…

Beef Stew

The beef stew is a very good traditional beef stew. If you are craving the beef stew your grandmother used to make, then this will definitely hit…

Chicken Noodle Soup

Last week I was feeling pretty yucky and was craving some good ole chicken noodle soup. After looking at about a gazillion different recipes I…

Ginger-Carrot Bisque

This soup would be a perfect start for an autumn dinner.

Carrot and Ginger Soup

This is a hearty warming soup, filled with vitamin A and herbs which will prepare your respiratory system for exposure to colds and flu. It has a…

Meatless Fridays #1– Vegetarian Chili

This is the first in a series of meatless Friday posts. Today we are having vegetarian chili. Lately even if I…

Jamaican Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash & Quinoa

For a vegan version of this delicious stew, replace the chicken with about 1-1/2 lbs of mushrooms, beef broth…

Chili Colorado

“Oh Mom, that looks so good!” Yeah, I did it again! Another soup Max will eat! He loves Lima beans, he loves chili, and he loves carrots and red…

Awesome Split Pea Soup

We made this soup by combining the best of two recipes...one from America's Test Kitchen and one from Cook's Illustrated's the Best New Recipe. I…

Zippy Tomato Soup

Wow! When my mother-in-law, Margie, introduced me to her Zippy Tomato Soup, I became an instant convert! And that's saying a lot because up until…