Uncle Bills Fresh Young Pea Vegetable Soup Food

UNCLE BILL'S CARROTS - TURNIP - PARSNIP DISH

Steps:

• Prepare vegetables as noted and place them in a large saucepan.
• Cover with water, bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 30 minutues or until vegetables are tender.
• Drain well.
• Add salt, pepper and butter and mash well.
• Serve as a vegetable with your meal.
• This is also very good the next day, re-heated.
• Parsnips are available in different sizes. Measured across the top of the parsnips, Small - about 1 inch, Medium - about 1 1/2 inches, Large - about 2 inches.

FRESH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Make a white sauce: melt the butter in a 4-6 cup saucepan. Add flour over moderately-low heat with all seasonings. Cook 1-2 minutes.
• Whisk in milk and cream, turn up heat, whisk, brining to a boil. Coat the top with some non stick cooking spray. Cover with plastic wrap on its surface, or use a coffee filter instead.
• Put water, onion and peas into a soup pot, or 8-cup saucepan. Heat, with salt, bring to the boil. Cook, simmer gently, for 18-30 minutes, or until peas are well cooked. Taste. Transfer to a processor, food mill, the small holes of a meat grinder, or use an immersion blender, to purée.
• Put back in pot, add Béchamel, and stir till smooth, correct for seasoning, add more nutmeg, if desired.
• Serve hot, or cold with one or more of the optional garnishes.

UNCLE BILL'S LIGHT VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, add broth, water and chicken soup base and bring to boil.
• In the meantime, in a frying pan on medium-high heat, melt butter, add onions and saute for 5 minutes or until translucent.
• Add tomatoes and cook until reduced and sauce starts to thicken, about 10 minutes; set aside.
• To the cooking pot, add carrots, potatoes, garlic, white pepper, salt, chili powder, hot red pepper flakes, dried dill weed and pasta and cook until pasta is el dente, about 10 minutes.
• Add onion/tomato sauce, celery and tiny peas and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve soup hot.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.
• You can use all water instead of chicken broth or vegetable broth. Use 1 vegetable bouillon cube or 1 teaspoon of chicken soup base for each 2 cups of water.
• You can also use a small penne pasta of your choice, or pearl barley, macaroni or basmati rice instead of small shell pasta.

UNCLE BILL'S CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy bottom cooking pot, heat olive oil and butter over medium-high heat.
• Add onions, leeks, carrots celery and garlic and cook, stirring for about 3 minutes or until vegetables are slightly softened but not browned.
• Add chicken broth, water, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary.
• Bring to boil.
• Cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to soup along with the diced mushrooms.
• Add noodles and bring soup to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until noodles are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
• Remove bay leaf and discard.
• Stir in parsley, salt and pepper.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve soup hot.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.
• NOTE: Homemade Chicken or Turkey Stock is so much better than purchased broth.

GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Crumble beef, if desired, into a 5-6 quart pot over medium heat; add bacon, if desired.
• If not using meat, melt butter in the pot.
• Add onion, garlic and prepared vegetables and cook, stirring, until meat is browned and onion is soft; drain any excess fat.
• Add broth, kidney beans, basil, oregano and rosemary; bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat, simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, tomatoes, and macaroni; continue cooking, covered, until macaroni is tender.
• At this point you can cool the soup, cover it and refrigerate it to reheat and continue the recipe.
• Add cabbage and cook, covered, just until cabbage wilts, about 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper; serve and pass cheese to sprinkle over individual servings.