Creamy chicken vegetable soup

Okay, here is recipe number two. The recipe called for turkey but I used chicken and it was just fine.

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 cups diced small red potatoes
• 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
• 2 cups cooked cubed turkey breast
• 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream

Directions

In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add potatoes and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the turkey, vegetables, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook 10-12 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender. Stir in cream; heat through (do not boil).

Beef and cabbage soup recipe

It's been super cold here lately, so this has been the week of soups. A friend asked me to post my recipes... so here is recipe number one.

Beef and cabbage soup

1 lb ground beef

1 medium onion

1 cup diced celery

1/2 green pepper chopped

2 tablespoons canola oil

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoons pepper

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1 28 oz can whole tomatoes chopped

1 5 1/2 oz can tomato paste

4 cups water

2 beef bullion cubes

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley

2 cups raw potatoes diced in small squares (peeled)

1 cup raw carrots diced

1/2 of a head of cabbage finely chopped

Optional: chili pepper to taste

In a large soup pot, saute ground beef in canola oil. Add onion, celery, green pepper. Stir until onion is transparent and meat has lost its redness. Drain off oil. Add the remaining ingredients except cabbage. Mix well. Simmer covered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add cabbage and simmer covered 1 additional hour, stirring occasionally. This soup is meant to on the thick side, however if it is too thick add 1 or 2 cups of water if needed.

SNOW

The last few winters here in Arkansas we have not had good snows. This year seems to be making up for it! We had a white Christmas and now another snow last night. The boys had a blast this morning - sledding down our steep driveway, having a snowball fight with Daddy, and attempting to make a snow man. The snow was a little dry for building a snow man, but I managed to get a tiny one made. It doesn't take much to impress kids who have grown up in the South - even a small snow man is pretty spectacular to them.

The boys sledding

Benji did this over and over down our driveway

Benji

Brutal war of snow balls - Daddy pounding Benji

This time Daddy got it in the face...

Benji packing another one

Zac doing his best too - but he didn't think the pounding was all that fun and just watched that part rather than participating