Another Good Recipe
I made a delicious and easy Cream of Spinach soup the night before last. It seemed like a soup night, as there was bit of a chill in the air. Of course, we are pretty much halfway through winter, and a "chill in the air" is pretty much the coldest we have gotten. I'll go into that later.
Anyway, I found a great soup recipe that is delicious and really easy to make. I used spinach, but any vegetable(s) will do.
Cook 1 10 oz package of frozen vegetables in 1 1/2 cups of broth. Add anything you like: sauteed onions or mushrooms, roasted red pepper, garlic...whatever.
Pour the cooked vegetable/broth mixture into the blender. Let it cool! Otherwise hot vegetable crap will fly up into your face from the blender and you will be ugly for the rest of your life.
When the stuff in the blender has cooled, puree it until desired consistency. Like, if you are someone who likes chunky bits in your soup, stop when there are still chunky bits in the blender. Or if you like your soup all smooth and creamy just let the blender go 'round and 'round until it is creamy. But remember: Don't make the blender go "whirr! whirr!" until the stuff inside has cooled down. Once again: hot stuff + your face = ow! ow! ow!
Now, in another pan melt three tablespoons of butter. Real butter. It won't kill you. When the butter is all melted stir in 1/4 cup of flour until it is all pasty in the pan. Now, gradually add 3 cups of milk, stirring until it is all mixed up and has no lumps. Now just let it heat over medium heat. The recipes always say "stir constantly until thickened", but that is really boring and takes a long time and I never do it. I just stir it once in a while so it doesn't burn.
When it gets all thick and bubbly stir all of the stuff out of the blender into it, and heat it through.
Done!
I topped mine with some shredded asiago cheese. It was really good. I used sauteed onions and spinach as my vegetables, with chicken broth. But any combo should do.
Enjoy!
Anyway, I found a great soup recipe that is delicious and really easy to make. I used spinach, but any vegetable(s) will do.
Cook 1 10 oz package of frozen vegetables in 1 1/2 cups of broth. Add anything you like: sauteed onions or mushrooms, roasted red pepper, garlic...whatever.
Pour the cooked vegetable/broth mixture into the blender. Let it cool! Otherwise hot vegetable crap will fly up into your face from the blender and you will be ugly for the rest of your life.
When the stuff in the blender has cooled, puree it until desired consistency. Like, if you are someone who likes chunky bits in your soup, stop when there are still chunky bits in the blender. Or if you like your soup all smooth and creamy just let the blender go 'round and 'round until it is creamy. But remember: Don't make the blender go "whirr! whirr!" until the stuff inside has cooled down. Once again: hot stuff + your face = ow! ow! ow!
Now, in another pan melt three tablespoons of butter. Real butter. It won't kill you. When the butter is all melted stir in 1/4 cup of flour until it is all pasty in the pan. Now, gradually add 3 cups of milk, stirring until it is all mixed up and has no lumps. Now just let it heat over medium heat. The recipes always say "stir constantly until thickened", but that is really boring and takes a long time and I never do it. I just stir it once in a while so it doesn't burn.
When it gets all thick and bubbly stir all of the stuff out of the blender into it, and heat it through.
Done!
I topped mine with some shredded asiago cheese. It was really good. I used sauteed onions and spinach as my vegetables, with chicken broth. But any combo should do.
Enjoy!
posted by Greg at 7:08 PM
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