Nourish Soups: Hearty Soups with a Healthy Twist

Woods, a recipe developer and food stylist, debuts with this excellent outing featuring nutritious soups. While “the joy of soup is its simplicity,” these vibrant recipes, accompanied by enticing photographs of finished dishes, elevate a simple comfort food to an impressive culinary centerpiece. Her introduction on preparing meat, fish, and vegetable stocks is followed by ideas for such toppings as croutons, drizzles, or crispy fried onions. More than 60 boldly flavored and internationally inspired concoctions are grouped by style (“Light & Refreshing,” “Hearty & Wholesome,” or “Creamy & Comforting”) with whole food ingredients: jerk chicken soup overflows with charred corn, peppers, and pineapple; udon noodles and salmon in a miso broth explode with color and nutrition; curried paneer soup, “a sort of cross between dhal and a saag” is a hearty spiced bowl. For creamy and satisfying soups, there’s parsnip, pear, and cardamom, as well as a tortilla-topped chipotle sweet potato soup. Vegans, vegetarians, and dairy-free home cooks also will find much to enjoy in these recipes that celebrate wholesome ingredients and nutrition without sacrificing flavor. Woods offers an exciting spectrum of innovative options for unleashing the health-packed power of soup. (Nov.)