Vegetable Soup
(Buy beef soup/neck bones and/or sirloin beef at your local grocery store)
2 lb sirloin steak
1 14 oz can of corn
1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes
4 or 5 celery stalks
2 onions
4 carrots
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup frozen okra
1 14 oz can of corn
1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes
4 or 5 celery stalks
2 onions
4 carrots
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup frozen okra
Be sure to leave meat in chunks when you are making broth.
Broth - In a large pot add water, bones and/or chunks of meat, leaves from celery stalks, chunks of onion, a few carrot tops and season with thyme, basil, and oregano.
Cook until meat is tender. Remove bones and take the meat off of the bone. Throw away the bones. Strain broth and freeze to defat. Put chopped up meat into a clean pot, add seasonings such as garlic, celery, thyme, basil, and oregano. You can add a can of beef broth to give the broth more depth in flavor. If you don't want to take time to make the broth homemade, you can use canned broth instead.
*Put in chopped onion, chopped celery and carrot, peas, okra, corn, and one can of whole tomatoes that you have chopped up. Cook until veggies are tender.
*Substitute any vegetables that you prefer. Black eyed peas, squash, zucchini are nice additions!
Chicken Noodle Soup
1 whole chicken
2 stalks of celery
3 carrots
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp pepper
1 tsp poultry seasoning
fresh parsley
1/2 tsp sage
1/4 tsp rosemary
1/4 tsp marjoram
2 cloves garlic
1 onion, chopped
1 onion, quartered
2 cups noodles
1 can chicken broth
2 stalks of celery
3 carrots
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp pepper
1 tsp poultry seasoning
fresh parsley
1/2 tsp sage
1/4 tsp rosemary
1/4 tsp marjoram
2 cloves garlic
1 onion, chopped
1 onion, quartered
2 cups noodles
1 can chicken broth
Boil chicken in a large pot with tops of carrots, celery leaves, the quartered onion and a garlic clove. When chicken is done, remove chicken to a large bowl to cool. Strain broth with wire mesh strainer into a large bowl. After broth cools, put in freezer to defat. Remove meat from bones of chicken. Discard bones, skin and chop up chicken meat. Remove fat from broth and return broth to a large pot. Add one can of chicken broth to give it depth. If you do not want to make the broth homemade, you can use canned broth. Put meat back in broth. Add chopped onion, carrot, celery, seasonings. Simmer until veggies are tender. Add noodles in, and cook until done. Enjoy with some homemade bread or cornbread!
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