Easy soup that came out unbelievably good:)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Cut up big link of smoked sausage

Sauted with shallots, then carrots, then added 4 fresh small tomatoes cut up and maybe 4 potatoes cut up

Roasted two heads of garlic in oven and added when done.

Added:
1 carton organic vegetable broth
1 carton organic chicken broth
1 can if Campbell's beef consomme

Let it simmer until potatoes done.

Added
Roasted garlic
4 big handfuls of fresh spinach/ kale mix
1 can of Cannolini (sp?)beans
Handfuls of frozen organic corn and green beans.
3 organic green onions

Seasoned with
Greek seasoning
Red pepper flakes.
Garlic powder
Paprika

Simmered for about an hour then done,!!!

I love soup. But starting to like the quick versions if they pack lots of flavor!

[mahina]

1. I took a giant can of tomatoes and dumped them in two big pans

Set the oven at 275 and roasted them for two hours. There’s a lot of liquid and it cooked out. I put that in a blender right then it was delicious just like that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Sounds good. And they m!ake really good tomatoes in a can now

Have you ever had tomato water? There's an authentic Italian restaurant nearby and the chef makes a dressing by taking fresh tomatoes and draining the liquid out of them and using that as a dressing base. Out of this world.

[mahina]

5. Might give that a try!

[viva la]

2. Interesting to have 3 broths

I've never tried that. I bet that adds some depth, especially the beef.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Yes it does! I know that the Campbell's beef consomme sounds weird

But its a chef's secret ingredient I learned a long time ago. Used to be better when it had actual Sauterne in it but someone got their panties in a wad and they took it out.

Chicken broth + beef broth is a great combo. Especially for French onion soup.

[littlewolf]

6. got beef veggie soup in the crockpot now

have hamburger cooked and in the freezer microwaved it for one minute
add onions and garlic in a frypan for just a minute or two ...
then add to crockpot
2 beef bouillon cubes in 2 cups of water microwaved
1 bag of mixed veggies
2 small can of crushed tomatoes
4 potatoes cut up
Italian seasonings and garlic pepper
put in crockpot put on high ...
will see how it turns out ... really cold here in NC
and wanted some soup ...
its like 30 and with windchill its below zero ....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Yes ! Gotta have soup on freezing days! That is a great idea

To cook the hamburg then freeze it. That has got to be my least favorite thing - browning hamburg meat . Does it taste any different frozen? Guess in a soup it'd be hard to tell the difference

[littlewolf]

15. I can't tell

But we use it in soup … pasta sauce.. pizza etc

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Sounds good! I need to buy one of those utensils

That makes it easy to brown hamburg... Like to separate into small pieces

[littlewolf]

17. we just brown it in a frypan with or without onions / garlic

let it cool and put in ziplock bags ... easy peasy

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Ya but you've gotta break it up or you'd have a big block

of meat, right?. I am too impatient

[littlewolf]

20. yes you have to break it up ... we buy it in 3 - 5 lb

chunks so brown in batches ...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. I need to get more zen and get into browning hamburg ! Lol

The word " batches" horrifies me

[Unwind Your Mind]

25. A large wooden spoon with a flat end is good for that

Just chop away while browning

[AmBlue]

7. I am making your recipe right now...

One pot with Polish sausage and one with smoked turkey (for my non-red meat eater). I'll let you know how it comes out!! It sure smells good for a cold day!

It's in the mid-30s here in Cental Florida! Crazy.... but worry about all my friends up north. Hoping everyone is ok.

[AmBlue]

9. Soup is done

The hubs gave rave reviews... 🎉 We'll add some garlic bread and parmesan cheese, and dinner is done!

Thanks for the recipe!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Great! Wasn't much of a "recipe" but so much of cooking

Is just eyeballing it huh. Gotta have polish meal tonight, Christmas Eve tradition. Perogies kielbasa sauerkraut

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. I know ! Felt bad for my family in CT ... Wrapped in

Blankets no heat no lights. But at least they had 4 walls ( not like the immigrants and homeless) and luckily crews restored it last night.

[AmBlue]

14. Yes...

Those of us with heat and power are truly the fortunate ones this holiday. I hope they will be ok. That's terrifying.

[mitch96]

8. This looks like a good jump off point for lots of soups and stews.. Bravo!! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Hope so... Think it's my passion - soup ... Ever since I was a little

girl learning from my grandmother ( Ukrainian). But can never seem to replicate Like with chicken soup, my mom told me you could never replicate because back in the day you'd go to the butcher and buy fresh fowl.

[mitch96]

21. "learning from my grandmother ( Ukrainian)"... Interesting.. I learned to cook watching my

Ukrainian Mother and Grandmother cook.. Very simple hardy foods.
Not a tweezer or micro green in sight... They were just basic good home cooks. Mom also worked in small restaurants and "Luncheonettes" and got a lot of good ideas there. She never stuck to a recipe. That was just a guide and then she would take off from there.
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[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Cheers compatriot!!!

What did you make? My dad's side is Polish and from what I can gather all those countries shared a lot with minor differences. stuffed cabbage? Funny, as kids, think we just made up names of things like we thought was right in English.. goo-wump-key

Besides perfect chicken soup my other goal is perfect Borscht. Do you make that?

[mitch96]

24. We called them "Hulupkeys"... Mom and I would make about 25 or 30 at a pop in the pressure cooker

There was always a pot sitting on the back burner, just warm.. Come in from the cold? 4 PLEASE!!
Poppy seed banik, a version of a poppyseed roll.. Delish. As a kid borscht looked too creapy but today I love it...Chicken stew was always a favorite with tons of paprika and garlic.. Fried potato Latkes/fritters/Draniki with a Ukraine flair.. Any foods that were fresh and cheap MOm would make a feast out of it..
I remember lots of potato and cabbage dishes and alcohol
Lots of drinking during the holidays... Not us kids of course.
Pops side of the family was from Belarus so the foods were basically the same... Never met any of them. Lost in the Holocaust.. I bet they had some good recipes..
Це свято, їж добре, друже.... This holiday, Eat well my friend...
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