Creamy Milkless Potato Soup

Taking advantage of cool temperatures, another soup was requested. Soups work well for new recipes as there are very few T&T soup recipes and every table counterpart loves a good soup. Especially if served with bread. And what soups are best served with crunchy breads, vegetable or potato soups. Easy Creamy Homemade Potato Soup was the perfect mix of potato base with loads of veggies. If extra helpings of crunchy bread were consumed the veggies would offset the bread, right?

Modifications Made:
To the list of veggies, one handful of chard leaves were added to the mix as a boost of green. Besides, greens and potatoes go well together.

Not having cream, half and half, or sour cream, one cup of low fat milk was added instead of the quarter cup of the other options. More milk was added since all the original options were all heavy milk base and low fat milk is really just watered down milk anyways.

Scaled for Likability: Good

It wasn't potato soup and it wasn't veggie soup it was a mix somewhere in between. It was thin stock based like veggie soup but heavy on the potato flavor. Next time, I would serve it thicker like potato soup with veggies added in as toppings. To serve it thicker I would not add extra potatoes instead would add instant mashed potatoes cooked in milk. Also, the swiss chard leaves would be left out and replaced with just swiss chard stems instead for their crunch.

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Cold Corn Bean Salsa

Nothing says junk food like chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, chips and guacamole. Over the years I have perfected my salsa. It's good on tacos, on nachos, on enchiladas, and of course on chips. Just because I have the best salsa doesn't mean I don't like to try new salsa's like this Best Black Bean and Corn Salsa. Modifications Made: Shoepeg corn was replaced with one can of standard yellow corn with no salt added. Petite diced tomatoes were reduced by half. Italian dressing was swapped for half teaspoon comino, half teaspoon of chili powder, and two tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Salsa was made and let rest for two hours before eating. Scaled for Likability: Good Salsa this was not. Good it was however. It was too much for chips by themselves but was great served over a soft beef taco.

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