Sounds like my garbage day soup
Night before trash day, I go through the fridge looking for things that would get put out in the trash as it wouldn't last another week. This week I didn't have anything to pitch, but i made a pretty good "garbage soup" last week.
Ingredients:
I had 1/2 lb of already cooked burger left over from making hamburgers
1/2 head of cabbage leftover from making cole slaw
around 6 Oz of baby carrots still uneaten that were starting to look dry
1/2 can of Kidney beans left over from salad use.
1 large white onion with the outer skin starting to look dry
What I did;
Used beef soup base to make around 6 cups of broth (could have been a little more) as I usually add all the other ingredients then balance the liquid/solids ratio
Crumbled the cooked burger and tossed in the broth
Ruff shredded the cabbage and tossed in
Ruff chopped the carrots and onion and tossed in
added the Kidney beans
added two bay leafs, ton 'O pepper, 1/2 tps of celery salt, 1/2 tps Onion powder
Brought to a boil, brought down to a simmer, covered , and cooked till carrots, onions, and cabbage at the preferred level of soft. Remove the bay leafs.
To serve, I usually put a pat of butter in the bottom of the bowl, ladle up, and slice some peasant type bread for the side (sometimes I butter the bread too).
Simple and tasty. Don't hold me specific amount of anything when I post as I rarely use recipes, and I rarely write anything down.
To me, recipes are only guideline once you are comfortable making something. Of course, that's unless you cook professionally. I don't.
Bob
