Comments on: October Meal Plan

By: Mama Bird

Mama Bird — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:19:45 +0000

I love Thai Carrot soup. Easy, cheap and I always double it. It freezes great. Gets a little spicier over time, so keep that in mind when adding curry. I have the recipe on my site. I have no idea where the recipe came from originally. I got it from my MIL a few years ago and she lives in Australia.

http://flyawayfamily.com/thai-carrot-soup/387

Veggie chili is always a good one too.

Good luck.

By: Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom

Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:06:03 +0000

@Linda,
YUM! Thanks for sharing!!!

Erin

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:04:28 +0000

You asked for a soup recipe for October 24th, this is one my Grandma gave me and she lived through the depression. After I had dinner with her one night, we were clearing the table and there was only a little of the vegetables we ate left. As I went to dispose of them she said “hey, hey what are you doin with that?” I replied, “Throwing it away there is not enough left for anyone.” “Who says”, she replied. I gave her my look all teenagers give someone older. She goes to her freezer pulls out a tupperware bowl, opens it pours in the little bit of vegetables with others that already previously been frozen. She looked at me and said “When the container gets full you can come back over and have soup with me.” Which she did, and which I did. It was the best homemade vegetable soup I ever had. When I make it for my family, I think of her and thank her for all her wisdom! Here is her recipe, I do it in the crocpot.
2 lbs of stewing meat
2 bay leaves
Chopped onion, diced
Chopped celery, sliced
2-3 potatoes, diced
2 8oz cans tomato sauce
Frozen leftover vegetables
salt and pepper to taste
2 beef bouillion cubes dissolved in 2 Cups of water
Combine all ingredients except potatoes in slow cooker, add bouillion water to fill pot.
Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.
Add potatoes last hour of cooking, stir in after adding.

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:06:23 +0000

What about a Cheesy Potato soup for the 24th? I've been looking for a recipe for it ever since I was a kid. My family's favorite restaurant Empire in Urbana, OH (later renamed Traditions, then later sold, torn down and now a funeral home is there LOL) had the best potato soup and it's what I looked forward to after church on Sundays. Later in life I discovered Bob Evan's version and only a month ago Panera Bread's take on it. I still can't find a version to match Empire's though.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:27:37 +0000

How about Lentil soup? It’s a great soup, and there will be plenty for you to put in the freezer.
16 oz bag of lentils
16 oz carrots diced
4 stalks of celery (more or less if you prefer)
1 onion chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
Add your preferred spices and there you go.

My husband always likes soup with pasta, so we normally cook up a soup pasta to go with it. I hope you or any of the readers will try it. I love it.

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:20:08 +0000

@Rochelle, Actually, I should clear that up a little, the link on this blog works, it's the link that actually should display the baked chicken fingers recipe that isn't working. Very interested in that!

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:18:37 +0000

The baked chicken fingers link isn’t working for me.

By: Liz@HoosierHomemade

Liz@HoosierHomemade — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:08:05 +0000

I linked up a soup recipe in the $5 Dinner Challenge. Also Life As Mom is having a Soup Meme today (Thurs). Soup is the best! Your menu looks great. I just realized last night at about 8 p.m. that today was the 1st. and I don’t have my monthly menu plan ready to post, oops. Thanks for some great ideas!
~LIz

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:55:13 +0000

@Maya, I meant to add that I have frozen it without the rice and just taped a bag of 1 cup uncooked rice to the tupperware, then thawed and added rice on cooking day.

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:51:44 +0000

Well here’s another soup for you
We love it and is simple and cheap.

Chicken and Rice soup

1 or 2 chicken breast, diced (uncooked or cooked)
8 cups of chicken broth ( made mine with water and bouillon granules)
1/2 onion, diced (used onion powder lastime bc no onion)
1 cup rice, uncooked (can use mixture of white and brown, just cook longer)
2 carrots and/or 2 celery ribs, sliced

Bring the broth to a boil. Add the diced chicken, simmer for 10 minutes to cook. Add onion, rice, and vegetables. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes till rice is tender.
serves 6
There are 4 of us: my husband, me and 2 boys aged 1 and 3; we ate the soup and biscuits for 2 meals with a little still leftover (my lunch tomorrow I hope!)
(I usually end up adding about 1 cup of water to the leftovers to think out)