CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP 23 MARCH 2024
This recipe for CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP caught my attention while I was scrolling thru YouTube for making things I can eat after surgery . . . . . . and it looked so much more appetizing than the Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup I tried, which probably didn't have more than ONE mushroom slice chopped up in it. Publix had a BOGO on sliced Portabella mushrooms . . . . . . so I only had to rinse and dry them . . . As I don't know or care about the difference between chopping and mincing, I just tossed the onion & garlic cloves into the CuisinArt . . . (As Neal likes to say, "Work smarter, not harder.") Sautéing the mushrooms in a Dutch oven. . . (which is about the only cooking term I actually know). I think this is the second time in nine years this Dutch oven has been used, altho, technically speaking, ANY oven I use would be a Dutch oven. Minced, shminced . . . looks good enough to me! Sprinkle flour and mix in . . . As I'm pouring in the chicken broth, I felt something was . . . missing. When was I supposed to add the onion & garlic? I looked; no instructions . . . did I leave them off the recipe card?? Oh, fuuuuuuuudge . . . way up in the first para: Sauté onion & garlic cloves. Right Brain sez: QUICK, DUMP 'EM IN SO THEY WON'T BE RAW! Left Brain - not real quick on the uptake - sez: Um, why didn't you just sauté 'em in another pan first? I say: 'Cause I panicked, OKAY?? As Richard Nixon famously said, "I AM NOT A COOK!" So here we are . . . Immersion bender to the rescue . . . . . . chopping up that large piece of onion . . . . . . and some - but not all - of the mushroom slices . . . After telling Emmie several times to get out of my way . . . . . . I finally lost my patience and locked her outside. Only for about five minutes. So, what else to eat with this soup? I remembered I had a roll of biscuits for making more MONKEY BREAD MUFFINS so I popped those in the oven, kept the soup warm, and there we go . . . Only one-and-one-half hours to make a meal that lasted about ten minutes. Methinks I'll stick to baking! I have to admit, tho, that it tasted MUCH BETTER than the canned stuff, and there is enough to have one or two more meals.
THE (HEAVILY MODIFIED) RECIPE I USED

CINNAMON SWIRL STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE HERE