When I was in high school I worked as a hostess at a local restaurant that was “famous” for it’s broccoli cheddar soup. One of my jobs was to fill to-go orders. Fine and dandy, right? Well, sure. Until it got super-busy and I was filling, and because it’s me we’re talking about here, spilling globs of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘soup’
November 2, 2009
Creamy potato soup
Ingredients: 9 medium potatoes, cut into chunks 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped 4 stalks of celery, diced 1 t. salt ½ C (1 stick) butter milk, to taste (for thickness) pepper, to taste sour cream and cheese for garnish, if desired Directions: Cut the potato into chunks, dice the celery and the onion. Place everything in [...]
October 29, 2009
Chicken noodle soup
It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing colors, the temperatures are dropping. And the cold and flu season is upon us. Just ask my 4 month old, Madeline. Thankfully, just in time for this nasty illness season, I discovered this recipe for chicken noodle soup- the age old Mom Cure for ailments [...]
October 22, 2009
Sweet Potato Leek Soup with Turkey Kielbasa
Colored for Halloween, flavored for fall! I loved this soup (especially the kielbasa & sweet potato flavor combined). Next time around I’m going to make a few tweeks- I think I might actually do less of the leeks since they overpowered the sweet potato flavor I love so much- but overall this was a perfect fall [...]
October 15, 2009
Venison Stew
Every year when fall rolls around, Brian heads out to his family’s cabin for deer hunting. For the last several years when he’s shot one we end up cooking the venison in the same way- pan fried in olive oil, covered in saltines and egg. It’s amazing, but sometimes a girl needs a little variety [...]
October 12, 2009
Panera’s French Onion Soup- revisited
I’ve had this recipe on my blog since near-inception, however I had just copied and pasted the original recipe. I felt the recipe deserves a re-introduction on here! This soup is remarkably easy to prepare and is relatively quick. It’s the ultimate in comfort food! We felt it was a great way to welcome the autumn [...]
October 5, 2008
French onion soup
This soup was labeled as a Panera Bread french onion soup knock-off. The thing is, now that we have had this, Brian and I actually prefer it to Panera’s! FOR THE ONIONS: 1/4 cup butter 4 medium yellow onions, sliced FOR THE SOUP: 2 cans (14 oz each) (Swanson) beef broth 3/4 cup (Swanson) chicken [...]
October 5, 2008
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 large baking potatoes, peeled & cubed 1/2 cup diced prosciutto (I used bacon) 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 tablespoon butter 1 1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour 1 cup sliced button mushrooms (I left these out since we’re not mushroom fans) 8 cups chicken broth 1 stalk [...]
