Baked Potato Soup
(I can't take any credit for this recipe or the picture. I found them here. http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/2008/10/baked-potato-soup.html)
But it is my very favorite soup ever and I always use this recipe. When I make it I either bake the potatoes in the microwave, or I cut them up when they are raw and boil them. It doesn't change the flavor, just the amount of time it takes to have the soup ready to eat. All the time spent no matter how you make it, will be well worth it. Put it in a bread bowl and it's to die for! Hope you enjoy it.
Holly's Amazingly Famous Taco Soup
My sister Holly makes a killer taco soup. It is seriously soooo good. She gave me permission to post the recipe on here.1 lb. browned hamburger seasoned with taco seasoning, or chilli powder and cumin, salt and pepper to taste.
1/2 diced onion sauted
1 qt. bottled tomatoes (pureed with juice)
1 can corn with juice (16 oz.)
1 can chilli (16 oz.)
1 can diced stewed tomatoes
1 can chillies (4 oz.)
sugar to taste (until it isn't bitter)
Cook meat. Add onion and saute with meat. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer for 10-20 minutes, stir occasionally. Serve with tortilla, chips, sour cream, shredded cheese, and or any other taco ingredients.
Clam Chowder
This recipe is my mom's. It is way better in my opinion than any other clam chowder in the world. It makes a lot, so I always half it for just me and my little family.
2 (6-oz.) cans minced clams
1 c. chopped onions (or 1 Tbs dehidrated onion)
1 c. diced celery (or 1/2 tsp. celery salt)
3 c. diced potatoes
1 c. diced carrots
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. flour
1 qt. milk
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. sugar
Drain clam juice into a large pot. Add onions, celery, potatoes, and enough water to cover. Cook until vegetables are tender. Mash a little with a potato masher. Mix butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper, and sugar in blender until smooth. Add white sauce and 1/2 of the clams to the cooked veggies in the pot. Boil until it thickens and add the remaining clams.
If you don't like clam chowder, it is a delicious creamy potato chowder if you omit the clams. Will doesn't like onions or celery, so I use dehidrated onions and celery salt to keep those flavors. He doesn't seem to mind and I don't notice too much of a difference. Throw some oister crackers on top and you are good to go!
Vegetable Beef Soup
I always have leftover roast after sunday dinner, so I try to find recipes that I can use the leftover meat and even potatoes and carrots. this is one that I made up just by throwing stuff together. It isn't really hard, and doesn't take long, and you can pretty much throw in whatever veggies you want with the meat and it tastes great.
1c. cubed, or shredded roast beef
1c. cubed potatoes
1c. chopped carrots
1/2 c. chopped onions
1 qt. water
3-4 boullion cubes (or to taste)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Throw it all in until the veggies are cooked tender, and serve. I find it the easiest to throw everything into a crockpot in the morning and let it cook for four to eight hours just in time to be done for dinner. But it can be cooked over the stove in about a half hour also. You can add green beans, peas, corn, mixed veggies, broccoli, zucchini, etc. just whatever you have that you want to throw in. It all tastes great.
