Soup/Home Cooked Food Recipies?

Question

Hi Guys does anyone happen to have some amazing recipies for soups specifically tomatoe? or any good home cooked foods like sheppards pie from scratch basically me and my wife have a baby comming in 4 weeks and would be good to have some recipies to work on rather than keep using frozen foods even though using fresh foods might be slightly more expensive but then for example if we were to do sheppards pie the potatoes we ould be able to use again in different foods. A great response on this question would be very greatfull :) thanks in advance

Answer 1

Here are some recipes I would urge you to print and work through.

By the way....Congratulations on the new arrival;

Brown Windsor Soup recipe

This classic hearty soup was very popular at the castle in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Queen Victoria was particularly fond of it and Brown Windsor Soup regularly appeared on state banquet menus.

Serves 4

2 Tablespoons butter

1/4 pound stewing steak

1/4 pound lamb steak (or mutton if available)

4 cups beef stock

1 medium onion, peeled and sliced

1 carrots, peeled and sliced

1 parsnip, peeled and sliced

2 Tablespoons flour

1 Bouquet Garni

salt and pepper

1/4 teaspoon of chilli powder

1/2 cup cooked rice

1/4 cup Madeira

Cut the lamb and beef into 1 inch cubes and roll in the flour.

Place the butter in a large pot over a low to medium heat. It is important not to turn the heat up too high since the butter burns easily. We want it to go brown, but not black. Fry the meat off for 3 minutes and then add the rest of the flour and fry for a minute longer till the butter/flour is a golden brown.

Now add the sliced veg and stir in the stock, Throw in the bouquet garni, partially cover the pot, and simmer for 2 hours.

Puree the soup before adding the cooked rice stir in the rice and serve. Traditionally a tablespoon of Madeira would be stirred into the soup at the table.

Home made pizza recipe

To make the base you need 4oz Self raising flour 3/4 oz of Marge and a pinch of salt. Mix those all together til it resembles breadcrumbs. Then add enough milk to mix it all together making a dough like substance, it needs to be together enough for you to roll it out.

It then sits in the bottom of your frying pan you can add a little bit of oil but if you have a non stick pan its not necessary you then chuck any topping you like on while it is in the pan I generally use tomatoe paste for the base then ham mushroom and planty of cheese! Then turn your grill on and put the frying pan under it to top it all off make sure the handle pokes out!

Enjoy! Its been a firm family favourite in my house since I was a kid and as you can add anything you like most people will eat it.

Veggie Lasagne

Ingredients

2 tbsp light olive oil

1 medium onion

4 cloves

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

2 zucchini

8 oz mushrooms

3-4 cans chopped tomatoes in tomato juice

fresh basil

2 oz flour

2 oz butter

1 pint milk

3 oz mozzarella

2 oz cheddar

sheets of lasagne (NOT pre-cook lasagne!)

Heat the oven to whatever temperature is recommended on the lasagne box.

Heat the olive oil in a big pot

chop onion and add to pot

chop garlic and add to pot

chop other vegetables fairly small (½ inch pieces) and add to pot

keep stirring to keep from sticking!

add cans of chopped tomatoes

add fresh basil - don’t skimp. The more, the better.

bring to boil and keep at a high temperature to allow tomato sauce to reduce.

Grate the cheeses. You need about two cups of grated cheese.

Heat the butter in a pot.

Add the flour and stir until the mixture makes a dryish ball on the bottom of the pot.

Add the milk, just a little at a time, and blend into the ball of flour with a metal whisk. Make sure the milk is evenly absorbed before adding more.

Once all the milk is in the pot, bring to the boil while whisking madly! Failure to whisk madly will result in a lumpy sauce.

When the sauce boils it will get thicker. This is good.

Add most of the grated cheese (but keep half a cup aside) and keep the temperature up until all the cheese has melted. By now the sauce should be the consistency of heavy cream. If it’s too runny, add more cheese. If it’s very thick and not runny enough, add a tiny bit more milk.

By the time the cheese sauce is ready the tomato and veg sauce should have reduced so that there is no liquid left and the sauce is quite thick.

Turn off the heat under the sauces.

Using a ladle, pour some of the cheese mixture into a lasagne dish.

Add sheets of lasagne along the bottom of the dish.

Add a layer of tomato and veg sauce.

The another layer of lasagne.

Then another layer of cheese sauce.

Add a second layer of tomato and veg sauce

and another layer of lasagne

and finally a layer of cheese sauce.

Sprinkle the remaining half cup of grated cheese over the top.

Put in oven and cook for the time recommended on the lasagne box.

Bread Fritters;

Go to the bakery section of the store where you normally buy bread.

Ask the baker for an "unbaked" loaf of bread.

He must put exactly the same amount of dough he would have used to bake a bread with in to a plastic bag for you, and it would cost no more than a loaf of bread.

