Bok Choy and Veggie Soup

mmm... Something completely different

Ingredients:

1/4 cup baby carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 head baby bok choy, chopped
3 small parsnips, chopped
2 cloves garlic, diced
4 cups beef broth
2 TBSP butter
2 TSP chinese 5 spice powder
1 TSP sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 bundle spinach linguini, or 1/4 package linguini, or 1 package soba noodles

Directions

In large sauce pan, over medium heat, melt butter
Add garlic, cook until barely browned
Add carrots, celery, parsnips, and bok choy
Lower heat to medium low, simmer 5-10 minutes
Add sugar, cook another 5 minutes
Add chinese 5 spice powder, salt and pepper, cook another 5 minutes
Add broth and bring to a boil
Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes

Meanwhile, cook noodles and drain
Once soup is ready, place noodles in a bowl and serve soup over noodles :)

mmm...

Warm Bacon Spinach Salad Dressing

MMM :)

Ingredients:

8 slices bacon
3TBSP red wine vinegar
1TBSP Dijon Mustard
1TBSP white sugar

In a medium frying pan, cook bacon until just crisp
Remove bacon to paper towel, reserving 3TBSP of bacon grease
In a small sauce pan over medium low heat, whisk together bacon grease, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard and sugar
Cook until sugar is dissolved
Serve warm over spinach salad, garnished with mushrooms, cooked crumbled bacon and onions.

Mushroom Onion Soup

Little healthier change on french onion soup.

Ingredients:
2TBSP Butter
5C onion, diced
1 Large clove garlic
2 TSP brown sugar
1/4tsp thyme
bay leaf
2C sliced mushrooms
salt and pepper to taste
1/3cup dry sherry
4C beef broth
4 sourdough baguettes
swiss cheese

Heat butter over medium heat in a large sauce pan, add onions, garlic, sugar, thyme and bay leaf, cook 20 minutes, covered.

Add mushrooms, salt and pepper, cook 5 minutes

Add sherry and scrape bottom of pot

Cook another 20 minutes, covered

Meanwhile, cover baguettes with swiss cheese and broil on low for 3 minutes or until lightly browned

Serve soup with baguette