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Baked Potato, Leek and Cheese Soup

The recipe's not totally clear, but you get the point. Heat 6 Tbsp butter in soup pot Add: 2 leeks (light green and white parts), diced 1 clove garlic minced Carrots Salt and pepper Add 1 Tbsp flour to make a roux, cook for a couple minutes. Cook 15 minutes. Add 2 sprigs of thyme and 1 bay leaf. Add large can of chicken (or vegetable) broth and 1 can water. Simmer until carrots are tender. Chop up baked potatoes with skins on. Add warm cream/milk (2 cup) and 1 cup sour cream, 2 cup cheddar cheese.

Easiest Whole Wheat Bread

who doesn't love a good piece of whole wheat toast with butter and jam on it in the morning?  or better yet, a fresh, warm piece of bread with honeybutter on it?  this recipe makes a great basic whole wheat bread.  i got it from some friends in new orleans while we lived there, so it always brings back good memories for me whenever i make it.  isn't that how bread should be?  3½ cups whole wheat flour 1/3 cup gluten flour 1¼ Tbsp instant yeast (quick rise) 2½ cups steaming hot tap water (120-130 deg. F) (very hot to the touch) 1 Tbsp salt 1/3 cup canola oil 1/3 cup honey or 1/2 cup sugar or 1/3 cup molasses (measure out oil first, so the molasses doesn’t stick!) 1¼ Tbsp bottled lemon juice (or ½ a fresh lemon) 2½ cups whole wheat flour Directions: Mix together first three ingredients in mixer with a dough hook. Add water all at once and mix for 1 minute; cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Add salt, oil, honey/sugar/molasses and lemon juice and beat for one m

Pot Roast

you CANNOT go wrong making a pot roast if you follow this recipe.  i promise!  and your husband will thank me.  2 ½ lb. chuck roast underblade 2 onions 10 + carrots beef broth Italian seasoning or rosemary, dried or sprigs Thyme Kosher salt Black pepper 1 can diced tomatoes Olive oil Start at 6:30am, meat in by 7:15am Turn crockpot on to low. 1. Cut onions in half from end to end. 2. Peel and wash carrots. Cut into 2” pieces on the diagonal. 3. Heat sauté pan with enough olive oil to coat pan. 4. Saute onions on both sides in pan until browned. Remove to a plate. 5. Saute carrots the same way until brown. 6. GENEROUSLY coat outside of meat on all sides with kosher salt. (A LOT) Repeat with Italian seasoning (or rosemary) and thyme. Sprinkle a little black pepper on too. 7. Place meat in hot pan and sear on all sides until BROWN (about 5 min per side at med-high heat). Remove to crock pot. 8. Starting with a little beef broth mix (3-4 tsps. bouillon in 2 cups of water tot

Surprise! Sweet and Sour Meatballs

12 ounces Ketchup 1 c brown sugar 1 c water 2 T Worcestershire sauce 1 t yellow mustard 1 medium onion Saute onions in olive oil. Add remaining ingredients and whisk to combine. Add meatballs and cook. I love this over Cal Rose rice. Cal Rose is a good sticky rice that is perfect for any asian or polynesian dish but it's kind of hard to find. In fact, that reminds me, I need to get to the store and find some. ta ta.