Ok, so I’m not sure if tree nut stew is actually a thing. I do know groundnut soup is and that is where I got the idea for this recipe. 
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Spring Green Soup
I have one more soup recipe for you before it gets too warm to even think about soup. And I think this might be one of my new favorite soups, which is saying a lot because I like soup.
Why do I like soup? I like throwing a bunch of things into one pot and making a meal out of it. It’s easy to use up odds and ends you might have, you can make a bunch of meals out of one dish, and there are so many different varieties of soup. Stew, bisque, brothy, chunky, creamy, pureed, gazpacho, vichyssoise, goulash… I’m like Bubba from Forest Gump naming all the shrimp dishes. I’m ok with that. 
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Lemony Mung Bean Soup
Is it just me or does mung bean sound gross and weird? I bet it’s because it rhymes with dung. And who wants to eat a dung bean? No one. No one wants to eat anything with dung in the name.
Unless you’re a dung beetle, but I digress. 
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Rain, Rain, Go Away….
Rain. More rain. And, wait for it…. even more rain. That’s been the theme of the weekend and I’m starting to feel a little bit like Noah. Ok, it hasn’t been raining THAT long but it has for the past few days and I don’t think it’s supposed to stop until tomorrow. We’re actually under a flash flood warning here in Chicago, so perhaps I’ll need my ark after all… 
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Tomato and Artichoke Soup
SOUP WEATHER!!!! It was cold enough for a jacket yesterday and now I want to make all the soup. All of it. And you’re coming along for the ride. 
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