{"id":46566,"date":"2025-12-01T07:34:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=46566"},"modified":"2025-12-01T07:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:34:57","slug":"nonnas-soup-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/nonnas-soup-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonna&#8217;s Soup Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/nonnas-soup-squares\/nonna\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nonna.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nonna\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nonna.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46571\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nonna.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nonna.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nonna.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Post Thanksgiving, when we&#8217;ve had our fill of turkey sandwiches &#8211; there&#8217;s turkey soup with carrots, celery, and ditalini. This year, I switched it up and made these Italian soup squares. They&#8217;re very simple to make &#8211; eggs, flour, baking powder, parsley, and Parmigiana whisked together and spread out in a pan and baked. Basically, they&#8217;re like breadless croutons that garnish your soup. The soup squares sop up the broth, like soft pillows &#8211; they&#8217;re delicious! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>3 handfuls grated Parmigiano<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon chopped parsley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line a 9&#8243; x 12&#8243;baking pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Spread out evenly, leaving about a half inch on all sides. Bake for 15 minutes until golden.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool completely and cut into small squares.<\/li>\n<li>Drop into any broth based soup.<\/li>\n<li>Store in refrigerator or freezer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post Thanksgiving, when we&#8217;ve had our fill of turkey sandwiches &#8211; there&#8217;s turkey soup with carrots, celery, and ditalini. This year, I switched it up and made these Italian soup squares. They&#8217;re very simple to make &#8211; eggs, flour, baking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/nonnas-soup-squares\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[4645,6216,6217,6215],"class_list":["post-46566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-italian-food","tag-just-like-nonna-used-to-make","tag-parmigiano","tag-soup-squares"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-c74","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35603,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/apple-blondies\/","url_meta":{"origin":46566,"position":0},"title":"Apple Blondies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Our first snowstorm of 2021, and I've been making soup, bread, and apple blondies. 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