Soups

I found this recipe HERE a few years ago. I dont measure my ingredients out, just go with what looked good. I used 6 cups of chicken broth. I use Great Northern Beans, I do not drain the cans. I also add carrots. A great side with this soup is stuffed cornbread.

*** Rustic Cabbage Soup modified from 101 Cookbooks

1 Tbsp olive oil

Big pinch of salt

1/2 pound potatoes, skin on, 1/4" dice

a few carrots, sliced

4 cloves garlic, chopped

1/2 large onion, thinly sliced

5 C chicken stock

1 1/2 C white beans (canned is great, rinse well and just use what's in one can for a whole batch)

1/2 medium cabbage, cored and sliced into 1/4" ribbons

For serving:

EVOO for drizzling

1/2 C Parmesan for topping

Heat pot, add EVOO, potatoes, carrots and salt. Cover pot and cook till slightly tender approx 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add onion and garlic, stir and cook about 2 minutes. Add stock and cabbage bring to simmer,until just starting to get soft. Add beans allow to heat through.

Chunky Tomato Basil Soup

             1 (28-oz) can crushed tomatoes

• 1 (28-oz) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups fresh basil, diced
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp brown sugar

Directions:

In a large pot, saute the onion and garlic in olive oil until the onions have turned translucent. Add butter and salt. Next, stir in the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable stock, cream, brown sugar and basil. Simmer for at least one hour.

Hamburger Veggie Soup: 
Tomato juice, diced tomatoes, broth, cooked hamburger, sliced carrots, diced potatoes, frozen corn, green beans, frozen peas, whatever veggies you want, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning. Add all this to a big pot, bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer til veggies are done. *** I used a big can of tomato juice, a few cans of diced tomatoes, I didnt measure out my broth, use whatever broth you want or have on hand, thats what I do.  I used raw carrots, potatoes.