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Ingredient Spotlight: Broth

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After taking a few weeks break, we’re back with Ingredient Spotlight.  I’ll have a schedule to share with you soon, in case you like to know what’s coming.  Today we’re focusing on broth.  Canned broth is one convenience item I always like to keep on hand.

Here are a few of my recipes that use broth: [Read more…] about Ingredient Spotlight: Broth

Italian Sausage and Bean Soup

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At the end of January I posted 19 Soup Recipes to Warm You Up.  I asked for your favorite recipes and several of you passed on good ones.  This recipe was shared by Connie.  It caught my eye for two reasons. 1) It uses Italian sausage and I have a freezer full of the stuff from my niece’s 4-H project. 2) It’s fast and easy.

The soup was delicious.  I admit to being skeptical when I poured in the can of butter beans.  I wasn’t too sure it looked good and I didn’t think my kids would eat it.  I was wrong.  The soup was wonderful and the kids loved it (except my child who hates all things sausage).  My youngest, very picky son even loved the butter beans.  The wonders never cease.  [Read more…] about Italian Sausage and Bean Soup

Slow Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup

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So, I made up a new soup recipe.  I wanted a beef vegetable soup that I could just throw the ingredients in the crockpot and let it all cook together.  Most of the beef vegetable soups I’ve seen involve cooking the beef first and then adding it to the soup.  I was feeling too lazy for that.  Here’s what I came up with.  Substitute as needed. [Read more…] about Slow Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup