An Easy Recipe for a Healthy Soup

One of the fun things about fall harvest time and holiday shopping time is that you can always use fresh vegetables to create an easy, heart warming, healthy soup for lunch or dinner. Soups are good food! They don't have to come from a can to be quick to make. They don't have to be laden with tons of sodium and preservatives. They don't have to be FATTENING either! One easy recipe that we make here on the ranch is so good that my husband, Mikey, saves the left over broth and drinks it later on like a hot cup of cocoa! Here's the basic recipe.

An Easy Recipe for a Healthy Soup

1 package Top Ramen Noodles (chicken or pork)
1 celery stock chopped into bite size pieces
1/2 onion, medium to large, cut into bite size pieces
1/2 bell pepper, medium to large, cut into bite size pieces
1 carrot, peeled, sliced into bite size pieces
1 or 2 broccolli spears, cut into bite size pieces
3 or 4 ounces of chicken or pork roast (usually left over)cubed
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder(or a clove chopped fine)
1/4 teaspoon ginger root
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 Top Ramen seasoning packet(optional)

Note: You can substitute or add any other vegetables you like. This is almost like an oriental stir fry soup. It's great and I'm sure you'll love it.

Simply chop all your veges and meat, place in a pot with adequate water to cover the veges. Bring to a boil for about two minutes then add the Top Ramen noodles. you can put the seasonings in the pot before or after the noodles. Serve hot with crackers or if you like fresh french bread with a lot of butter.

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Carrot Harvest Recipes

Oh yum yum this years carrot harvest is in and wow do they taste good! We grew Scarlet Nantes this year and again we are pleased with the results. If you have never tried home grown carrots you would be pleasantly surprised at the difference in sweetness there is between home grown and store bought. Another thing we've noticed is that when you boil store bought carrots the water usually turns green by the time you are finished. With home grown the water stays clear. Kind of makes you wonder why this happens. Hum?

Onward and upward, we'll leave the green water for others to ponder. There are so many different things you can do with carrots I find myself unable to decide which recipe I like most. You can make drinks with them, bake with them, make salads or simple boiled veges. You can can them, freeze them, dehydrate them or, of course, use them fresh from the garden. O.K. that's it. Fresh sounds good and I love a good carrot salad so, here's a simple carrot salad recipe. Nice thing about this recipe is it works well regardless of weather you are a Miracle Whip or a Best Foods Moyonaisse person.  Oh, and it's great for your Holloween dinner table. 
P.S. check out the Carrot Holloween Costumes Search Amazon.com for carrot costumes

 Carrot Salad



Freshly peeled carrots (about a cup of grated carrot per person)

Pineapple chunks (3 or 4 per person)

Raisins (a half tablespoon  per person)


Mayo or Miracle Whip (one tablespoon per person)

Sugar, granulated (optional a pinch or two per person with store bought carrots)



Directions


In your food processor, grate the previously peeled carrots. Mix the shredded carrots with all of the other ingredients. Chill and serve.



How simple is that? Oh, just thought of this, If you want to check out a really neat site go to the Carrot Museum It's fun and interesting. I found out things I didn't know about carrots.