Category: Soups
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Onion Soup
I bought some beef base at Costco. I’ve never made beef broth–never end up with many beef bones somehow. But I do like making a soup now and then with a beef base rather than a chicken base and a good onion soup is one of my favorites. I began by skimming several recipes. It…
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Thanksgiving Leftovers Soup
Like most of you, I’ve been busy between cooking Thanksgiving for 14, having extra house guests, and–I admit–just relaxing a bit! But I love making soup from the bits and pieces in the refrigerator and freezer. Post-Thanksgiving soup is even more fun because of the variety of dishes available. Here’s what I did tonight: I…
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Turkey Broth
First, the broth. I was too tired to start this on Thursday so threw the turkey carcass into a (large) plastic bag and put it in the freezer. When I was ready to make broth on Saturday, I could only fit part of the carcass, since I cooked a 26 pound turkey, so I just…
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Chicken and Corn Chowder
I’m not sure what makes certain soups a “chowder” and others just soup. I Google’d “chowder” and learned it came from the French word for hot water but that didn’t help me much! Regardless, since I had some leftover “sticky chicken“(cooked at a normal roasting temperature) from Saturday night, I made up some chicken and…
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Vegetable Broth – It’s Not as Complicated as You Think
I mentioned a few posts ago that I had run out of chicken broth. I was going through the freezer and fridge while I made up my menu for the week and did find 1 cup of chicken broth. My menus are always a goal, something to aim for, and a source of inspiration when…