I love green bean casserole, but I abandoned mainstream canned soups a year ago because of the non-food additions found in most of them (like high-fructose corn syrup). So I’ve had to learn how to make my own creamy soups for such delicious comfort foods as the green bean casserole. Here’s my cream of mushroom [...]
Posts Tagged ‘soup’
21 Dec
Potato Leek Soup
Potato Leek Soup Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes 8 potatoes, scrubbed and cubed 4 cups vegetable broth cooking oil (2-3 T) 2-3 leeks, sliced 1 cup heavy cream herbs to taste (such as thyme, rosemary and basil) In a large saucepan or stockpot, bring potatoes and broth to a boil. Cook until [...]
22 Oct
Autumn Soup!
My apologies for not posting in here more. It only reflects what’s really been happening in my life – I’ve not been around the house much lately except to sleep, and that doesn’t leave me much time for cooking. The housemates have been handling most of the CSA veggies. But it’s Autumn, and the early [...]
6 Oct
Carrot Ginger Soup
Ahh, autumn. There’s nothing like cooler weather and an abundance of veggies to kick my soup making into high gear. Here’s the recipe for a carrot ginger soup I made this week that was quite delicious and warming. Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup 6 tbsp. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter 1 lg. yellow onion, chopped 1/4 c. [...]
29 Sep
Awesome Tomato Soup
This recipe for tomato soup was in today’s newsletter from my CSA. And since I picked 20 pounds of amazing tomatoes from a friend’s friend’s garden yesterday, we decided to try it out. Tomato Soup 1 tbs butter 2 cloves garlic (minced) 2 carrots (chopped) 2 stalks celery (chopped) 2 quarts canned tomatoes (or equivalent [...]
