Tag Archives: soup

Lentil Stew

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 1 October, 2014 None comments

Lentil Stew

When I woke up this morning there was a cold wind whistle, yes Autumn is near. We came from a super hot 90 degree weekend and wound up in the 60’s today. Gloomy days are perfect cozy days. I woke up to snuggle on the couch with my blanket and work on my bible study and read for awhile. And of course I had my cup o’ coffee and it was absolutely glorious.

Opting for a warm soup and fresh bread for dinner, I put my crock pot to work; lentil stew.

I took Cooper to the park this morning to get his wiggles released before nap time. Upon our return home, the house smelt of something so yummy waiting to be eaten this evening. I love walking into a house that smells of yummy food or fresh baked goods. There is something so delightful in that.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup navy beans
1 1/2 cup lentils
6 cups water
1 bay leaf
1/2 onion, diced
1 tbsp thyme
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp minced garlic

Clean your beans and lentils thoroughly before placing in the crock pot

Combine all ingredients together and give a good stir.

Let simmer for 8 hours.

Serve with Garlic Buttered Bread and toast.

Split Pea Soup

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 22 September, 2014 None comments

Split Pea Soup

I love soup and I love split pea. I made this recently on a morning that was chilly and gave a good excuse to have soup even while it’s still summer out.

Autumn meals are the best. Crock pots smelling the home, soups, stews, casseroles and stroganoff. You can’t get much better than some delicious comfort food. The battle of your mind shouldn’t be the calories they hold, but rather the fact that winter is coming and we must store our chipmunk weight up for the winter. And behold, Fall is a great way to get that started. :)

Ingredients:

1 hamhock
1 lb diced ham
2-3 cups split peas (I prefer my soup thicker)
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 small onion, diced
3/4 tsp onion powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1 bay leaf
6-8 cups water

In a crock pot add everything together and give a good stir.

How easy is that? That’s why I LOVE crock pots. They are simple, delicious and seriously can’t get any easier than dumping everything together!

Let it all simmer for 6-8 hours. Your house will smell wonderful and you will be ecstatic that dinner is already made!

Mixing quinoa, rice or couscous in with the soup for protein and to thicken it up, was the cure to getting him to eat soup.

He’s all fueled up from the Pea and off to play he goes! :)

Yummy!

Split Pea Soup

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 11 June, 2014 None comments

Ham and Split Pea soup! Yummy yum yum! Great for a day such as today when the weather cools down, a soft mist of rain comes through and you just want something comforting.

Ingredients:

1 bag of split peas
1 ham bone
½ diced onion
2 tbsp minced garlic
1 medium carrot, chopped (optional)
1 bay leaf
½ tsp garlic salt
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups water
1 quart chicken broth

In a crockpot add all ingredients and cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 8 hours.

You can’t go wrong with split pea soup especially when served with my English Muffin Bread toasted.

Thanks to startcooking.com

Enjoy!

Crockpot Tomato Bisque

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 9 April, 2014 None comments

Friday night I had been feeling as though I was coming down with something. Cooper had been sick with a cold the last couple days and I really, really was struggling with dinner that night. I absolutely love soup and could eat soup every day of the week. My husband on the other hand loves the soups and stews I make, but if given the option of soup or steak he will choose steak. (They are a good combination together as well) So, tonight I planned on making homemade bread and my tomato bisque soup. I began the bread the previous night as it has to rise overnight. I had a really bad feeling it wasn’t going to turn out once it was fully mixed. Something about the texture made me question this bread from the beginning. I didn’t throw it out as I gave it a shot to see if it would still rise properly. The following day I went to form my loaves and it was simply not the right texture. I decided to bake it anyways and see if it was still good. Bad idea. Let me tell you, something so terribly wrong happened that I wouldn’t even try a piece once baked. It was bad, I threw it away instantly and was so bummed that now we didn’t have homemade bread for this dinner. Oh well, life happens.

What happened to the bread was I used brown rice flour verses my usual white flour. This is the ONLY thing I did different and it turned out so wrong that I must note not to use any flour other than white flour or bread flour. Who-would-a-thought. I’ve made this bread many a times without fail and it has always been a winner. NO brown rice flour next time. :)

I had hoagies on hand and lightly buttered them with garlic salt and broiled them for a few minutes. It worked in a pinch.

