Heavenly Soupsoup From Heaven Recipes

BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP: HEAVENLY, HEALTHY, AND HEARTY

Steps:

• Wash beef; pat dry with paper towels. Trim away any visible fat; season beef with salt and pepper (to taste). Cut into small bite-sized cubes.
• Melt butter in a large, heavy-bottom saucepan. Transfer the beef to the hot butter and cook over medium heat until brown on all sides.
• Add remaining ingredients to saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and continue cooking, covered, for 1 1/2 hours or until barley is tender and beef is fork-tender.
• Remove the bay leaf and laddle into warmed soup bowls. Enjoy your soup as a meal complete unto itself or add a lightly-dressed fresh spinach salad and warm crusty french/italian bread.
• COOK'S TIP: For a delicious twist on traditional beef and barley soup, when it's done simmering stir in 4 cups of fresh baby spinach. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.

HEAVENLY POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In the soup pot you are going to use, add the extra virgin olive oil, butter and diced onion and sauté on medium low heat for 15 minutes (until onion is translucent and start to caramelize). After onion is caramelized, take out of pot and set aside.
• In the same soup pot, add cut up bacon and cook until crisp on medium-high heat. Take out of pot and set aside.
• In the same soup pot (yes, again), add chicken broth, water and potatoes. Boil potatoes until almost soft - about 15 minutes.
• Take some of the broth/water in a bowl and add flour to make a roux.
• Add half and half, onion and half of bacon, heat soup to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Slowly add roux to desired thickness and cook until potatoes are tender.
• Top with left over bacon, cheese and sour cream, if desired.
• Enjoy!

HEAVENLY SOUP/SOUP FROM HEAVEN

Steps:

• 1. -You can use any chicken parts, or whole chicken... (does not even need to be thawed, as it will cook in boiling!) (We used chicken breasts this time) -place in pot and cover with water -put onto boil and continue boiling until chicken is done -Pop used frozen veggies or whatever he had on hand so Laura used a can of potatoes and a can of baby corn... -if using canned veggies, drain juice into pot and save veggies for a bit later... -once chicken is done (if whole chicken, remove from pot and debone before placing pieces back into pot) -with two forks, shred and pull apart chicken breasts...if too difficult, remove and do so on plate then replace in pot -add veggies and pasta to pot and return to boil until pasta is done! -Pop used egg noodles, Laura used spiral tri-color noodles and I broke up leftover lasagna noodles this day! If ya' don't have noodles, use rice! the flavor from chicken and such are yummy, but you may season as you like!