Don’t let the name fool you, this soup is great in the Winter.
Greek Inspired Summer Soup
This Greek Inspired Summer Soup comes from the classic Mediterranean salad that is usually offered at Greek and Italian restaurants. I LOVE that salad and thought to create this soup which comes with a lot of the same vegetables. Here we swap out tomatoes and make it the base before adding chickpeas, sausage, potatoes, and onions. To give more of the Greek-inspired flavors, I added lots of dill, lemon, oregano, and fresh cucumber into the mix!
This Lychee and Pork Ramen looks almost too good to eat!
Lychee and Pork Ramen
Oh my.
This ramen.
This one took me a few tries but I’m very excited to show my new Lychee Pork Curry Ramen. Packed with flavor, this ramen dish has a few unusual garnishes but I PROMISE they come together like you wouldn’t believe. It has a great, punchy flavor with a spicy/salty/sweet flair that is almost too good to be true.
This ramen is actually mainly inspired by a salad that kinda blew my mind at Rose’s Luxury in Washington D.C. I’ve had their Pork Lychee Salad twice now and it ALWAYS impresses me. It brings together some interesting ingredients including spicy sausage, lychee (a super sweet, warm climate fruit), a coconut foam salad dressing, and raw onion and peanuts for toppings. Weird right?? Yes but also no, trust me, amazing!
Originally, this recipe was going to be a copycat of that salad until I decided that was lame for this instance. I wanted a full meal and something that incorporated all those fun flavors. And thus, after a lot of tinkering, this Lychee and Pork Ramen was born!
This Zuppa Toscana recipe is a delicious, homemade copycat of the Olive Garden soup. It’s tasty and oh-so cozy for these winter months.
Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana
Here at The Happy Haandi, there is nothing I love more than a hot bowl of soup. What is even the point of winter, if not for soup?? Cozy and warm, it seems to insist on a snowy evening, a fireplace, and maybe some fuzzy slippers. Enter this instant pot Zuppa Toscana recipe – a remedy we’ve been using to help us along our cold trudge to Spring.
This recipe is my take on the popular Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana soup. With more people staying home because of the COVID pandemic, I wanted to bring you all a delicious substitute for their Zuppa Toscana soup that comes together right at home with the added bonus of customization! Our Zuppa Toscana soup gets a great kick of spice from the spicy Italian sausage AND some (a lot) of red pepper flakes. Here I tossed in some colorful potatoes and kale and a dash of milk into the broth for a perfectly creamy texture.