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"Adapted from the Moosewood cookbook for West African Groundnut Stew. Wine or other fruit and vegetable juices (example, apricot or tomato) would also work as substitutes for the liquids. Thanks to Brooke the Cook in WI for putting this recipe in her best of 2008 cookbook!"

Ingredients: cilantro, coconut, eggplants...

"This soup has some strange ingredients, but I swear that it's some of the best soup I've ever had."

Ingredients: ginger, green bell peppers...

"This is a very healthy soup made of sweet potato, spinach and chick peas. It's lovely in winter."

Ingredients: pepper, coriander, cumin...

"A more "lemony" flavor than the chicken noodle soups we are used to."

Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...

"Quick and easy to make with a nice zippy flavor. Very nice with some warmed flatbread and hummus."

Ingredients: cumin seeds, fava beans...

"Variation: Creamy peanut soup
Like velvet, but peanutty velvet: Omit the collards or kale. Then in step 3, along with the peanut butter, stir in 1 cup heavy cream, rice milk, or coconut milk, either made from scratch or canned (use ½ can, slightly less than 1 cup, with a little water). Use an immersion blender to puree the soup in the pan...."

Ingredients: chunky peanut butter, fresh ground black pepper...

"Tweeked to my liking. Originally called for pureeing, but I don't think a fish soup/stew should be pureed."

Ingredients: pepper, diced tomatoes...

"Not only does this taste good it’s very healthy. This recipe is from a diabetic cook book. Lots of vegetable, and because the lentils are high in soluble fiber this is a good recipe to lower blood cholesterol."

Ingredients: cilantro, dry lentils...

"This was so fast for me to throw together and surprisingly tasty. If you like cellophane noodle soups & bean sprouts you might just love this!

If you do this according to the directions the noodles and vegetables will come out right. If you do it out of order you may end up with mushy noodles.

Polite request: If you change..."

Ingredients: cilantro, shrimp...

"An Egyptian favorite, hamud has a versatile nature. Although generally served as a sauce for rice, it often appears twice in the same meal, first as a soup, and then again as the sauce. It is basically a chicken soup with celery, strongly flavored with lemon and garlic, but other green vegetables find their place in it when they are at hand. Posted..."

Ingredients: celery & leaves, leeks...