Crockpot Ingredients:

2 can’s diced tomatoes
1 cup celery diced
1 cup carrots diced
1 cup diced red potatoes
1 cup onion diced
1 tsp oregano
4 cups chicken broth
1 bay leaf
½ cup flour

For the cream mixture:

1 cup parmesan cheese
½ cup butter
2 cups half and half, warmed
Salt and pepper to taste

In a crockpot add chopped carrots, onions and potatoes.

Add diced tomatoes, oregano and bay leaf.

Add chicken broth…

Let simmer for 4-6 hours on med-low heat.

30 minutes before serving, melt butter in a sauce pan.
Add flour…

Whisk for 5-7 minutes until thickened. Slowly add 1 cup of soup broth to the flour mixture to avoid lumps.

Whisk well and add to Crockpot.

Stir well and add parmesan cheese and warmed half and half. Let simmer for 30 minutes to allow soup to thicken up.

Serve with my English-Muffin-Bread and a side salad.

On Sunday we went to church and came home and had leftovers. We had this delicious soup and made grilled cheese to dip into the bisque. It was so tasty and makes great leftovers.

Sweet Creamy Carrot Soup

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 15 November, 2013 None comments

Sweet Creamy Carrot Soup

I took a friend out to lunch the other day for her birthday. We went to Bridgeport; it is a large outside shopping center that has a lot of yummy restaurants. We were going to go to Pastini’s which I love, but as we were driving through the parking lot we saw a new restaurant Called Twig. From the outside it looked very intriguing that we decided to test it out. They had only been open for four days.

Their burgers looked delicious so I decided to get one; I am easily pleased with a big burger. This gorgonzola garlic burger came with a side of sweet carrot soup. My girlfriend got a fajita salad that actually was very tasty and had good size chunks of steak on it.

My soup came out first and was honestly the best thing I have had in a long time. This carrot soup was so sweet and had caramel drizzle on top. I gave some to Cooper and he absolutely loved it. I was raving about this soup, it was amazing, honestly amazing. Every Thursday they make this soup so I made a large mental note of that. My burger was absolutely amazing as well. It had full chunks of grilled garlic, a bbq spicy aioli and big chunks of gorgonzola. I was thoroughly impressed by this new restaurant and their prices were incredible for their taste. It was soooooo good. I will be taking my husband there and making sure it happens on a Thursday to make sure I get their carrot soup again. :)

After eating I still couldn’t forget about the soup. I decided to embark on this task since both Cooper and I loved it. I ran to Trader Joes on my way home and got some fresh carrots. I have never made carrot soup before but thought it couldn’t be that hard. Tonight was the night.

My husband got home and said it smelt so good in the house and asked what it was. I simply said “dinner” without emphasizing what kind of soup I had made. I dished him up a bowl and made him some toast to dip it in. He took one bite and was raving about it, literally! He asked what it was and finally I told him it was creamy carrot soup. He was utterly surprised but loved it and asked where I got the recipe. I explained my lunch date and how I was attempting to make it myself. He was very complimentary about my cooking (sweet man) and told me he doesn’t know how I do it; creating a recipe from scratch but loved it.

This recipe is super easy and quick. The only time restriction is chopping the carrots, celery and potatoes. You can chop them large because they will cook down. This is a great meal when you are busy and don’t have a lot of time.

Ingredients:

1lb peeled carrots, chopped
2 cups chopped celery
6 large red potatoes, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tbsp Avocado Oil (EVOO works great too)
2-3 Garlic cloves, minced
2-3 cup water
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprkia
1 tbsp Oregano
2 Sprigs fresh Rosemary
1-2 tsp Salt
Dash of black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 can evaporated milk
½ cup half and half
Chicken Bouillon, scoop 2 tbsp or 3-4 cubes (I use Costco Better than Bouillon so it’s more of a paste)
1 tbsp Honey

In a large pot drizzle a little Oil and add carrots, celery, potatoes, onion, garlic and 2 cups water. Add in cumin, paprika and oregano stir well and top with Rosemary. Cook covered on low heat for 1-2 hours

Once vegetables are softened and cooked, transfer to a food processor.

Puree until fully smooth and transfer back to your large pot. Add in salt, pepper and garlic salt.

Add evaporated milk, ½ & ½, Chicken bouillon, and honey. Heat through and taste test to see if you have reached the desired sweetness you are looking for. :)