Beer Cheese Soup

This is a wonderful beer cheese soup recipe that will warm you up and give you the extra protein you need to get through the winter. If you don't want to add the beer you can just add a little more chicken broth to equal that amount of beer you would normally add. Either way this soup is wonderful. I added some broccoli with it to add some veggies.  I paired it with some cornbread. Thais recipe is in this blog if you want to look that up too.

Beer Cheese Soup

Sauté onion and garlic together for a few minutes then add 1 cup celery and carrots to the pan and cook until soft.Add 1tps hot pepper sauce, ½ tsp cayenne, ½ tsp salt and pepper or more if you like any of these ingredients.

Add 3 cups of chicken broth, and 2 cups of beer, 1/3 cup butter and stir to combine.Add slowly while stirring 1/3 cup flour to the beer cheese soup recipe.  I added some chopped broccoli to it if for extra flavor.

Add 4 cups of milk or half and half to the beer cheese soup recipe.Stir until mixed well.Add 6 cups of shredded cheddar cheese or more if you like it creamy.Then add 1/3 cup of cream cheese and 1/3 cup of sour cream.

Last thing to add to this beer cheese soup is 2 TBS of Worcestershire Sauce, 1 TBS Dijon mustard, and 1 tsp dry mustard.

Simmer the beer cheese soup for 10 minutes and serve.I made cornbread to go with the recipe that is in this blog a couple of days ago.

Enjoy

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Pizza Mac and Cheese

This recipe was inspired because I needed to use up some prepared bags of Mac and Cheese. It seemed to boring so I did what I always to and spiced it up.

Pizza Mac and Cheese Casserole

I started by boiling a prepared bag of  Mac and Cheese per the package instructions.  If you want you can just start with Macaroni because there is enough cheese to not miss the powder cheese packet.

Then I added to the Mac and Cheese about 2oz of cream cheese, scoop of sour cream, and some shredded mozzarella and lots of cheddar cheese ( any amount is fine). This is where I will taste it to make sure it is spicy because I love spicy.

You can add all kinds of ingredient. Pepperoni, sausage, finely chopped onion, red peppers, and mushrooms to it.   You can add an pizza seasoning you would like.  For example:  red pepper flakes, italian seasoning and celery salt.  You can add some pizza sauce if you would like that but it is not a must.

I put the cheese in a pan and topped with of course more cheese, whatever flavor you like, some seasoned bread or cracker crumbs of your choice and a few pats of butter on top.

Bake the pizza mac and cheese at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until crumbs are toasted and the center is hot.

Enjoy.



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Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Sandwich

These are two great recipes for the Labor Day holiday weekend.  This is a wonderful grilled cheese sandwich made with cheese curds. Easy to make. Start to finish in less than 10 minutes.

Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Curd Sandwich





Start by buttering 4 slices of any bread of your choice. Slice 3 hot dogs cut in half and warmed.



Put 2 slices of buttered bread in a hot frying pan. Arrange 1 1/2 sliced hot dogs on a piece of bread. Sprinkle hot sauce on dogs and arrange cheese curds cut into small pieces and top with second piece of bread.

You can put some chilli on top of this hot dog grilled cheese curd sandwich with or instead of the hot sauce.




Cook on medium heat until bread has toasted and cheese has melted. Flip with care or all the hot dogs will fall out until the cheese is melted.

Slice the Hot Dog Grilled Cheese Curd Sandwich and Enjoy.






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Another Labor Day recipe for those family gatherings is Rhubarb Pie.  The recipe is below

We had extra Rhubarb this spring so we decided to make a pie and pair it with fresh strawberries. It was wonderful and we shared it with many family and friends which is the real reason for cooking. Not to just eat but to build and nurture relationships.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Crust:

2 ½ Cups all-purpose flour
1 Cup cold Butter cut into 10 slice
1 tsp salt
2 tsp Sugar
6-10 TBS Ice water

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling:

2 cups chopped Rhubarb
2 Cups Sliced strawberries
1 ½ Cup Sugar
¼ cup flour

Directions:

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Put Flour, salt and sugar in a food processor and mix together. Add the butter and pulse until it is crumbly. Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together. Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Add ice water one TBS at a time until the dough holds together.

Divide it to two equal parts, cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll out dough for the bottom of the Pie. Cut it to within a ½ inch from the pie plate rim. Set aside.

Put diced rhubarb, sliced strawberries, sugar and flour together. Stir well to incorporate the sugar with all the fruit.

Pour into pie pan and roll out second crust to cover pie. Cut to a ½ inch of the pie plate rim. Squeeze the ends together tight to hold all the juice inside while it is cooking.

Put a few slits in the top of this strawberry Rhubarb Pie for steam to escape and brush crust end with egg wash.

Bake the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie on 350 degrees for about 40 minutes until it is golden brown. Sprinkle with sugar when it comes out of the oven.

Let cool and serve.




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