Dads Vegetable Soup Food

DAD'S SECRET INGREDIENT VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Using a very large pot that will hold at least 12qts, preferable more, brown the beef in the olive oil.
• Peel and dice onions and carrots. Dice potatoes, peeling if you prefer.
• Put everything except the barley and cabbage into the pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2-3 hours, stirring several times.
• Use a knife to shred the cabbage finely in strips as if for sauerkraut.
• Add cabbage and barley. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring several times.
• Serve with hearty, crusty bread.
• Note: If you have some odds and ends of cooked, unseasoned veggies hanging around in the fridge you can add them along with the cabbage and barley. Don't overdo broccoli or other cabbage-family veggies because some cabbage is necessary too much upsets the balance of flavors.
• Note: You can readily substitute fresh vegetables for frozen. I just use frozen because I usually make it in the winter when fresh veggies are not cost-effective.
• Note: Freezes well and is even better after sitting overnight.

DAD'S VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Brown beef cubes Season to taste and cook cubes in water for 1 hour using medium heat all the time during cooking
• 2. Add carrots, cook 15 minutes Add celery,onion, and cabbage cook 15-20 minutes
• 3. Add Hamburger, you can add it raw, or brown before, it cooks while the stew is cooking Add some ketchup and Worchestershire sauce for seasoning cook 15 minutes
• 4. Add all the rest of ingredients, portions depend on how much you want to put in. Exact measurements were not given because it is up to you on how much you want. Simmer until all is tender.

DAD'S POTATO CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In 6- or 8-quart pan, melt butter on medium-low heat with onions. After onions are translucent, add garlic and rosemary for 2 minutes.
• Add sausage and cook another 2 or 3 minutes. Add potatoes and cover potatoes with water. Change heat to high and bring potatoes to a boil.
• After potatoes become very tender, to the point of falling apart, reduce heat to low and add cheese a little at a time until all melted. Add milk, salt, and pepper and cover for 15 minutes.
• Great with saltine crackers.

DAD'S POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place the potato cubes, celery, and onion into a pressure cooker and add 4 cups of water, or enough to reach the fullness mark on your cooker. (Follow manufacturer's directions for how full to fill your cooker.) Cover the cooker, seal, and bring the pressure up over medium heat. When cooker reaches full pressure, reduce heat to maintain the pressure, and pressure-cook the vegetables for 25 minutes.
• Allow the pressure in the cooker to subside, and release the cover on the cooker when the pressure is normal. Mix in the evaporated milk, butter, salt, and black pepper, and bring the soup to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook the soup to the desired thickness, 5 to 15 minutes. If you like a thicker soup, mix in mashed potato flakes to desired consistency.