It seems as though ever recipe I try, I find a line: "Cream Of" soup required. Since I am very big on cooking whole foods that require little preservatives, this feels like a slap in the face to my attempts. I have tried excluding it but lost a lot of the recipe in the process. So I said enough.
Recently, I began searching Pinterest for more options to rid myself of the cream of chemical slop. You'd be amazed on how many others agree on this, which meant a lot of options to make your own. Now, I hate complicated recipes. If I cannot do it in 30 minutes or less, I just move on to another option. Most of the ones I found were extremely involved and I don't have time for tons of extra work.
Then I found the one.
Here's the recipe, which I tweeked a little:
Recently, I began searching Pinterest for more options to rid myself of the cream of chemical slop. You'd be amazed on how many others agree on this, which meant a lot of options to make your own. Now, I hate complicated recipes. If I cannot do it in 30 minutes or less, I just move on to another option. Most of the ones I found were extremely involved and I don't have time for tons of extra work.
Then I found the one.
Here's the recipe, which I tweeked a little:
- 2 ½ cups chicken broth (I used 1 can, it was decently close)
- 1½ cups milk
- ¾ cup flour
- 1 tablespoon seasoning mix
- I used: 1/2tsp onion powder, 1/2tsp garlic powder, 1/2tsp black pepper, 1/2tsp salt
- Want to add your own? Combine a mix of the following until you equal about 1tbs: ½ tsp. onion powder, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ½ tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. salt, ½ tsp. parsley, etc/ Feel free to try whatever fancies your recipe.
Directions
- Combine the chicken broth and ½ cup of the milk in a large saucepan. Bring to a low boil.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the flour and seasonings into the remaining 1 cup milk until a smooth, thick mixture forms.
- Pour the flour and milk mixture into the saucepan with the broth mixture over low heat and stir continuously, whisking as the mixture simmers. Continue to simmer and stir/whisk until the mixture is smooth and thick, 5 minutes. The mixture will thicken a bit as it cools.
This made me almost four full cups of soup. It looked like the canned stuff but had that good old homemade feeling to it - smelled a lot better too. The best part?
I noticed no loss of flavor and I felt SO MUCH BETTER about what I was feeding my family.
Enjoy!
Source PIN: http://pinterest.com/pin/176836722840236592/
I need this! So glad you posted it.
ReplyDeleteNeed to grab a picture, throw some text on it, and make a pinnable pic - since you are the Pinterest Queen! Then all the Pin Love will come back to you too :)