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I've been away for a bit (very busy with 2 new kittens and lots of prep work for my fall classes, which start very soon) ... lots of great dinners, I see!
Yesterday I had a bit under a pound of shoulder steak for London broil that I needed to use up ASAP, so tried something new with it: homemade soup in the crock pot. It was so easy!! Cut the beef into 4-5 pieces, added a teaspoon of Better than Bouillon beef base plus a couple of cups of beef broth (which I'd never used before), a cup of dehydrated veggies (from here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001VNKZQY/ ), and a 28-ounce can of no-salt added diced tomatoes. Started the crock pot on low/8 hours. Several hours in, the soup looked EXTREMELY thick, so I added maybe a cup of filtered water. With maybe 2 hours to go, I added a cup of pearl barley (thought it might get mushy if I put it in at the start) plus some plain old ground black pepper. (Oh, I got this "recipe" from one of the reviewers of the Frontier dehydrated veggies on amazon -- I modified it just a bit.)
The result ...
This is my first experience making homemade soup (other than chowders, which usually turn out great), and it was SO EASY and SO GOOD. (It was so thick I ended up putting some in a bowl and adding a bit of water to thin it out!) Just the ingredients above made about 10 bowls full (I will freeze at least 6 of those).
What amazed me was how wonderfully flavorful the soup was, even though I didn't add any of my usual spices/seasonings other than the black pepper. I will definitely make this again -- it would be a great snow day meal!
Chicago hot dogs. Husband is such a rebel. Ketchup.
That’s a laugh from me. I’m one too tho sometimes I might use SBR’s sauce, if available. Anytime my spouse sees me eating one with catsup, I know what he’s thinking. You just have to watch Clint Eastwood movie, I think it was Sudden Impact. Clint is at the beach investigating a homicide and another detective (?) is eating a hot dog at the time. He bites into it, and catches Clint’s attention, to which he then says, ;something like), nobody, and I mean, nobody puts catsup on their hot dog. The detective gives him a look of exasperation.
We had chicken quesadillas last night for dinner - yummy - today we are doing a Chicken Yakitori from Food network recipe tonight with rice and green beans.
Long story short, I was sick but I am back and feeling better. Tonight will be seafood night. We are having clams casino (stuffed with bacon, onions, bell peppers, and grated romano cheese in a seasoned butter sauce) on top of linguine; crab cakes; toasted garlic bread; and a bottle of Lilet. Lemon curd crepes for dessert.
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