Thursday, November 13, 2008

i did it!

i made the pumpkin cake today!!
it's going to be so yummy when that cold weather hits! with some cocoa or hot tea! and a movie! i will have to rent a movie!

i also made cheese veggi chowder.
my mom used to make it when we were kids. i thought it would be good to freeze in cubes and keep around for the winter for lil tj. only i don't think this batch is going to last.

you take 2 cups of chicken broth and throw in a small onion, a stalk of celery and a medium carrot. (only i wanted more veggies so i added a potato and some chopped broccoli and more carrots and then had to add 2 more cups of chicken broth b/c i had more veggies than broth!)
you bring all that to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes.

in another sauce pan melt 3 tbs of butter. stir in 1/4 cup of flour til smooth and add 2 cups of milk. cook and stir over med. heat til thick and bubbly. add 5 oz cheeze whiz.(i used 8 oz b/c a) you can'y buy a 5oz jar and b) i used more broth so i thought i'd need more cheese.)
once that's all mixed and melty you add it to the chicken broth and veggies and TADAH! you have veggie cheese chowder!!

hint: this soup is way better if you chunk up cubes of cheddar cheese and put it in the bottom of the bowl before you add the soup so the cubes get all gooey and melty.

it's going to be great for this weekend!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Mom never made that one very often because it took so many ingredients and $ and didn't make enough for leftovers!

That's one I actually haven't made in my adult life... I must remedy this.

Finished my last piece of pumpkin bread/cake today.

My list of movies that should be Christmas movies but aren't:

Newsies
Mr. Magoriam's Wonder Emporium
Air Bud (story takes place during Christmas, so... why not?)

Oh, and get the "new" Alvin & the Chipmunks- it IS a Christmas movie.

jellybean said...

it's not so bad if you cook chicken alot at home and save the broth for freezing. i think it's the damn processed cheese that costs so much. a thought: the chowder is nothing more than a cheese roue really, so why couldn't you just used a ton of shredded cheese instead?
the wonder imporim movie would make a great christmas movie. it's so good!
and of course air bud, especially if it takes place during the holidays.
and i haven't seen the chipmunks new one yet. if i manage to get out of the house tomorrow i just may get that one.

Cupcake Blonde said...

Now I am hungry. :)

Steelers Wine Girl said...

Yum! Soup sounds delish.

My favorite Christmas movie of all time is "Santa Claus, The Movie" - NOT "The Santa Clause" with Tim Allen. My movie was from the mid 1980's and my sister and I both love it.