SOUP SEASON!

So Adam and I didn't dress up for Halloween this year. We did in fact carve pumpkins, and I was going to take a pict with them lit up on Halloween, but they wilted and looked HORRIBLE so we threw them away! Sorry folks!

Some of you may know that my sister Tiffany's Birthday is on Halloween. Every year I can remember our family tradition has been that we would all go trick-or-treating and come back to my moms house for soup. Well I was a little sad I would miss out on the Dudley family soup party this year, so I decided to throw my own. We invited a couple of friends over and had soup, homemade root beer, and watched the movie "The Private Eyes" (funniest movie in the world with Don Knotts and Tim Conaway, really hard to find but so hilarious!)

We were so excited that we would live in a place for trick-or-treaters to come this year. In fact I bought the "good" candy so people would want to come to our house next year. Sad as it was, the only trick-or-treaters we got were the kids of the friends that came for soup. We were SO disappointed. Our friends weren't though. They were excited for the treats for the movie!

So I was trying to decide what to put on our blog for a fun Halloween treat for you, and decided I would post the soup recipes I made that night. They were a HUGE hit! Hope you enjoy them :) PS the pictures are just for effect! I got them off Google!

HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!
(My mom, sisters, and I have all tried NUMEROUS Chicken noodle soup recipes and this is the best we have found!)

START:
2 Quarts of Water
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Chicken Bullion Cube
1 Medium Onion Diced
2 Stalks of Celery Chopped
1 Cup grated Carrots (I buy the pre-grated ones for time)

Boil these ingredients together for anywhere from a half hour to an hour. The longer you go ... the more tender the chicken and more flavorful soup!

After the Chicken is cooked through, take it out and shred it. Then stick it back in the stock and add the following ingredients:

1 Can Cream of Chicken
1 Package of Shilling or McCormick Chicken Gravy Powder
Salt and Pepper to Taste
1/2 Bag of Klusky Noodles (You get these in the freezer section of the Grocery store. They are like homemade noodles)

Cook until the noodles are done (about 20 Minutes)


TOMATO BASIL SOUP
From the Kitchen of Ashley Earl McCulloch

Ingredients:
1 onion chopped
1 big carrot grated
3 TBSP butter
2-15 oz cans of stewed chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh basil (TBSP if dried)
1 TSP sugar
1/2 TSP salt
1/8 TSP pepper
2 C. Chicken Broth (one can)
3-5 T of Acini di pepe pasta

Saute onion and carrot in butter in a medium sauce pan until onion is transparent.

Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, salt, & pepper
Bring to a Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 Minutes
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth.

In another saucepan:
Bring Chicken broth to a boil and add Acini di pepe pasta. Boil until done (about 7 minutes)
Add all ingredients together.

POTATO CHEESE SOUP
I love this soup almost as much as I love Adam!
From the kitchen of Suzy Dudley

2 Cups of Potaoes, diced
1 Small onion diced fine
2 Stalks of celery diced fine

Cover vegetables with water and cook until tender (15 minutes)
Don't cook too long or they will be Mushy!

Meanwhile in another pan:
1/2 square of butter - Melt
1 Can evaporated milk (Place in a 1 quart jar and fill with water)
After you have made that mixture of Milk - Set aside 1 cup.
Wisk together the 1 cup of milk mixture and 2/3 cup of flour.

Add the Jar of milk mixture and butter together. Then add milk mixture and flour.
Stir until it starts to thicken, Add 1 package "cheese powder" (from package of Krft Macaroni and cheese)
Stir until dissolved.
Add:
1 TSP salt (Maybe more)
Pepper to taste

Taste cream mixture and add salt & pepper to your taste. Then add vegetables, water and all to he cream mixture!
THIS SOUP WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!

Last but not least, feel free to email me with questions or call!
Happy SOUP SEASON!