Meg’s New England-Style Clam Chowder

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING: More soup recipes??! But I LOVE making soup! I make it a lot. And of all the soups I make, my boys request this one over and over. It's easy to make and I almost always have the ingredients on hand. This might not be a true New England recipe, but it's creamy and …

Creamy roasted tomato soup

This creamy roasted tomato soup runs circles around that stuff from a can you enjoyed as a kid.

Green Turkey Chili

WHEN I COOK, I don’t often strictly follow recipes. I do when I bake, but not when I cook. (If that makes sense.) This is especially true whenever I make soups and chili. I always make it in about the same way, but I usually just kind of throw everything into the pot and it almost …

Ham Bone (Bean) Soup

This is another one of those recipes that's difficult to attribute to one grandma or the other, because both of them made it regularly. In my opinion, this soup is best made by members of the Grange or the Lions Club or the Moose or Elks or the Fire Company or the Lutheran Church - …