February 9, 2010 at 3:27 pm (butter, carrots, celery, celery leaves, celery seed, cheese, corn, dill weed, eggs, flour, fully cooked ham, ground beef, ground chicken, ground pork, ground turkey, marjoram, milk, nutmeg, onion, paprika, pepper, potatoes, salt, sharp cheddar cheese, soup, stovetop, vegetable stock, yogurt)
Serves 3 – 4.
2 T butter
1/2 C chopped onion
3 C diced potatoes
2 C water or vegetable broth
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1/4 C chopped celery with leaves, optional
1/2 C diced or shredded carrots, optional
1/8 – 1/4 t ground nutmeg, dried marjoram, ground celery seed, dried dill weed or paprika
3 C milk
3 T flour
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Melt butter in large saucepan. Add onion. Saute until translucent. Add potatoes, water or broth, salt, pepper, celery, carrots and spice. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. For a creamier soup, remove some of the cooked potatoes, puree them and return to the saucepan.
Mix milk and flour together until smooth. Add to soup and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
Ham or cheese variation: Add 1 C cubed cooked ham or 1 C shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Cheeseburger variation: Add 1/2 lb browned ground meat and 1 C shredded cheese. Right before serving, stir in 1/4 C plain yogurt.
Dumpling variation: Combine 1 large beaten egg, 1/2 C flour and 2 T milk. Drop dough by teaspoons into simmering soup. Simmer 5 more minutes.
Corn variation: Use 1 C potatoes and add 2 C corn.
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April 6, 2009 at 4:30 pm (7 ingredients or less, Aldi ingredients, Appetizers, canned tuna, celery leaves, chives, cream cheese, food processor, fresh basil, garlic, lemon juice, no-cook, parsley, thyme leaves)
Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
8 oz cream cheese
6 oz tuna, well drained
2 T lemon juice
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the three ingredients. With a fork, blend them together until smooth. Or place ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and, with the metal blade, process until smooth.
2. Pack into a crock or mound on a serving plate.
3. Can be served immediately. If kept refrigerated, remove 30 minutes or so before serving time. It spreads better if not deeply chilled.
A Fresh Touch: Chopped parsley, chives, or celery leaves are extremely good. However, if you have as much as a rounded 1/4 cup of finely chopped fresh herbs, you can forget the tuna altogether. With some mashed garlic, you will then have what some cookbooks call “mock Boursin,” referring to the flavored French cream cheese.
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