Homemade From Scratch

Busy morning, got up at 5 and used the rotary cutter and cut up several sheets to use for rag rugs.  Then I made some "Cream" soup substitutes that I was inspired to make by the blog below that Renee sent me.

http://justimagineheaven.blogspot.com/2012/01/cream-of-something.html

I used the recipe took out some things and added some things to come up with my own version of "Cream of Chicken Soup", "Cream of Mushroom Soup" and "Cream of Celery Soup".   Can't wait to try them, I will have to come up with something to use one of them this week and will let you know the verdict.  They were really simple to make with ingredients that I had on hand.  You will see that I used several dehydrated things that I had.  The celery was purchased and done at Thanksgiving time when it was on sale, the mushrooms I just did a month or so ago when Aldi had them on sale for 49 cents for 8 oz and the onions I got at Aldi's a couple months ago for 49 cents for 3 pounds.  I also have in my cabinets some dehydrated carrots that my grandson Brandon grew and gave me last year, tomatoes and peppers from my garden, organic grown Yukon Gold potatoes that we purchased last October when we were in Colorado, 50 lbs for $8, sweet potatoes that I got on sale for 19 cents a pound at Thanksgiving time, pineapple chunks, orange slices and lemon slices that I got on sale the first of the year.  Sure hope that Aldi has the mushrooms again soon as I use them a lot and they are very good. I dehydrated apple slices but they got ate up real fast.

The 3 jars in the front middle are the cream soups, the rest are some of the ingredients that were used.

  The green tape is painters tape; I always use it on my jars so when I take it off it won't leave that sticky tape residue.

 

Cream of Chicken Soup

1c. Dried Milk

3/4 c. Corn Starch

1/4 c. Dehydrated Celery

1/4 c. Chicken Soup Base

4 TBSP Dehydrated onions

1 Tsp Dehydrated Basil

1 tsp Blk Pepper

1 Tsp Parsley

1 Tsp Dehydrated Chives

Mix all ingredients together in the blender. For 1-10oz can of condensed soup combine 1/3 cup mix with 1 1/4 cup of water. Heat until thick. Add diced chicken if desired.

Cream of Celery Soup

1c. Dried Milk

3/4 c. Corn Starch

1/4 c. Dehydrated Celery

2 TBSP Chicken Soup Base

3 TBSP Dehydrated onions

1 Tsp Dehydrated Basil

1 tsp Blk Pepper

1 Tsp Parsley

1 Tsp Dehydrated Chives

Mix all ingredients together in the blender. For 1-10oz can of condensed soup combine 1/3 cup mix with 1 1/4 cup of water. Heat until thick.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

1c. Dried Milk

3/4 c. Corn Starch

1/4 c. Beef Soup Base

3 TBSP Dehydrated onions

1 Tsp Dehydrated Basil

1 tsp Blk Pepper

1 Tsp Parsley

1 Tsp Dehydrated Chives

1/2 c. Dehydrated Mushrooms

Mix all ingredients together in the blender except the mushrooms, add them to the jar and mix by hand. For 1-10oz can of condensed soup combine 1/3 cup mix with 1 1/4 cup of water. Heat until thick. 

You don't have to use the blender to mix them but I like the spices very fine and if the picky eater grandson is here he will never know what is in it.  :)

Later, take care.