WINTER VEGETABLE CHICKEN SOUP
1 Tbsp olive oil
4 cups chicken, cut in bite-size pieces
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups carrots, sliced
2 cups potatoes, cubed
3 1/2 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped
1/2 apple, peeled and chopped
1/2 tsp pepper or to taste
1 tsp salt or to taste
opt. red pepper flakes, to taste
1 – 2 cans chicken broth
additional water [...]
1 lb great northern beans
3 cups ham, cubed
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 – 2 cups sliced carrots (about 3 or 4)
salt (1/2 – 3/4 tsp and then check – be careful it doesn’t get too salty with the ham)
pepper to taste
rosemary (a good sprinkling or pinch)
bay leaf
garlic powder, a hearty sprinkling (or [...]
The 24 hour stomach flu hit our house last week. This is the soup I made when everyone felt well enough to eat again.
2 – 2 1/2 cups shredded chicken breast (boil 3 breasts, save extra – about half – for another meal)
2 – 2 1/2 cups boiled rice
broth from boiling chicken breasts
1 tsp [...]
Simple and tasty and only 4 ingredients (not including the water!). For those chilly winter nights when you simply don’t have the energy to make a big, complicated supper.
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Sausage, Potato and Spinach Soup
1 lb Italian sausage
4 – 6 cups diced potatoes
water to cover
3 – 4 cups spinach (eg. chopped frozen)
1 cup milk [...]
This is a thick, vegetarian, minestrone type of soup, using garbanzo beans (also known as chickpeas), and fresh vegetables. I used potatoes, carrots and cabbage, but you can use other seasonal vegetables or what’s on hand.
Tuscan Style Garbanzo Bean Soup with Cabbage
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 – 3/4 cup onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 large carrots, [...]