Showing posts with label soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soup. Show all posts

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Slowcooker Pork Stew/Soup

This is a quick and easy meal to prep. Once assembled it cooks on its own while you are away at work or overnite while you're sleeping. The recipe makes 2 large or 4 smaller portions.

Ingredients:
2 pork chops cubed
1 onion chopped or sliced
2 celery stalks chopped 
2 potatoes cut into medium chunks
2 - garlic cloves, peeled, and crushed or finely chopped
1 bay leaf
Water to cover
Depending on your slowcooker, choose low, med or high. Mine has only 2 settings so I cooked mine on high over nite.
Add some cabbage roughly chopped near the end of cooking time (I actually put mine in at the beginning and it was ok, but soggy.
When everything was cooked I found the taste to be too bland so I added a can of tomato soup and a tablespoon of beef boullion.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kohlrabi

I should not have complained about the heat. 'Cause it's gone. Tonite the temp is supposed to be 8 degrees (Celsius). Not sure what that is Fahrenheit but I know that it's cold for August. A few days ago we were sweltering and now for the past two days its been windy and cold. Ugh! But enough about the weather or this blog will turn into a weather blog instead of a food blog.

Today, I cooked another of my organic-type purchases, Kohlrabi. I am told there are several types; this one was a pale green  and even lighter green on the inside. It's easy to cook. Peel it with a sharp vegetable peeler and cut it into small chunks or slices. Bring it to a boil in very lightly salted water and simmer as you would a potato. It is done when fork-tender. I just put a little butter and pepper on it. The taste is similar to a very mild turnip although its ancestry is the wild cabbage which is also the origin of the common cabbage, broccoli etc.

It would nicely accompany a pork or roast beef dish. Also a nice vegetarian addition. I would think this could be added to any full-tasting soup such as beef vegetable but maybe a bit too strong in a chicken based soup. Again, a welcome addition to a vegetarian soup.

If you would like a lot more info try this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlrabi