Dreary day…craving some lighter “comfort” food after all the heavy holiday meals. Decided to make some potato soup. Easy recipe my mom and dad have always used. Had a ham in the refrigerator and some ham juice so use that as a base. Can also use finely chopped bacon or butts meat…even chicken broth if thats what you like…but heres what I did
Chopped up some ham into little pieces…
Took out some ham juice I had frozen into cubes after baking ham.(anytime I bake a ham or chicken i pour leftover juice/broth into small plastic container or trays for seasoning juice in veggies,soups and rice)
Chopped two mild onions very fine and sauteed in a little of the ham juice until clear…added in ham pieces for a nother few minutes. Cut and cubed some potato’s and added in for a few minutes along with some fresh chopped flat leaf parsley (can also use a little celery if you want)…added in about 4 cups water, salt and pepper to taste…brought to a boil covered and reduced to low simmer until potato’s were done. I also added 4 tablespoons of instant potato’s as a thickener when almost done.
Made some corn bread too’
1 box jiffy corn muffin mix
1 egg
milk
grated cheddar cheese
pat of butter
And I added in 1/3 cup of this pepper relish for a little kick
finished product…fast and easy lunch anyone can make!
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lol…well thank you…i started to make that again today but donnie wanted the taco soup so made that instead:smiley:…I froze tha big ham bone in the pic and will cook some limas down with it wed. . a pot of rice and have pork chops to go alongside…now thats a redneck country boy dinnner:wink:…