Moms Homemade Vegetable Soup Food

MOM'S HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Put first 4 ingredients into large soup pot and bring to boil. Turn down and simmer for 2 hours.
• Add veggies and simmer another 2 hours.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP WITH CHICKEN OR BEEF(GERMAN GEMUSE SUPPE)

Steps:

• To an 8 quart stock pot, add beef bone or chicken, water, bay leaf, onion chunks, and sprigs of parsley. Bring to a boil; cover, then simmer about 1 to 1 1/2 hours until beef or chicken is almost done.
• Remove meat bone or chicken to a plate and let cool enough to handle. Strip meat from the bones into chunks (discard bones), and set aside.
• Meanwhile add sliced carrots, leek, chopped celery with leaves, chicken bouillon cubes and pepper (do not add salt). Bring to a boil; cover and simmer 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and the chunks of meat from the cooled soupbone or the chicken; cover and simmer about 35 minutes longer.
• Add cauliflower rosettes, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add chopped fresh parsley and remove from heat.
• Serve steaming hot with a crusty French bread or rolls and butter.
• Makes good leftovers (soup is great on day 1, but tastes even better on days 2-3), and freezes/reheats well.
• VARIATIONS: May add about 6 oz. frozen peas at same time as cauliflower (increase cooking time by about 5 minutes to compensate for the cold peas). I also sometimes add a cup or two of fresh sliced zucchini and/or green beans a few minutes after adding the cauliflower. Also good with sliced hot dogs or kielbasa sausage added during the last 5 minutes or so of cooking time (enough time to heat through).

MOM'S BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the water in a large pot. Brown the chuck roast in a large skillet with a little olive oil and meat tenderizer. Add the onions and cook till they are soft.
• Add the roast & onions, canned veggies and bay leaf to the water. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Add potatoes & carrots. Simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through. Remove and discard bay leaf.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Add water, tomato juice, onion, and seasonings to large pot.
• Cover pot with lid and simmer for 1.5 hours.
• Add other vegetables and simmer for another hour.
• Remove bay leaves before serving.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place soup meat in a large kettle. Put water in large Kettle and add the onion and celery. Then boil until meat is tender. You can then add your cabbage that has been sliced thin.
• As this softens in the stock add rutabaga and then add remaining ingredients (except barley). Cook over a low heat after it starts to boil. Stir often to prevent sticking.
• About 1/2 hour before serving add about 1/2 cup of barley. (I like barley so I use to my liking.)

MOM'S GROUND BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the beef, carrots, and Italian herb seasoning in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring to break up the beef, until is is just cooked through, about 6 minutes.
• Put the cooked beef mixture in a 3-quart or larger slow cooker. Stir in the water, bouillon mixture, vegetable juice, onions bay leaves, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, pepper, and pasta. Stir in the frozen vegetable medley and green beans. (The liquid may not cover all the vegetables at this point.).
• Cover the cooker, and turn on the high setting for at least 30 and preferably 45 minutes. Turn to the low setting and cook for at least 5 hours and up to 10 hours. Thin the soup with a little hot water before serving, if desired. Taste and add more garlic salt, if desired.
• Discard the bay leaves as the soup is served.

MOM'S CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• For the soup: Heat the olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, carrots and garlic and cook, stirring often, until the onions are translucent (not browned), about 8 minutes. Add salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes to your desired preference. Then stir in the fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes and vegetable stock and bring the entire mixture to a boil.
• Once boiling, stir in the cabbage and beans and keep it simmering, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Add more stock or water if you prefer more liquid and taste and season with more salt and pepper, if necessary. When finished, sprinkle over and stir in the parsley for color and flavor.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with crostini or garlic bread, if desired.
• For the crostini: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the bread slices on a baking sheet. Brush the tops with olive oil. You can also smear minced garlic over the top, if desired.
• Bake until crunchy and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Take the crostini out of the oven, drizzle the tops with olive oil and sprinkle sea salt over the top.

HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the baby carrots, potatoes, onion, celery, beans, cabbage, tomatoes, green beans, chicken broth, vegetable stock, water, basil, sage, thyme, and salt in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 90 minutes.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP, CROCK-POT VERSION

Steps:

• Cut up carrots, potatoes and celery the night before and store in the refrigerator in cold water. Cut up onions and cabbage the night before also and put in the refrigerator.
• Add first 11 ingredients to crock-pot and cook all day on high.
• Blanch macaroni in boiling water for 10 minutes two hours before serving soup. Drain and add to soup. Add corn at this time also. Continue cooking on high until ready to serve.

MOM'S HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned.
• Mix all ingredients except peas and noodles in 3 1/2- to 4-quart Crock-Pot slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 1/2 to 7 hours or until vegetables are tender and chicken is no longer pink in center.
• Rinse frozen peas with cold water to separate; drain. Stir peas and noodles into soup. Cover and cook on high heat setting about 15 minutes or until noodles are tender.

MOM'S VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• - Cook meat and drain.
• - Cook potatoes and drain (must cook separately to prevent starch in soup).
• - Add meat, potatoes, and undrained vegetables to stock pot.
• - Add tomato paste with water.
• - Add seasonings (and anything else that is optional).
• - Add bay leaves.
• - Cook in stock pot on low-medium heat for 30 minutes to 1 hour.