Since we are a few days from Thanksgiving and so many Thanksgiving recipes seem to start with "add a can of cream of this or cream of that soup" I thought it would be fun to share as recipe I recently tried for making your own "cream of something" soup mix.
I have been wanting to make “cream of something” soup to
keep on hand as a substitute for canned cream of chicken, cream of mushroom,
cream of celery (and so on…) soup. I have been looking at many variations of
the recipe for a few months now. I liked the recipes found on One Good Thing By
Jillee and One Orange Giraffe, but I wanted to tweek them a little bit.
You know I can make a recipe without tweeking something
LOL. I finally bought a box of dried
milk and gave it a shot. It actually turns out just perfect. I read on some
sites where people add celery seed or sautéed celery to make it cream of
celery, bits of left over or dried chicken for cream of chicken and dried or
fresh mushroom for cream of mushroom soup. I thought that was a pretty nifty
idea.
I am very impressed with this recipe and excited to have
it in a labeled jar in my pantry ready to be used at any moment. This also
saves money and time if you forget to buy what you need; better yet it’s not in
a can!!
Ingredients:
- 3-5 cup non-fat dried milk*
- 2 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 3/4 cup bouillon granules
- 3/4 cup dried minced onions
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 3 teaspoons dried thyme
- 3 teaspoons pepper
Directions:
- Add and mix all of the ingredients together and store in an airtight container or zip bag. Don't forget to label your container so that you will know immediately how much water and mix to add to get the correct consistency.
- For one can of cream of something soup adds to a saucer 1/3 cup of the cream of something soup mixture and 1-1/4 cups of water.
- Cook on a medium to medium low heat until the soup thickens up to your desired consistency.
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