Soups & Stews

One-pot soups and slow-cooked stews that feed a family and freeze in portions.

Family Beef Stew

A slow, forgiving stew with no wine and no browning shortcuts — plus why the meat needs two hours and what happens…

Roast the squash rather than boiling it — the reason most butternut soup tastes flat, and the fix that takes no extra…

A clear, light vegetable soup that uses whatever is in the drawer, with the order of adding things that stops everything turning…

A smooth tomato soup carrying four vegetables, blended so completely that texture stops being the argument. Serves six, freezes well, about 45…