Whatever is Available Soup

"This is a soup recipe that I made up in a hurry. I would like to dedicate this recipe to a fine lady, (Lois Stark), who had some difficulty in making a soup out of items she had available. This soup turned our real good."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large cooking pot or large saucepan, add beef broth, water and quartered potatoes and bring to boil.
  • Crush and add tomatoes including liquid.
  • Add barley and bring soup to boil.
  • Reduce heat and simmer soup for about 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
  • Remove potatoes into a mixing bowl and mash.
  • Add butter or margarine and mix well; set aside.
  • Add cubed potatoes and elbow macaroni to cooking pot and cook for about 10 minutes.
  • Add mixed veggies, chicken pieces, soy sauce (optional), salt and pepper and simmer for about 10 minutes longer.
  • Remove about 4 cups of soup and process through a food processor or blender and return to soup pot.
  • Now add reserved mashed potatoes, mix well and bring just to boil.
  • Adjust seasonings to taste.
  • Remove from heat and let soup sit for a least 10 minutes before serving.
  • Refrigerate any unused portion of soup.

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Reviews

  1. Dear Friends, Last week, I was pretty much out of food. I had taken stock of all I had in my pantry and asked for help in trying to turn it into something for dinner for my family. Some members were kind enough to request recipes and words of encouragement. But someone who has since become very special to me, "Uncle Bill", took all my ingredients and turned everything I had into a wonderful satisfying soup that we all enjoyed very much. Not only did it warm our bellies, it also warmed my heart. Thank you "Uncle Bill". And thank you TracyK, Papergoddess, Molly53, DiB's, TCookie, and EdsGirlAngie for caring. I give you all 5 stars! Sincerely, Lois Stark
     
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I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%. From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals. I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ. I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.
 
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