cam: bringing back the cookbooks

With Pinterest and the number of food blogs on the internet these days, it's so easy to forget about the beautiful stack of cookbooks in our kitchen. Every week, when I get ready to make my weekly grocery shop, I try to pick at least one recipe to make and then shop accordingly. I usually draw upon pins from my food board, but recently I've decided I want to be better about taking advantage of our amazing cookbooks. For Christmas, my co-worker Taylor gave me William-Sonoma's Soup of the Day, which has a different soup recipe for every single day of the year. That's 365 different and delicious soup recipes. It was the most amazing gift, especially given this extended period of soup-weather we're having this year. (I feel like I always talk about the weather but honestly it has dominated my life this winter and I don't know many other ways to deal with it than to talk about it all the time.)

So many cookbooks to use!

I got so much satisfaction physically flipping through the cookbook and earmarked a few must-trys in the coming weeks. This week I decided to try the recipe listed on December 23rd, Broccoli Soup with Parmesan-Lemon Frico. I hated broccoli growing up, and even now I still gag a little bit when I have broccoli plain. But I've come to learn that I am able to stomach broccoli when it is pureed or accompanied by lots of cheese. This one had a little bit of both...

Super easy recipe: broccoli, onion, garlic, chicken broth, and just a bit of heavy cream.
For the frico: just mix lemon zest & parmesan then spoon it in 1-inch piles on a cookie sheet.

Bon appetit!

I can't wait to try some of the spring soup recipes!

-Cam