Family Recipes - Menu

Simply the best Tomato Soup

Heat a heavy casserole or soup pot and add 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil with 1 tsp of butter.
Dice a large cooking onion and add to the hot oil.
Dice 2 cloves of garlic and add to the onions.
Chop a handful of fresh parsley.
Chop a handful of fresh basil.
Add both to the onion/garlic mixture and stir frequently, do not allow to burn.
Season with freshly cracked pepper, ½ tsp. sea salt, and ½ tsp oregano flakes
Open 3- 20 oz cans of diced tomatoes and add to cooked onion mixture.
Cook and stir until bubbly.
Add 1-20 oz can of chicken bouillon.
Dash of Worcestershire sauce.
1 Tbsp of Knorr Swiss chicken broth concentrate.
Add 1 cup of whole milk or 10% cream
Stir together and heat to simmer.
Serve immediately with toasted or crusty bread.

Janet Lafreniére

Beef and Barley Soup

Place 1 cup of pot barley into a 2-cup measure and fill with water, allow it to sit for 1 hour.
Heat a large soup casserole, and drizzle with virgin olive oil and 1 tsp butter.
Finely dice l large cooking onion and place in the hot oil

Add:

3 finely diced cloves of garlic
3 finely diced carrots
3 finely diced ribs of celery
½ c washed and finely chopped fresh mint
½ c washed and finely chopped fresh coriander

add: 1 pound of lean ground beef and stir until the beef is browned
add: 1-20 oz can of diced tomatoes, and bring to a simmer

Put the barley into a sieve and thoroughly rinse with cold running water until the water runs clear.
Add the rinsed barley to the soup pot.
Add 6 cup of beef broth or ½ chicken and ½ beef broths.
Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
Dash of Tabasco Sauce
I Tbsp Knorr Swiss liquid chicken concentrate
1 tbsp of sea salt or to taste
Fresh black pepper

Simmer about l hour until the barley is cooked.

Janet Lafreniére