Monday, February 06, 2017

Time Whisks by... a walk down a recipe from memory lane...

http://skylightsky.blogspot.com/2017/02/time-whisks-by.html

Sick Soup...

So mom was ill and wanted some weird veggie soup.  Canned.  From Tomato Juice one drinks at breakfast.  Canned.  Vegetable Medley mixings.  Canned. Dried Chicken Bullion cubes...  Oh come on.. really?  But I put it together... get the picture?




Anyway, I couldn't do it.  Didn't tell her but what I did was gather some sundried tomatoes, put them in the Cuisinart and blended the heck out of them until smooth paste was formed.  I supplemented that to the Tomato Juice.  As for the VEG*ALL, I dumped the two into the pot, after straining the juice from them.    Then I ran Fresh carrots through the Cuisinart in order to form a mush of sorts.  I was adding thickness to an otherwise dull lifeless soup.  Thirdly I added a paste of white northern beans.  I set aside a small handful to add whole, but mostly I ground up a good portion I had cooked from scratch.  Used homemade chicken broth with lots of garlic and onion in the base... added three chicken legs to the mix and simmered... added Fresh Cut Celery (organic) to the mix toward the end so there would be crunch and firmness.   What happened was a thick soup, which had depth of flavors was formed.  It could still be poured, but at least it didn't look like tomato juice one has in a glass in the morning...with some vegetables thrown in it.  It looked and tasted a bit more complicated.  Not perfect mind you, but something which I was proud to give her and maybe help her heal faster, too.