I got a big bunch of leeks from my food co-op yesterday and my DH grabbed me a bag of potatoes, so it's time to attempt my first leek and potato soup.
Ingredients:
6-8 Potatoes, peeled & cut into pieces
1 large leek
2 ribs celery
2 carrots
salt
pepper
I started with a pot of boiling salted water and put in some cubed peeled and cubed unpeeled potatoes. Should have cooked the unpeeled ones first so I could have pureed the soup easily before adding in the "chunky" veggies. Live and learn.
Anyway, cook the potatoes until they start to get soft, then add the washed and chopped leeks. Then puree after it's been cooking a while and the leeks are soft.
Toss in celery and carrots cut up small. Add S&P to taste. Since the water was already salted with a good tsp of salt, I didn't need any more.
That's it. Easy, simple, tasty, vegan even!
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Beef and Gravy with Mashed Potatoes
Decided on a different dinner this evening. It's been ages since we've had mashed potatoes (probably since last Thanksgiving) and I don't think I've ever made Beef "Tips" and Gravy since I was married, so I thought I'd give it a go from scratch. It was quite easy.
Beef and Gravy
2 Small Steaks (I used two small NY strip steaks)
Flour
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups water
Dried minced onion
1 can mushrooms (optional)
Mix together a few Tbsp of flour with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cut 2 steaks into small strips (bite sized). Coat the steak pieces in flour mixture. Brown steak in batches in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. Once all the meat is browned put back in pan on med-low heat, sprinkle in some dried minced onion. Mix corn starch with bouillon cube and water until smooth and combined, pour over beef, add in mushrooms if using, and cover. Simmer until thickened and bubbly.
Serve over mashed potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes (I used 6 tiny potatoes and had mounds left over from the 3 of us)
salt
water - fill the pot 2/3-3/4 full
butter - 1/4 cup ish - more if wanted
milk - enough... don't know how much.
Boil potatoes in a large pot of salted water until soft (if you stick a sharp knife in and lift up a potato it should fall off). Drain off water, mash potatoes in the pot skins and all. Add in 1/4ish cup butter mash until melted. Pour in milk and mix until creamy.
We served this tonight with steamed baby carrots. Hit with the now 3 year old (or will be in 2 days)!
Beef and Gravy
2 Small Steaks (I used two small NY strip steaks)
Flour
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups water
Dried minced onion
1 can mushrooms (optional)
Mix together a few Tbsp of flour with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cut 2 steaks into small strips (bite sized). Coat the steak pieces in flour mixture. Brown steak in batches in a skillet with a bit of olive oil. Once all the meat is browned put back in pan on med-low heat, sprinkle in some dried minced onion. Mix corn starch with bouillon cube and water until smooth and combined, pour over beef, add in mushrooms if using, and cover. Simmer until thickened and bubbly.
Serve over mashed potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes
potatoes (I used 6 tiny potatoes and had mounds left over from the 3 of us)
salt
water - fill the pot 2/3-3/4 full
butter - 1/4 cup ish - more if wanted
milk - enough... don't know how much.
Boil potatoes in a large pot of salted water until soft (if you stick a sharp knife in and lift up a potato it should fall off). Drain off water, mash potatoes in the pot skins and all. Add in 1/4ish cup butter mash until melted. Pour in milk and mix until creamy.
We served this tonight with steamed baby carrots. Hit with the now 3 year old (or will be in 2 days)!
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