by Martha on August 17, 2009
Homemade vegetable soup is hard to beat. It’s a great easy delicious way to get more vegetables into your diet. I love to make a big pot of vegetable soup on Saturday or Sunday to enjoy during the week.
There are many great vegetable soup recipes from delicate to hearty. Vegetable soup is extremely forgiving and adaptable so you can use whatever vegetables you have available. If you have never made homemade vegetable soup it is helpful to follow the recipe exactly as written the first time you make it. Then once you are comfortable with the recipe and basic process experiment away. Cabbage, swiss chard, mushrooms, parsnips, turnips, leeks, fennel, and corn are delicious in vegetable soup.
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by Martha on March 17, 2009
Just when I was contemplating how to use up various leftovers in the refrigerator that included a large roasted chicken breast, a small zucchini, a large carton of chicken broth, a small green bell pepper, and part of a can of chopped roasted green chiles, this tasty recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup showed up in my email. I love when that happens!
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by Martha on March 7, 2009
This hamburger macaroni soup shows up quite often for dinner at our house, especially during the fall and winter.
It’s warm and satisfying without being too heavy and so easy to stir together. For an even lighter version, I sometimes substitute ground turkey for the ground beef in my hamburger macaroni soup.
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by Martha on January 31, 2009
As I continue exploring ways to simplify life in the kitchen, my relationship with the Crockpot deepens.
Soon my Slow Cooker
may take up permanent residence on the counter!
Crockpot cooking makes getting dinner on the table a breeze. By investing a few minutes in the morning combining ingredients in the slow cooker, I’m able to focus on the day without stressing about “what’s for dinner?”
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by Martha on January 11, 2009
Here is an easy potato soup recipe you can make in your slow cooker.
If you are interested in simplifying your life in the kitchen, a Slow Cooker (Crock-Pot)
is an indispensable piece of equipment.
Every time I dig mine out and use it, I ask myself why I don’t use it more. So, as we begin 2009, I resolve to use my slow cooker at least weekly. It’s a resolution that should be easy to keep as I continue my commitment to simplify my life, both in and out of the kitchen.
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