Gingered Butternut Squash and Crab Soup

From the local free paper that I am reading while pretending that I am working.  They grabbed these from Leslie Glover Pendleton’s Simply Shellfish cookbook.  Squash soup holds many memories of college for me, and crabs are always good.  Don’t puree your squash soup.  Pureeing is for wimps.  Just mash it up good. 2 lbs. [...]

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Creamy Broccoli Au Gratin Soup

2 T. butter or margarine 1/2 c. chopped onion 1 3/4 c. water 1 package (4.5 oz) Uncle Ben’s Country Inn Brand Broccoli Rice Au Gratin 1/4 c. flour 1/4 tsp. dry mustard 1 3/4 c. chicken broth or bouillion 2 c. milk 1/2 c. shredded American cheese 1 green onion cut into short, thin [...]

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Vegetable Soup

President Dwight D. Eisenhower has graciously given the following recipe to the Women of Christ Episcopal Church: The best time to make vegetable soup is a day or so after you have had fried chicken and out of which you have saved the necks, ribs, backs uncooked. (The chicken is not essential, but does add [...]

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Chicken and Hominy Soup

3 tablespoons olive oil 3 bunches green onions, sliced 4 teaspoons ground cumin 2 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika 10 cups low-salt chicken broth 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can petite tomatoes in juice 1 purchased roast chicken, meat shredded, skin and bones discarded 4 teaspoons hot pepper sauce 3 (15-ounce) cans golden or white hominy in juice [...]

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Peanut and Squash Soup

1 1/2 teaspoons peanut oil 4 cups (1/2-inch) cubed peeled butternut squash 1 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons minced garlic (about 6 cloves) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 3/4 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper [...]

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Good Vegetable Soup

1 1/2 lb. beef 3 c. water 1 c. tomato juice onion 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp worcestershire sauce 1 bay leaf celery carrots potato cabbage Brown beef in oil, add remaining ingredients except cabbage.  Simmer for 30 mins.  Add cabbage.  Simmer until vegetables are tender. —- I like that the first ingredient in [...]

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5 Gram Fat Hamburger Soup

It took me a while to figure out what the title of this recipe was.  I thought it was 5 gallon fat hamburger soup.  Apparently not. 1 lb. extra lean ground beef 1 T. veg oil 1 c. diced carrots 1 c. diced onions 1 c. sliced celery 1/2 tsp. minced garlic 2 cans chicken [...]

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Cream Soup

from Cindy: celery onion cook in 1/4 c. oleo 2 T. flour 3 c. milk tsp salt pepper — Wow. this sounds pretty gross. Milk soup. mmm. Technorati Tags: recipes, soup, gross, yuck, barf, boring, family recipes,

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Matzo Balls

 Believe it or not, this Shiksa makes a mean matzo ball.  Yes, I was raised in Montana, and did not even know there was such a thing as a “Jew” before I moved to New York at the age of 18, but I made up for it by instantly adopting Jewish food as my favorite.  [...]

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Roast Chicken with White Bean Stew and Pancetta

2 cups dried cannellini (white kidney beans:about one pound) 2 T. olive oil 6 whole chicken leg-thigh pieces 6 ounces pancetta (Italian bacon), chopped 1 leek (white part only), 1 small onion, 1 celery stalk, 1 small peeled carrot, 1 small trimmed fennel bulb; all cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1 bay leaf 6 garlic [...]

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