Exotic Foods Abound in Colombia: Although “exotic” foods abound in Colombia, the most succulent, flavorful offerings are its locally-made soups. One of the many pleasures of living and teaching English as a foreign language abroad is the opportunity to sample and savor a unique plethora of foods. From chilly Bogotá, Colombia’s mountain-located capitol city, through aromatic seafood soups from the Pacific coast to the steaming goodness of Cali, Salsa music capitol of Colombia, here are some of the country’s best soups.

Travel in Colombia - Six Succulent Soups of the South in Colombia

You don’t need butter or flour to make soup thick and creamy. Instead, stir in a cupful of rolled oats or quick oats, and cook for 20 minutes or more. Then whirl a hand blender in the pot to make the soup smooth and extra creamy. Try this in the delicious recipes below, or invent your own.

Soups Thickened with Oatmeal! Creamy and Healthful, Too

Your mother’s soup was a great idea for boosting your immune system and helping you to regain health when you were young. Eating healthy all of the time can prevent a lot of illnesses.

Soups - a Recipe for An Immune System Boost

Wild rice is the state grain of Minnesota and we love it. Fine restaurants feature wild rice dishes and home cooks fix wild rice recipes for their families. This recipe, from a former food writer, is the result of having “a little of this and a little of that” on hand. If you like wild rice you will like this soup.

Minnesota Wild Rice Soup with Chicken, Fresh Mushrooms and Sherry

If you love mushroom soup then this is a good recipe for you to try. Mushroom soup is one of my favorites, and if it is made properly it will taste like liquid velvet in your mouth. I hope that you will have fun making this dish and that you also enjoy the flavor combinations while eating it.

Warm, Wintery Mushroom Soup - It Will Take The Chill Out Of A Cold Winter Evening

This cheddar potato recipe makes a soup that is creamy and smooth with true baked potato flavor. You can dress this up with a dollop of sour cream and chives or crumbled bacon, but I like it just as it is.

Cheese and Potato Soup - A Recipe for Cheddar Baked Potato Soup That Is Out Of This World

Herbal soup is very popular among the Chinese. It is believed to be highly nutritional and has been used to boost one’s body energy. It is taken warmth and very tasty if it is cooked well. Ingredients such as winter melons, ginger, herbs, etc are commonly used in making the soup. Some soups need to be heated for a period of time to allow the herbs to release its nutrients. The followings are two tasty soup recipes suitable to be included for your dinner.

Chinese Herbal Soup

Soups and sauces can be thickened in a variety of ways. A sauce must the thick enough to cling to the food, but not so thick it stands up on its own. Starches are by far the most common thickening ag…

What’s the Thick on Roux? Thickening Soups and Sauces

When you’ve had a long day or are fighting a nasty cold, there just isn’t anything better than a good cup of soup. There’s just something about a bowl of that warm liquid that makes you feel better no matter what happened. Let’s take a look at what makes soup the perfect comfort food, and of course share a recipe for the soup of all soups. You’ll have to keep reading to find out what it is.

Soup - The Perfect Comfort Food

Most, (not all) but most canned soups now days contains ingredients that are completely unnecessary for a desirable tasting soup.

What’s In Your Soup?