Celebrate soup  

This is the perfect time of year — despite Louisiana’s can’t-make-up-its-mind weather — to celebrate eating great-tasting soups that can warm the tummy and a gray day.

Here are some soup recipes to try for healthful and delicious meals. They are chock-full of vegetables and nutrients that will help fight off infections so common during the winter months.

The Thai Sweet Potato Bisque With Parmesan Whole-Wheat Crostini combines A and B vitamin-packed sweet potatoes and carrots with the flavors of coconut milk, onions, curry, ginger and chili pepper.

The easy-to-make Lentil Soup and Butternut Squash Vegetarian Soup recipes are from New York City caterer Ricky Eisen.

For more soup recipes, visit our website at http://www.theadvocate.com/features/food.