Grandmas Rainy Day Kimchi Noodle Soup Food

RAINY DAY SOUP

Steps:

• Brown beef.
• Drain.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Simmer until vegetables are tender.

RAINY DAY CHICKEN RICE-GRAIN SOUP

Steps:

• Put 6 cups of chicken broth in the crock pot with the chicken breasts, the chopped carrots, the grains, and the herbs. Start off the crock pot on high heat.
• In dutch oven on stove, put the remainder of the ingredients together and cook on low heat until cooked through.
• Turn off heat under vegetable mixture and allow vegetable mixture to cool.
• Pour vegetable mixture into a blender and puree until smooth.
• Pour enough of the pureed vegetable mixture into the crock pot to thicken the soup to your liking. Mix well. Adjust seasonings as needed.
• Set crock pot on low heat and cook till dinner. The longer the better.

VEGGIE SOUP - MY RAINY DAY SATURDAY SOUP

Steps:

• Drizzle olive oil in bottom of large soup pot placed on stove burner at medium-high heat to begin with.
• When oil is heated begin adding the washed, chopped veggies to sauté.
• Stir the veggies while sautéing with a wooden spoon until tender.
• Add chopped fresh garlic and continue stirring the veggies.
• Add salt, black pepper and the spices, continue stirring the mixture.
• Add the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, chicken broth and water.
• Add the bay leaves.
• Add the washed, drained beans and keep stirring the soup.
• Turn down the heat under the pot to low and keep stirring and tasting.
• Correct flavor of the soup with more sugar if needed and more salt if needed.
• Serving suggestions:.
• In your personal bowl of soup add soup crackers or homemade croutons or melting cheese keeping the pot of soup dairy-free for those with dietary restrictions.
• Add pasta of choice or rice, prepared separately in another pot.