This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: Miche's version of the viral Lasagna Soup

This is such an easy recipe to make. I'm not sure what makes a recipe go viral on TikTok. I wish I knew! Maybe then people would stick around for more than 40 seconds of the voiceovers I write and we'd have a thriving business. So, if you know the secret, please don't gatekeep. I'd love something we created to go viral. In a lasagna soup, not Covid, way.

This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: Pho

I was born in Vietnam. Technically, I am not Vietnamese. It's the place of my birth, but it's not my family ethnicity. Most people do not look at me and see a person with Asian features, but I swear on all that's holy, when I was growing up, and people would ask where I was born, and I would tell them, they'd look confused and then nod and say, oh yeah! I see it a little around the eyes. And then I'd roll them. My eyes, I mean. Like seriously? My ethnic look isn't Asian at all. Eastern European, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Jewish. I can play any of those roles if any casting directors happen to be looking. But, since the days of Rita Moreno playing an Asian in movies, and yes, she did. (Tuptim in the King and I), casting me as Asian is about as obvious.

This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: Split pea and lentil soup(s)

This week in the magic kitchen, you get two recipes for the price of one! How and why? Because I make both of these delicious soups the same way. They don't taste the same because their main ingredients are different, and they each have a different flavor profile, but both rock hard in a comforting way. The way split pea breaks down and becomes almost creamy without any dairy is very cool. Lentils cook down but don't mush the same way.

This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: CHOWDAH, aka New England clam chowder

This installment of our fall soup series is New England clam chowder. Warning: it's addictive!

As a mom and home cook, I prefer whole foods, not the store (though I've been known to drop the whole paycheck in Whole Foods), but what I mean is I prefer not to get my meals out of a can or freezer bag. But there must be exceptions to every rule, and this recipe is it. Not one fresh ingredient to be found! The only tools needed are a large double boiler, a can opener, and a large spoon to stir!

This is my MIL's recipe, and it's beyond quick and easy. You open cans, and you mix up everything in the pot you cook in, it literally gets no easier or quicker than this recipe, and it’s so much better than any can of clam chowder. The only change I made is adding our Twice Stolen Spice™ instead of oregano alone. It makes it so much better, and it was already really good.

This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: Beef Mushroom Barley Soup

Soup! There it is... again! And again. Don't ever trust a person who doesn't love soup. I love soup any time of the year, but the fall season is soup season. Period. End of story.

Fuck pumpkin spice. Come fight me. I don't care. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. I guess I'm not your average white girl. I don't like pumpkin spice everything, and I cook with spices! I mean, this bitch right here creates blends to make it easier for a lot of people who are scared to cook. It's not hard! I promise.

Cooking involves this skill set: telling time, measuring, and tasting. If you can do these three things, you can cook. Oh, make it 4 things, you need to be able to read since you'll probably need to follow recipes to start on your cooking journey. Don't be a wuss. No need to be scared.