The chill is in the air, but we may not have time to let a pot of soup sit on the stove bubbling for a couple of hours. It's also the kind of economy that doesn't allow some to use a bunch of ingredients for a tasty soup.
Some folks like me need shelf stable foods that have a long shelf life verses ingredients that will ruin before I alone can eat it all.
Here's an idea.
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Tuesday Tutorial
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Just simply
- Cube a couple of potatoes.
- Boil in some salted water with chicken bouillon to taste and some butter to keep the pot from boiling over, 2 tablespoons or so.
- with a tablespoon or so of dehydrated onion, mince, chopped, whatever.
- When potatoes are soft, add about quarter cup of non-dairy coffee creamer to give it a creamer taste. A bit cheaper than heavy cream and I keep it on hand without worrying about it going bad before I use it. I use coffee creamer in my mashed potatoes all the time. I prefer coffee creamer over dried milk any day. Yes, I know it has complicated ingredients. Oh well
- Pepper it to taste.
As you can see, this is a recipe to make to suit your taste and the ingredients you have. It includes ingredients, as a single person, I don't worry about spoiling before I can use it all up. Shelf stable ingredients I believe they are called.
If I want a more creamy texture, half of the potatoes can be mashed and blended into the soup, or I could make a bit of slurry with corn starch and a ladle of the soup. Stir in the slurry and simmer until the soup becomes a bit more hearty.
Then next time get more creative and see what else you have on hand to add to the soup: cheese, grated carrots, chunks of ham, bacon, bit of shredded beaf or chicken, peas, green onions, or anything in the garden that's going to get caught by the first frost tonight.
enJOY
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Yum! And doesn't seem too hard! #InspireMeMonday
ReplyDeleteYUM! Perfect for this chilly weather right now. Thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 136. Pinned.
ReplyDeletemmmm - yum! Potato soup is one of my favourites.
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It's definitely soup season. I'll have to put this recipe in my collection. There was a local pizzeria that had soup for a daily special when I was still working. They sold the business and no longer do that or I would still be a customer.
ReplyDeleteYou had me at potatoes. I love anything potatoes and potato soup is right up my alley.
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