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Rustic Irish Potato and Cabbage Soup – for the slow cooker or stove top

March 10, 2015 by Tiffany King 23 Comments

March came in like a lion. For the second time this winter, we had double digit snowfall. Since we haven’t had that much snow in 17 years, it was pretty surprising to see it twice in one season.

Needless to say, we are ready for spring to show up!

But first, there’s March. Where we begin to crave green things and vegetables and sunshine.

This soup is definitely a winter soup, but it’s perfect for March. It’s full of veggies. It’s hot and hearty and perfect for refueling after an hour or two of shoveling snow.

I seasoned the soup with McCormick Bay Leaves and Thyme. The soup comes together quickly, but the flavor is full and round and tastes like you’ve spent all day.

Part of the reason it’s easy to put together is that I chose to leave the peels on the potatoes. That gives the soup a rustic quality and makes the prep work easier too.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Minestrone Soup

January 6, 2015 by Tiffany King 26 Comments

This soup is made for January. It’s loaded with vegetables, chicken and beans. It’s made from scratch. And it cooks entirely in the slow cooker. No pre-cooking meat required.

In fact, it fits in great with our Slow Cooker Soup Series from last year.

For a simple, complete meal add in cornbread or biscuits. Or try these Rosemary Goat Cheese Muffins.

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Easy Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry Soup

February 28, 2014 by Tiffany King 11 Comments

This is the final recipe in our Slow Cooker Soup series. I have loved this series!

My goal with each recipe I’ve shared has been to put the ingredients in the crockpot and let them cook. I didn’t want to have to pre-cook any meats for this series. That’s the one step that will stop me from making something if I’m in a big hurry.

I stumbled on a method of cooking meat with bones in it right in the soups. This has worked for several ham based soups and also chicken soups. And it’s the method I used for this soup too.

Cooking the chicken with bones right in the soup gives the broth a rich flavor. It also simplifies the recipe too.

The original recipe for this soup comes from Modern Mrs. Darcy. Anne is one of my favorite bloggers to read. She blogs on all kinds of interesting topics and she’s a fellow Kentuckian too.

I changed up the soup recipe from the way Anne fixed it. She made a homemade broth (great idea, but one I rarely take time for). She also used chicken that had been pre-cooked and took time to sauté the vegetables. All of those steps make wonderful soup, but I wanted a simpler version.

And I think I found success! A simple Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Curry Soup with homemade taste that only takes 10 minutes to prep.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Alfredo Soup

February 21, 2014 by Tiffany King 19 Comments

My sister-in-law gave me the idea for Chicken Alfredo Soup. She said she’d eaten it before and it was good, but not as Alfredo-y as she wished. The recipe she’d seen used a jar of Alfredo sauce.

I decided to make a homemade version that didn’t use the jar of sauce. This soup has chicken, penne pasta, and lots of Parmesan. It’s a delicious take on classic chicken and noodle soup.

But it isn’t as Alfredo-y as you’d imagine the soup to be. I think that may be an impossible thing to ask of a soup, because if you thicken it and make it just like the sauce, then you don’t have soup any more. You’ve got sauce.

I almost named it something different, like Chicken Parmesan Soup, but that’s a different dish and I already have a Chicken Parmesan Soup. So despite the fact that the name might be a little misleading, I’m keeping it.

And this soup is definitely worth making. It’s warm, comforting and creamy. And there’s no pre-cooking needed. Everything goes into the slow cooker, although the milk and pasta get held out to near the end of the cooking time.

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Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham

February 14, 2014 by Tiffany King Leave a Comment

I love split pea soup, but it’s not one that I make often. It’s best made when you’ve got a ham bone available. But since I figured out a great work-around for that with my Ham and Bean Soup, I decided to use the same technique for this recipe.

This soup meets all the requirements for the Slow Cooker Soup Series. It’s assembly only, taking only minutes to get everything started in the slow cooker.

I was afraid that my kids wouldn’t eat it. The color is light green (even though the photo shows it to be more yellow). Plus the name isn’t very kid-friendly. However, they all really liked it and even went back for seconds.

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