Soup's On

We have been having very gray and rainy weather and I have been

in a soup making mood.  Yesterday I made some carrot ginger soup.

It's my Mom's favorite and I will share that recipe with you later

this week.  This morning I woke up and thought I should do

something with the remaining cremini mushrooms that were left 

over from a stuffed flank steak I made over the weekend.

I didn't have all of the ingredients I needed to make it strictly homemade,

so I made my own semi homemade version.  By tweaking canned soup

with a few fresh ingredients you can add lots more flavor to on hand

pantry soup.

I had to purchase some store bought thyme.  Can't wait to get an

herb garden going again because I sure do miss the one I had

off the back porch back in Idaho.

A little bit of sherry wine added to the soup adds lots of flavor too.

I'll give you the recipe at the end of this post.

I brought my soup creation into my studio where I am re-reading the 

instructions for putting my dollhouse together.  

Paint, glue guns and wallpaper are ready to go.

Let's hope I don't botch it up.  My hubby will tease me

forever if I do!  Tee hee.

Semi Homemade Wild Mushroom Soup

Cremini Mushrooms (I had 7) ~ sliced

EVOO

1/2 Onion diced

Fresh Thyme

Splash of Sherry Wine

Can of Cream of Mushroom Soup

Can of Beef Broth

Thinly coat bottom of a small soup pot with olive oil

over medium heat.  When oil is hot, add diced onion.

After onion becomes translucent (don't rush this step)

add a pat of butter and the sliced mushrooms.  Lightly

salt to bring out the water in the mushrooms.  Be careful

about the salt because canned soups are salty. 

Let the mushrooms get nice and soft and then strip the

leaves off a couple of sprigs of thyme and add to the pot.

Add the sherry to deglaze the pan and then add the

can of cream of mushroom soup and the beef broth.

Bring to a boil and immediately reduce to a simmer

for 30 minutes.  Ladle the soup into a pretty cup

or bowl and enjoy.

This is a quick and easy version.  I have made the

fully homemade version with a variety of types of

mushrooms and homemade broth and just added 

some cream.  The homemade version is less salty 

and has a fuller flavor, but in a pinch this semi-

homemade version isn't bad.

Tweak It Tuesday

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The Scoop

I told you that Bentley is a first class lizard hunter now,

but he has added a new creature to the hunt list ~

frogs!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley