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Archive for the ‘Soups & Stews’ Category

June 9th, 2008

Split pea soup with smoked turkey (OAMC)

Easy-peasy (sorry!) recipe for split pea soup that you can set up in a crock pot before you leave the house and have table-ready in an instant when you return! All you need to add is crusty bread or rolls. This is also an excellent OAMC recipe, freezing very well, and heating up again […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

May 27th, 2008

Cream of carrot soup

Cream of carrot soup is a wonderful comfort food! Never thought of carrots that way before? You will now :-) If you’ve got time during your once a week food prep to pre-cook the carrots, the meal will go even faster, but if not, it still clocks in under thirty minutes. The last time I […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

May 12th, 2008

Leek and potato soup (OAMC)

Serve immediately or freeze for later…or make a larger batch and do both! Since the potatoes are fully cooked and pureed smooth, you don’t have to worry about them breaking down in the freezer. I’m sorry that you have to peel the potatoes for this recipe, but if you don’t mind your soup […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

May 8th, 2008

Vegetable and beef Guinness stew (OAMC)

This is a wonderfully flavorful stew, equally good as a OAMC recipe or as an immediate meal!
Vegetable and Beef Guinness Stew 
2 t canola oil
1 lb beef stew meat
14.5 oz can beef broth, low salt
12 oz bottle of beer (Guinness Stout preferred)
1 large Yukon gold potato, cubed
2 medium turnips, peeled and chopped into 1/2″ cubes
Leek, thinly […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

April 22nd, 2008

Beef chowder - a hearty OAMC dish

Buy your beef in bulk and you can make quite a few OAMC meals from it, or at least get a few meals ready to go during your once a week food prep time. Here’s one really tasty and hearty soup that’s easy and fast to make. It uses ground beef, which you can also […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 2 comments

April 3rd, 2008

The world’s best seafood stew

Serve some wholegrain bread or rolls with this stew and you’ll be good to go! You can speed up the preparation even more if you’ve done the once a week food prep, but with only four items to chop, it won’t slow you down too much if you haven’t. Once your family tastes this stew, […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

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