Soups

Green Chicken Chili

Green Chicken ChiliPrep Time: 40 minutes | Cook Time: 35 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes | Serves: 8 Talk about a flavorful chili! It is filled with chopped chile peppers, shredded tender chicken, and the stock takes on all those flavors....

Oven-Braised Beef Stew

Oven-Braised Beef Stew Prep Time: 30 minutes | Cook Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes | Total Time: 4 hours | Serves: 6 Our US Marine son was coming home for a 96! I created this recipe simply to have some already-cooked food in the fridge for whenever someone gets hungry “in...

Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes | Cool Time: 45 minutes |Total Time: 2 hours, 25 minutes | Serves: 8 The cliche goes, “Chicken soup is good for the soul.” There are even books written about this popular saying. Chicken...

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Soup

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Soup (Pressure Cooker)Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 45 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Serves: 8I was gifted a gorgeous hostess set from Inox Artisans and wanted to style the ladle with some sort of soup. I’d be able...

Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 25 minutes | Total Time: 40 minutes | Serves: 8 I think most everyone can say they’ve had Alphabet Soup. Even if it was from that red and white can, ABC Soup is nostalgic. We’ve all tried to spell our names or write out...

Hearty Vegetable Soup

Hearty Vegetable Soup Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 50 minutes | Serves: 6-8 Hearty Vegetable Soup is filled with good-for-you vegetables. Using fresh, not frozen, vegetables will give you a better-tasting soup. There is a bit of prepping...

Creamy Ham and Potato Soup

Creamy Ham and Potato Soup Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 45 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour | Serves: 8 The cliché goes, "Stop and smell the roses." I think we're all aware of what it means. The saying is quite applicable in this recipe of Creamy Ham and Potato...

Vegetable Stock

Vegetable Stock Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 1-2 hours | Total Time: About 2-3 hours Sure, I keep some cartons of store-bought stock on my pantry shelves for those impromptu meals, but when I can make and freeze any flavor of stock, I take the opportunity. Beef...

Ribollita

Ribollita Prep Time: 45 minutes | Cook Time: 35 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes | Serves: 6 I’m sitting at my desk watching the lightning light up my room and listening to the heavy rain’s steady downpour. This is the perfect weather for a hearty soup like...

Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock

Pressure Cooker Chicken Stock Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes | Cool Time: 1 hour | Total Time: 3 hours, approx. | Yields: 4 quarts, approx. There’s just something super-comforting about homemade stock, whether it’s chicken or vegetable or beef...

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