Category: Soups
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Split Pea Soup / Leftover Ham
When I bake a ham, there are always lots of leftovers. I always make sure I dice up a bunch of the ham and freeze it in two cup portions, roughly. I don’t actually measure. I fill a few sandwich bags of diced ham and then put each sandwich bag in a gallon freezer bag.…
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Cream of Broccoli Soup
The days suddenly turned from spring-like to rainy and windy again, as they do so often after a first little false-spring weather that tricked all the daffodils into coming up! The blossoms are all out on my fruit trees and do look beautiful against the contrasting dark grey skies! But we went from barbecues and…
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Cheeseburger Soup
Cheeseburger Soup. Here’s what I made last night, a slight variation on a recipe I’d gotten off a frugal newsgroup. I didn’t put the mushrooms in last night because I didn’t have any. Goes great with biscuits or crackers!
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Leek and Potato Soup
There are many variations to this and I’ve loved almost all of them. Sometimes the broth is half water and half milk, sometimes it’s all chicken broth, sometimes it’s chicken broth and milk. Sometimes there are just leeks and potatoes; other times I add chopped celery. Here’s what I did last night and it came…
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Onion Soup
I’m experimenting with a “new” onion soup tonight. I love onion soup. My kids are not overly fond of onions in any form, although my eldest (12) has just discovered, thank goodness, that fried onions, a steak, and a baked potato make a perfect meal! But tonight it’s just me so I’m making onion soup.…