Tortilla Soup

Another recipe from my Blendtec cookbook in the quest to use up the last of the garden tomatoes.  I thought I was doing pretty good until Bob brought in another huge bowl yesterday so now I’m right back where I started! 2 Roma tomatoes or 1 beefsteak tomato, quartered 1/2 large carrot 1″ slice red … Continue reading

Tomato Basil Soup

I just love homemade soup and it’s getting to be that time of year.  I made this for lunch today to use up some of the last tomatoes from our garden, it was delicious!  The recipe comes from my Blendtec cookbook that came with my Blendtec blender, I’m sure you could use a regular blender … Continue reading

Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup

The house smelled so good when I got home today and this soup tasted so good on a cold winter’s night; I highly recommend it!  It’s from a website called “Favorite Family Recipes”. 2 pounds ground beef (this makes a ton of soup so I just added 1 pound of ground beef) 1 onion, chopped … Continue reading

Steak and Potato Soup

And here is tonight’s dinner, along with some homemade bread (in the post to follow), perfect for a cold, wet, winter’s day!  This recipe also comes from “Betty Crocker’s Soups and Stews”. 2 pounds boneless beef sirloin steak (1″ thick) (I cheated and just bought stew meat) 2 tablespoons oil (didn’t use this) 1 1/2 … Continue reading

Italian Tomato Soup

This was last night’s dinner – tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches on sourdough, yum!  This soup couldn’t be any easier and it tastes so much better than any tomato soup from a can.  The recipe is from the cookbook, “Betty Crocker Soups and Stews”. 1 cup water 2 (14.5 oz each) cans diced tomatoes … Continue reading

Pasta e Fagioli Soup

Dinner tonight brought to you by the September 12, 2012 issue of “All You” magazine and it was delicious! 2 tablespoons olive oil (I used Pam with Olive Oil instead to cut out a few calories) 1 onion, chopped 1 rib celery, chopped (I did about 4) 2 carrots, chopped (I did about 3) 1 … Continue reading

Savannah Tailgater Chili

This recipe comes from the October 2011 issue of the Food Network magazine and is a Deen Brothers recipe (Paula Deen’s sons).  It was really good last night and I’m sure that it will be even better today as soups, stews and chilis are almost always better the second day. 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 … Continue reading

White Bean, Sausage and Spinach Soup

For us this was white bean, sausage and broccoli soup since I didn’t have any spinach!  The recipe comes from the November 18, 2011 issue of “All You” magazine. 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 (14 oz) turkey kielbasa or other smoked sausage, cut into 2″ pieces 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped … Continue reading

Classic Minestrone #2

This recipe comes from the October 21, 2011 issue of “All You” magazine.  I haven’t had any yet because tonight is our Christmas Bunco dinner so I’m eating there but it smelled delicious while cooking. 2 carrots. diced 2 ribs celery, sliced 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced (or pressed) 4 cups low … Continue reading

Penny’s Vegetable Soup

We had all these great veggies from the Bountiful Basket so I got my crock pot out and just started throwing stuff into it.  I’ll try to remember what I did so you can recreate it if you’d like! 1 head broccoli, chopped 1/2 head cauliflower, chopped 1 bulb fennel, sliced, whites only 1 onion, … Continue reading