Savory Bean Soup Recipe

Savory Bean Soup Recipe

1 small ham (just a few pieces)
1 lb bean soup mix
6 c. water
2 tsp. salt
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. basil
2 cups solid pack tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped red peppers
1/2 cup chopped green peppers
1-3 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. each chopped parsley, celery, paprika, lea and perrins (worcestershire sauce), lemon juice

Place ham, beans, H20, salt in pot-cover and cook until beans are tender--add rest cover and simmer at least 1 - 1 1/2 hours.



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Dad used to always made bean soup--I guess he got his taste for it from Grammy.

Such a great recipe for a cold winter day. Oh! And it looks gluten, soy and dairy free, too. Yay!

Speedy Gazpacho Recipe

This one is handwritten - legibly! Not Grammy's handwriting.


Speedy Gazpacho

2 - 10 3/4 oz cans of condensed tomato soup
2 envelopes or cubes of instant beef broth
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 Tablespoon salad oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
dash of Tabasco
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 Tablespoons minced onion

In large bowl pour undiluted soup. Heat to boiling 2 soup cans of water. Remove from heat and stir in beef broth until dissolved. Add broth to tomato soup. Stir until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate. When serving, the soup can be garnished with corn chips.

Vichyssoise Soup Recipe

Ahhh... I like it when it is cut out of a magazine. So easy to read.



Vichyssoise Soup Recipe

4 good-sized leeks - they must be very white ones
1 medium-sized onion
2 oz. butter
6 medium-sized potatoes
2 1/2 pints chicken stock
Salt, white pepper
1 pint scalded milk
2 pints cream

Wash the leeks and slice the white parts finely. (Reserve the green parts for flavoring in other soups.) Peel and chop the onion. Heat the butter, add the leeks and onion and cook gently until soft, but keeping them white. Add the chicken stock and chipped potatoes and cook until tender. Add salt and pepper to taste and rub through a sieve or puree in a blender and then rub through a sieve.

Return the soup to the pan, add the milk, stir this well into the soup, then add the medium cream, still stirring. Bring the mixture to a boil, add more slat and pepper if required, remove from the heat and cool. When cool, add the cream and chill thoroughly. Serve with chopped chives.

This soup may well be made 24 hours in advance. Makes 4 to 5 servings.

:) Miracle Soup!

This one made me laugh. OK, so I didn't laugh, I smiled. But if anyone would have been around I would have laughed and told my story.

This looks like the Cabbage Soup Diet soup. Yes, I did this diet once. The deal is that you eat only one certain food a day for 7 days. One day is beef, one day is tomatoes, etc. You can also eat all you want of this cabbage soup. Oh, you also have to drink tons and tons of water. I was in high school when I did this diet and I remember having to go to the bathroom during "Discreet Mathematics" every day that week. I can't remember if it worked, but I do remember that when I was on the tomato day I breaded and fried those darn tomatoes! I was hungry! What the heck is Discreet Mathematics anyway?

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Miracle Soup Recipe

6 large onions
2 green peppers
tomatoes, tomato juice or V8
1 large cabbage
1 bunch celery
Lipton Onion Soup Mix or 5 beef bouillon cubes

You can add string beans or other low cal vegetables.


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The recipe doesn't say it, but you need to put some water in there too - you know, so it's soup.

Oyster Bisque Recipe

1 dozen large raw oysters, shucked, drained, and chopped
4 cups milk
1 slice onion
2 stalks celery
1 sprig parsley
1 small bay leaf
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup flour
1 3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

In a small saucepan, slowly bring oysters just to a boil. Enough oyster liquor will remain on oysters to cook without adding additional liquid. Cook until oysters curl around the edges. Remove oysters immediately.

Scald milk with onion, celery, parsley, and bay leaf. Remove seasonings from milk. In a large pan, blend butter, flour, salt, and pepper. Slowly stir in milk. Stir over low heat until thickened. Add oysters and serve. Serves 3 to 4.

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Grammy always made oyster stew for Christmas Eve--I wonder if this was the recipe she used? It sounds like it. I liked the broth, but wouldn't eat the oysters :)

I don't know where this recipe came from--it is a clipping from a magazine. There is an advertisement for the Oregon General Store on the back.

Savory Bean Soup

1 small ham (just a few pieces)
1 lb bean soup mix
6 c. water
2 tsp. salt
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. basil
2 cups solid pack tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped red peppers
1/2 cup chopped green peppers
1-3 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. each chopped parsley, celery, paprika, lea and perrins (worcestershire sauce), lemon juice

Place ham, beans, H20, salt in pot-cover and cook until beans are tender--add rest cover and simmer at least 1 - 1 1/2 hours.



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Dad used to always made bean soup--I guess he got his taste for it from Grammy.

Such a great recipe for a cold winter day. Oh! And it looks gluten, soy and dairy free, too. Yay!