Soups

[Pressing-On]

Just made this soup and it is delicious!!!!!!

Sorry, I didn't measure anything. Everything was organic, Ferd! You can use regular ingredients. I'm sure it will be "almost" as good - almost. LOL!

Olive Oil or butter
Onions - chopped
Celery - chopped
Garlic Cloves - minced
Carrots - slices
Potatoes - cubes
Cauliflower - small pieces
Chicken soup stock or broth
salt
pepper
Cream - Poured off the top off a gallon of fresh dairy milk

Saute' onions and celery in Olive Oil or butter. I used Olive Oil. Add salt.

Add garlic cloves.

Add chopped carrots and potatoes; stir while scraping bits off the bottom of the pan. After that looks ready, add cauliflower. Add pepper. Cook all until tender.

You are supposed to let it cool off and then put in a blender but, I used my beaters and it was fine. Add cream and stir - serve

Love it!!! My husband loves it too and he hates Cauliflower. Cauliflower is good for you, so I found a way to get it on his plate!

[misspresley]

Beef Stew

This recipe makes a thin broth - if you like thick stew, mix a tablespoon corn starch in 2 tablespoons water and add to stew.

1 lb. stew meat cut into bite size pieces
2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 carrots sliced into 1/4" pieces
1 stalk celery (leave whole and remove before serving if you don't like cooked celery pieces)
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 whole medium onion (chopped fine)
1 tsp. paprika
1 tablespoon worcesteshire (sp?) sauce
1 beef boullion cube
3-4 cups water

in a large soup pot - lightly brown meat in 1 tablespoon oil - add remaining ingredients cover with lid and simmer at least an hour - or two! Adjust seasonings to your taste.
Serve with cubed cheese and hot cornbread!!!

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Just made this soup and it is delicious!!!!!!

Sorry, I didn't measure anything. Everything was organic, Ferd! You can use regular ingredients. I'm sure it will be "almost" as good - almost. LOL!

Olive Oil or butter
Onions - chopped
Celery - chopped
Garlic Cloves - minced
Carrots - slices
Potatoes - cubes
Cauliflower - small pieces
Chicken soup stock or broth
salt
pepper
Cream - Poured off the top off a gallon of fresh dairy milk

Saute' onions and celery in Olive Oil or butter. I used Olive Oil. Add salt.

Add garlic cloves.

Add chopped carrots and potatoes; stir while scraping bits off the bottom of the pan. After that looks ready, add cauliflower. Add pepper. Cook all until tender.

You are supposed to let it cool off and then put in a blender but, I used my beaters and it was fine. Add cream and stir - serve

Love it!!! My husband loves it too and he hates Cauliflower. Cauliflower is good for you, so I found a way to get it on his plate!

What's the name of it?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Esther

What's the name of it?

I don't know! LOL! I saw it on a cooking show at my FIL's at Thanksgiving and incorporated all organic products when I got home. It's very excellent. Just don't add too much cauliflower. It can overpower the whole thing.

Next time I'm going to saute in butter instead of the olive oil.

[Pressing-On]

I love to have Chicken soup on hand!

Boil whole chicken with garlic pods (smash the garlic pods with knife to loosen skin for peeling and to allow full flavor of garlic to escape - I use about five), quartered onion, celery stalks (about 4) and a little sage, pepper and salt. After that cools, debone chicken and discard vegetables. Add deboned chicken to broth.

Saute onion and garlic in butter, add cut up celery until almost tender. Add all to broth.

Add sliced carrots, 1 cup of brown rice (40 min. cooking time), diced tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce. Add green beans after rice has cooked 30 minutes.

You can add a little broth if you feel you don't have enough. I use free-range chicken broth from Whole Foods.

So comforting on a cold day!!! It's 40 degrees here. That is cold for Texas!!!

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I love to have Chicken soup on hand!

Boil whole chicken with garlic pods (smash the garlic pods with knife to loosen skin for peeling and to allow full flavor of garlic to escape - I use about five), quartered onion, celery stalks (about 4) and a little sage, pepper and salt. After that cools, debone chicken and discard vegetables. Add deboned chicken to broth.

Saute onion and garlic in butter, add cut up celery until almost tender. Add all to broth.

Add sliced carrots, 1 cup of brown rice (40 min. cooking time), diced tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce. Add green beans after rice has cooked 30 minutes.

You can add a little broth if you feel you don't have enough. I use free-range chicken broth from Whole Foods.

So comforting on a cold day!!! It's 40 degrees here. That is cold for Texas!!!

I was surprised to see the tomato sauce in this recipe. Sounds interesting. I agree cold rainy days like today call for soup.

I have some frozen gumbo thawing to eat.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Esther

I was surprised to see the tomato sauce in this recipe. Sounds interesting. I agree cold rainy days like today call for soup.

I have some frozen gumbo thawing to eat.

I love tomato sauce. It always adds a richer flavor, IMO.

[Margies3]

I made a pot of this for our church's monthly potluck today. a HUGE pot! And before everyone got thru the line, it was already gone. I overheard one man say to someone, "This is the best chicken corn chowder I have ever eaten!"

CHICKEN CORN CHOWDER
1/2 lb bacon (I used this sliced) cut up small and fried (not toooo done)
1/2 c. chopped celery
1 small bag of frozen chopped onions (or 1 c. fresh chopped onions)
1-2 c. chopped carrots (I use my Pampered Chef food chopper for this)
Fry the bacon, then add the veggies and cook until fairly done.
Sprinkle with about 3-4 T. flour and cook 2-3 minutes
slowly add 1 quart of chicken stock, stirring constantly. It will thicken just a little.
Then add
2 cans creamed corn
1 bag frozen corn
2 c. heavy cream
pepper to taste (I use quite a bit)
Finally, taste it. If it needs something, mix up some condensed chicken flavoring (the kind you keep in the fridge) I usually add about 2 cups of water mixed with about 3 T. of the flavoring. Add that the soup. Heat on a low to medium heat until the flavors blend together well and then enjoy.

It sounds like alot of work, but really it's not.

[SteppingStone]

Fella goes into his favorite deli where the waiter immediately brings him a bowl of matzoh ball soup. The customer signals the waiter to come back.

"Taste the soup!" he commands.

"Why?" inquires the surprised waiter.

"Taste the soup!" comes the reply.

"Max, you've been coming in here every day for ten years. There's never been anything wrong with the soup."

"Taste the soup!"

"What's wrong, too much salt--not enough salt?"

"Taste the soup!"

"What, the matzo balls aren't fluffy enough for you?"

"TASTE THE SOUP!"

The waiter finally agrees, "All right all right, I'll taste the soup! Where's the spoon?"

"A-HA!" chortles Max.

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by SteppingStone

Fella goes into his favorite deli where the waiter immediately brings him a bowl of matzoh ball soup. The customer signals the waiter to come back.

"Taste the soup!" he commands.

"Why?" inquires the surprised waiter.

"Taste the soup!" comes the reply.

"Max, you've been coming in here every day for ten years. There's never been anything wrong with the soup."

"Taste the soup!"

"What's wrong, too much salt--not enough salt?"

"Taste the soup!"

"What, the matzo balls aren't fluffy enough for you?"

"TASTE THE SOUP!"

The waiter finally agrees, "All right all right, I'll taste the soup! Where's the spoon?"

"A-HA!" chortles Max.

LOL!!! TOO FUNNY!!