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Sippable suppers: Like having a Slurpee for dinner. Just not cold, or sweet.

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Recently, when I referred to our something-from-nothing vegetable-drawer dinner as Stone Soup --more appetizing, I thought, than the contending name Compost Soup -- my daughter asked if there were really stones in it, and then gently accused me of lying.

What I really wanted to say was that's kind of how it is with soup: something between a fib ("The Aztecs made this soup as an offering to their gods!") and cheerful propaganda ("That squash was so great last night, I thought we'd have it again today -- as soup!"). My kids, they're not so interested in soup as classic comfort food, in its ability to rejuvenate elderly ingredients or to maximize vegetable consumption. They do like shallow bowls that cool the soup quickly, and they like it to be plenty salty. And they like these fantastic recipes. In fact, they almost love them. Almost.

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