{"id":91798,"date":"2025-03-06T02:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/my-friends-incredible-tortilla-soup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T02:10:11","slug":"my-friends-incredible-tortilla-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/my-friends-incredible-tortilla-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"My Friend&#8217;s Incredible Tortilla Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"hero-image hero-image-main hero-image-main3 \">\n<div class=\"one-one-ratio\">\n<div class=\"hero-retio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-image-hide=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/05\/soup-group-tortilla-soup-easy-recipe\/liz-libre-soup-group\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-333503\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Libre soup group\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-362x483.jpg 362w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-680x907.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Liz-Libre-soup-group-1272x1696.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Six years ago, my friend <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2016\/06\/23\/liz-libre-home-tour-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz<\/a> had the brilliant idea to start <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2019\/01\/09\/host-to-host-soup-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a soup group<\/a> to help us get through a long, dark winter.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"1\" data-article-image-position1=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group.jpeg\" alt=\"soup group cup of jo\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-644x483.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-680x510.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1272x954.jpeg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Her pitch was simple: we\u2019d switch off hosting soup dinners at home, once every month or two. That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"2\" data-article-image-position2=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"soup group cup of jo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2514\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-369x483.jpeg 369w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-680x890.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-768x1006.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-1173x1536.jpeg 1173w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-1564x2048.jpeg 1564w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linseys-Tortilla-Soup-scaled-1-1272x1666.jpeg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We loved the evenings so much that we kept going through the spring, the summer, the fall, the following winter, and so on. I\u2019ve been so grateful for this kind of repeated activity \u2014\u00a0it feels like a heartbeat, especially during hard times. (I imagine it might be similar to what church feels like, just in terms of seeing the same people in a ritualized way?) Last week, we headed to Linsey\u2019s house, where she made a rich, delicious tortilla soup.<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"3\" data-article-image-position2=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/05\/soup-group-tortilla-soup-easy-recipe\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-333506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"red nail polish soup group\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-362x483.jpg 362w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-680x907.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-nail-polish-soup-grou-1272x1696.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We always leave the night with book recommendations, career insights, parenting stories, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43pMjSi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nail polish colors<\/a>. (Remember <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2022\/10\/11\/best-pink-nail-polish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gisela\u2019s shell pink<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"4\" data-article-image-position1=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/05\/soup-group-tortilla-soup-easy-recipe\/joanna-and-soup-group-2025\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-333501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"soup group cup of jo\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-644x483.jpg 644w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Joanna-and-Soup-Group-2025-1272x954.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"5\" data-article-image-position2=\"5\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"tortilla soup\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2530\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-489x483.jpeg 489w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-680x672.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-768x759.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-1536x1518.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-2048x2024.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-1272x1257.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tortilla-soup-120x120.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since Linsey\u2019s tortilla soup was so good, I asked her to share her non-recipe. Here goes:<\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9 carrots and onions, and season as you like your tacos (a taco seasoning mix is fine!). Add chopped chicken breast to brown. Then add bone broth, a couple cans of diced tomatoes (very worth it to find the fire-roasted kind!) and green chilies. Add lime juice to taste, plus a spoonful of sour cream. Serve with whatever toppings you fancy \u2014\u00a0avocado, cilantro, limes, cheddar cheese, black beans, corn, scallions, sour cream, tortilla chips, etc.<\/p>\n<p>(Any other soup recipes you love? I\u2019m always looking for good ones!)<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"6\" data-article-image-position2=\"6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"soup group\" width=\"1280\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-scaled.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-242x483.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-680x1360.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-768x1536.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-1024x2048.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/soup-group-1-1272x2544.jpeg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Soup Group, est. 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"7\" data-article-image-position1=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8349.jpeg\" alt=\"soup group\" width=\"1169\" height=\"897\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8349.jpeg 1169w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8349-629x483.jpeg 629w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8349-680x522.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8349-768x589.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1169px) 100vw, 1169px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Interloper Toby holding court one evening \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I adore it, and it\u2019s so simple! Thoughts? Would you host a soup group? Do you host another kind of gathering, or book club, or running group? I\u2019d love to hear\u2026 xoxoxo<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2014\/10\/09\/an-articles-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hosting an articles club<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/joannagoddard.substack.com\/p\/how-to-deepen-friendships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four ways I\u2019ve learned to deepen friendships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-meta aside-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/05\/soup-group-tortilla-soup-easy-recipe\/#comments\"><\/p>\n<p><span>93<\/span> COMMENTS<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/03\/05\/soup-group-tortilla-soup-easy-recipe\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago, my friend Liz had the brilliant idea to start a soup group to help us get through a long, dark winter. 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