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I'm making beef barley soup. I used most of my left-over prime rib for open face sandwiches, suggested by Miss Lynn. Today, the last hunk will flavor the soup. yum

That is always a good choice.
Randy

Just made triple batch of split pea soup. Was going to make Sam's EVOO bread but realized I had forgotten the salt after mixing dry & wet ingredients, and I had to run out the door (no time to wait for more yeast to bloom). Disappointing.

Soup was good, though.

Some good old South Dakota ringneck will be hitting the fry pan in an hour or two. Some boiled potatos, cream gravy, asian broccoli and a glass or two of wine. Putting some Old Crow in the cook now!

I made pea soup before Christmas and have a good supply in the freezer. I use a Honey Baked ham bone and a crock pot, puree all the ingredients (onion, carrot) then add the ham from the bone back in. Unfortunately, I usually feast on all the ham bone grizzle and marrow, washing it down with the soup.

Made a pot of ham and bean soup this morning. Pretty good eating if I do say so myself.

Dale

Couldn't stand it. Came home and made two loaves. Look great!

Big pot of chicken vegetable soup with Acini di pepe

Had beef and barley last week...not sure yet of a protein for tonight but I'm making bread for sure!

How about sharing your recipe....not fair to lay something like this out with out details.

Elwood

Cauliflower Soup. Second batch I have made this winter. Thanks Mannlicher

Chili what else. Also some home made tamales from a Mexican friend of mine. Dolores is about as wide as she is tall but Lordy can she roll a savory tamale.

BCR

K, got the basics from a Food Network recipe.

I trimmed the prime rib and put the fat in a DO with some canola oil, rendered and remove the solid fat. Sweated out some carrot, onion and celery, all in a large dice. Added a can each of beef stock, chicken stock, plus 2 cups water, and simmered for an hour.

Then added the prime rib, cubed to a little over 1/4 inch, a third of a cup of pearl barley, about a cup or more of already cooked wild rice, a can of stewed tomato, an eighth cup of red wine, black pepper, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp of thyme, 1/2 tsp of beau monde (somebody here mentioned this seasoning a while back, never heard of it, but tried it and love it), and simmered for an hour.

Then I sliced 1/2 pound of button mushrooms and sauteed them in some butter and a dash of worcestershire, added them and simmered for another 10 min.

this is better the next day and also with the pot sitting in the fridge overnight you can skim off the beef fat, of which there was quite a bit.

Pinto beans with leftover Christmas ham bone last night w/ corn bread. Leftover beans for burritos tonight. Plenty of 'free gas' in my house this week.

I must be a contrarian as I grilled some pork chops. (Or, it may be that the wife threatened to make me sleep on the sofa if I made another pot of bean soup...)

Naw, I'll be grilling soon as well, some pork steaks for an upcoming batch of green chile sauce.

Chicken soup; good for the body and spirit.

sse:

I did basically the same thing and found a recipe on line. Did it last night with stew meat..pretty good. Had a hard time finding the pearl barley...must not be a big seller in this part of the country. And, to top it off, we got about 5" of snow last night and it's still snowing...so I'm ready.

Thanks for the idea...first time in my life I've eaten pearl barley. Liked it.

Elwood

P.S. I also add chopped parsley at the same time the mushrooms are added. Knew I forgot something.

We've had lotsa cold weather and snow this year, so I've got a freezer full of soups and chili.

My wife's favorite is my Beef Vegetable with Barley Soup... mine is chili or one of the chicken-based soups I regularly make.

I usually make most soups in my 8-quart soup pot filled to the brim... and freeze it in individual big 2-serving containers. There's nuthin' better than a steaming, hearty, rich bowl of home-made soup on a cold winter day. YUM!!!


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