Loaded Potato Soup

Ingredients:

Loaded Potato Soup

6-7 large baking potatoes scrubbed unpeeled

1 medium onion diced

2 carrots diced

1 stalk celery diced

2 Bay leaves

2 boxes (Kitchen Basics recommended) Chicken Broth

2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon Olive Oil-

2 tablespoons flour

Salt/Pepper to taste

1 ½ cups heavy cream

Optional Toppings:

Sour Cream

Shredded Cheese

Sliced scallions

Crumbled bacon

Directions:

Dice potatoes into ½ inch cubes and cover with water. 

In a large pot, melt butter, add olive oil and heat.  Add onions, carrots, celery, bay leaf, season with salt and sauté until onions are tender.  Add Flour and cook for 1 minute.

Drain potatoes and add to pot with vegetables and stir.   Add in broth and additional salt if desired.  Bring to a boil.  Once at a boil, cover and simmer until potatoes are tender. (Check with the tip of a steak knife).

Remove bay leaves.

Fill blender container halfway, (remove plastic piece in the middle of blender top to release hot air) cover with a towel and blend until smooth.  Add back to the pot, stir, and add the heavy cream with any additional salt and pepper. (This can also be done with a hand blender right in the pot.  Just use the hand blender to the desired consistency) Simmer until desired thickness.

Serve and top with optional toppings.

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Hot potato salad

HOT POTATO SALAD

I made this for DH Fathers day

2lbs baby potatoes quartered

1/2 lb bacon diced
1/4 cup shallots
1/4 cup chives chopped
1/4 cup parlsey chopped
1tsp fresh oregano chopped
1tsp fresh thyme chopped
1/4 cup fresh/frozen peas
2 tbls dijon mustard
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white vinegar

Put potatoes in pot and cover with cold water 1 inch over the potatoes. Cover and cook on high until boiling remove cover and cook until tender.

In a skillet cook bacon till crisp add shallots.  Add thyme, oregano, mustard. Stir till combined.  Add oil and vinegar.  Stir until slightly reduced and combined.

Add peas to poatoes right before draining.  Drain well.  Add to bacon mixture and stir until potatoes are coated add chives and parsley.

Serve warm, room temp or cold.

Swedish Meatballs

This recipe does not use as much sour cream as the traditional recipe.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs Ground Beef
1 lb Ground Turkey
1 Medium onion - diced
3 large Garlic cloves minced or pressed
2 eggs
1/2 cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs
2 tablespoons Garlic powder
2 tablespoons Onion powder
1/2 cup Flat Leaf Parsely, rough chopped
3 tablespoons *Special Seasoning
Salt and Pepper to tasted
2/3 cup Sour Cream
1/2 cup White Wine
1 Quart Low-Sodium Beef Broth
2 cups Sliced Mushrooms
3 tablespoons All-Purpose flour
3 tablespoons Olive Oil




Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine the first 10 ingredients (up to the salt and pepper)

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Roll meat into balls the size of walnuts.  A fruit scooper is helpful to make the size consistent.

Two Tablespoon Size fruit scoope.





Add olive oil to skillet and heat.  Add meatball and brown.  Don't overcrowd the pan.  Cook in more than one batch if necessary.  The meatballs will not be cooked all the way through.  Remove the meatballs and put them on a lined sheet pan.  Place in oven as you cook the remaining meatballs. Once the meatballs are all browned keep them in the oven while you prepare the sauce.

Remove most of the oil from the pan as well as any solids that remain.  Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat pan.  Add mushrooms and cook until the moisture evaporates from pan and the mushrooms are lightly browned.

Add 4 tablespoons flour and cook until melted into the mushrooms.

 Add wine and cook until slightly thickened.

Add beef broth and cook until thickened

Turn heat off and add sour cream. Combine well.  DO NOT REHEAT PAN, SOUR CREAM WILL CURDLE.  The sauce will not be very light. 

I served this with buttered whole wheat egg noodles.  You can serve rice or potatoes.  Put your choice on the bottom of a platter.  Place the meatballs on top and pour the sauce over the top and sprinke chopped parsley for color.

Serve with your choice of vegetables and/or a salad.

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Viola! A finished dish.

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