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Tomato Apple Soup

Tomato apple soup and turkey sandwiches. This was inspired by watching Ellie “cook” in her play kitchen. She takes the apple and puts it in a pot, and then she pours in a can of tomato soup and stirs it up. At first it seemed gross, but then I figured it was probably a real thing. So I Googled it and sure enough, there were tons of recipes. I’m not big on tomato soup, but this was awesome! The apple added just a hint of sweetness to take an edge off the tomato-ness I usually don’t care for. This would be great with grilled cheese and I will make this again for sure.

RECIPES:

Apple Tomato Soup (Tomapple Soup)

 

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Avgolemono Soup

Wow, this was really good. I picked it because I had all the ingredients on hand but I never heard of avgolemono before. But after my first bite I realized that it’s lemon rice soup. This was simple and really good. It would have been nice to garnish with fresh herbs instead of dried, but I was being thrifty.

RECIPES:

Avgolemono

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Provencal Beef Daube

If I come across a recipe that calls for dried porcini mushrooms, I usually skip it, or just use regular mushrooms. I’m too cheap to pay those big prices for those fancy mushrooms. But I decided to splurge today and paid 6 bucks for 1 ounce of dried porcini mushrooms. I think it was worth it! Those mixed with the green olives and all the other spices made a really rich unique flavored beef stew. The prep was more than I was expected for a slow cooker recipe, but it was worth the effort.

RECIPES:

Provencal Beef Daube

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Chili w/ Chipotle and Chocolate

Chili w/ chipotle and chocolate, and a side salad. This is the second chili recipe of the month. This one had chocolate and you could really taste it which gave it a unique flavor. There wasn’t much prep involved either which helped.

RECIPES:

Chili w/ Chipotle and Chocolate

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Autumn Cranberry Beef Stew

Autumn cranberry beef stew. This has Guinness beer and cranberry sauce in it. It sounded too good not to try, and for the most part, it was. I think it’ll be even better tomorrow. An added bonus was that it was really simple. As far as everyday meals go, I give it a 5 out of 5. But as far as beef stews go, I give it a 3.5 out 5. So far, this other beef stew I made is my favorite.

RECIPES:

Autumn Cranberry Beef Stew