fall harvest recipe

Let’s try some homemade Hearty Fall Soup

    Fall is the perfect time to make a delicious homemade soup for your family.  My daughter passed on this recipe to me from a friend of hers, so I’m not sure who to give credit to for the original recipe (I changed it a little bit), but I know you will heartily enjoy this delicious concoction.

     Start by putting together this dry soup mix which you can store in an airtight container and use for a couple more batches of soup:

Dry Soup Mix

Equal parts of the following:

Split peas (yellow or green)

Barley  (this is a Bible plant)

Lentils  (also mentioned in the Bible!)

Orzo or alphabet macaroni

Brown rice

Hearty Fall Soup

½ cup dry soup mix (see above)

4 chicken or beef cubes in 4 cups of water

½ stalk of celery

1 onion chopped

Bring above to boil and simmer 1 ½ hours.  Cook the following and add to soup:

½ lb. meat (I used ground turkey)

3 sliced carrots

1 cup each: frozen broccoli/cauliflower

(I used zucchini and sweet peppers and extra celery instead of the broccoli and cauliflower)

Add to pot and heat:

1 can chopped tomatoes

16 oz tomato sauce

1 cup frozen corn

As soup is near finishing add your fresh or dried herbs:  basil, thyme, rosemary, parsley, dried fennel seed, and pepper.  Yumm!