throw in soup pot:
6 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 quart milk
1 lb frozen hash browns (the shreddy kind not the cakes)
2 cans creamed corn
pepper to taste.  salt comes from the bacon.

Note: if you want to add veggies like onions or celery:
use a small onion and 2 celery ribs.
cook the bacon in the bottom of your soup pot
use bacon grease to cook ( Read more... )

On vacation last week, I tried all manner of exciting new things. Learned some tips for homemade sushi and homemade pizza, learned that Ulu knives are not actually necessary for Alaskan chefs, and learned that salmon jerky is awesome (tastes like bacon, but made of healthy fish!). But the first thing I wanted to experiment with when I got home was ( Read more... )

I have discovered the joy of dried beans and root vegetables! I find the cheapest dry beans in the Mexican ethnic food area of my grocery store. I just made up this recipe today and it makes roughly 5qts of soup. But based on other soups I've made, this should freeze well.

( Souper! )

My just-tested, fairly improvised recipe for cheap, delicious pea soup (includes bacon, but you could probably leave that out if you add salt to compensate). Requires blender.

( Recipe )