Take that home and in a pot warm some cooking oil to about half the depth of the pot. (Smaller pots take less oil than bigger ones do)...

The oil temperature should be medium hot. (About half the heat that the stove plate will go)

Now cut from the unbaked dough a slice about the size of

Answer 2

Hey you cheeky bugger i made you a bloody ace soup 2 days ago!

No pleasing some guys eh?

Answer 3

Ingredients:

11/2 kg ripe tomatoes,chopped

1 tbsp chopped lemon grass

2 curry leaves

2" fresh ginger,peeled & chopped

1 tsp salt

4 fl oz water

4 fl oz single cream

1 pt milk

1 tsp ground roasted cumin seeds

pinch ground black pepper

pinch cayenne pepper

2 tsps lime or lemon juice

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Put the tomatoes, lemon grass, ginger, salt and water into a saucepan and bring to boil. Lower the heat and cover the simmer gently for 15 minutes.

Uncover, increase the heat and simmer more rapidly for another 15 minutes. Take the tomato puree in a liquidizer and sieve. You should have about 3/4 of thick tomato juice.

Add cream, milk, cumin seeds, black pepper and lime or lemon juice. Stir together well and reheat gently without boiling.

Serve garnished with freshly chopped coriander.

Answer 4

Google 'tomato soup' you may be amazed !

Answer 5

Herbie Cottage Pie

Ingrediants:

Potatoes

Minced beef

Onions,Carrots & Peas

Stuffing mix (i.e. sage & onion)

1. Boil the potatoes, which should take approx 20-30 mins. Also put the vegetables in a pan and bring to the boil, then leave on simmer for appro 30 mins while the potatoes cook.

2. Fry the onions with a tiny bit of oil on a low heat for appox 10 mins until soft.

3. Add the mince beef to the frying pan and fry until brown.

4. Once the vegetables are done add them to the beef & mix in, then place in a large casserole dish.

5. Drain the potatoes & mash with milk and butter to make it creamy, then stir in some stuffing mix.

6. Cover the mince beef mixture with the potato/sstuffing mix misture and place in the oven on gas mark 5 for about 30 minutes

7. The cottage pie will come out crispy on top and is absolutely delicious!!!

Answer 6

potato soup (filling and heartwarming too)

6 large baking potatoes washed,peeled, and diced

1 medium onion chopped (optional)

1 tbsp butter

water

2-3c milk

2 tbsp butter

salt and pepper

saute onions in 1 tbsp butter until softened. in a pot, add onions,diced potatoes and just enough water to cover the potatoes. boil until potatoes are soft (about 15-20 mins). drain potatoes and return them to pot. add milk and remaining butter. mash some of the potatoes to thicken the soup and let simmer about 5 mins until hot and bubbly. mash as many or as little potatoes to desired chunky/smoothness. add salt and pepper to taste.

tomato soup

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/micha...

chicken croissants:

2 tubes crescent rolls

1 (16oz) tub cream cheese (can use box kind too-one block)

3-4 chicken b*****s cooked and chopped/shredded

medium onion chopped

2-3 celery stalks, diced

butter (melted)

croutons or bread crumbs

in a bowl mix together chicken, cream cheese,onions, and celery. set aside

on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet-take two crescent rolls and lay them seams togther so they form a rectangle. spoon a tbsp of the chicken mixture into the middle and fold up the corners so they meet in the middle (touching each other). two tubes will make 8 of these.

melt butter in small bowl and brush onto tops of each croissant. sprinkle crushed croutons or breadcrumbs on top.

bake at 375 for about 10 mins or until golden brown. serve w/brown rice and green beans.

I have a TON more recipes (have 3 girls and a fiance and I cook about 5 days a week)

email me if you'd like more!!!

here are some websites that are my lifesavers (busy mom)

http://kraftfoods.com/kf

http://campbellskitchen.com/

Answer 7

just a tip - if you have a baby coming, then start cooking some dinners - but make double the quantity and freeze half. When your baby arrives, the last thing you will want to be doing is cooking, trust me!

Cottage Pie - (this is just how I make mine, I am sure there are much better recipes out there!)

one onion

clove of garlic

one carrot

pack of minced beef/lamb/pork/turkey

OXO cube

Worcestershire Sauce (optional)

a couple of tbsp of flour

potatoes

butter

milk

finely chop the onion, garlic and dice the carrot (make sure its very small). Soften them in a pan. Add the minced meat and brown it. Sprinkle some worcestershire sauce in. Crumble the OXO cube over the meat mixture, add the flour, and stir it in. Pour a little hot water over the mix and stir - the water combines with the flour whilst cooking in the oven to give a nice gravy. Boil the potatoes, drain, add a k**b of butter and mash them. Use a little milk to get the desired consistency of the mashed potatoes. Put the meat mix in a suitable cooking dish, and spread the potato over it. Put in the oven until the top is a golden brown.

Hope thats of some help :)