Bacon and Potato Soup, Squash Soup and Beef and Vegetable Soup

Описание: Bacon and Potato Soup
1/2 pound bacon
4 to 6 medium potatoes
4 boiled eggs
2 cups scalded milk
Salt and pepper
Fry bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and crumble. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat. Add diced potatoes and onions to fat. Cover with water and cook until done. Add crumbled bacon, cubed eggs, scalded milk and seasonings. Serves 4. This is a quick and perfect dish for cold and wintry Sunday night.

Squash Soup
3 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cooked squash
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups Half and Half cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon sugar
Saute onion in butter until soft, but not browned. Blend with squash and a little chicken broth in blender. Place in saucepan with remaining broth, cream and seasonings. Bring to boiling point over medium heat, stirring constantly. Serves 6.

Beef and Vegetable Soup
5 to 6 quarts of water
2 to 3 pounds lean stew meat
1 medium soup bone
Salt, pepper, bay leaf, garlic and any additional seasonings to your taste
3 stalks celery, diced
1 small bell pepper, diced
6 carrots, diced
1 large Irish potato, diced
1 large onion,diced
1 can whole tomatoes
1 cup uncooked rice
1 (7-ounce) package Ronoc soup mix
In a large pot, boil meat with salt, garlic, and bay leaf. Cook about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until meat is tender. Skim top of liquid occasionally. Add celery,bell pepper, carrots, potato, onion and then canned tomatoes. Simmer until the vegetables are tender. Add seasonings to taste. Add rice and Ronco soup mix. Simmer covered, until rice is cooked. Serves 6 to 8 hungry men. May be frozen very well in a milk carton.