Souper Saturday

Well, maybe a better goal for super Saturday would be once a month. Busy busy we are!! I've been doing a little bit of freezer cooking today and this soup recipe is one that I made. It really makes two meals for us if I make some rolls to go with it. It is a really good soup!!!

Broccoli-Cheese Soup

6 cups chicken broth
2(10 oz) package frozen cut broccoli
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
1 cup whipping cream
3 1/2 cups shredded cheese(I use a mix of mozzarella and colby jack)

Combine chicken broth, broccoli and onion in a Dutch oven and bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in flour until mixture is smooth. Add to the larger pan and continue cooking while stirring, blending well, for about 5 mins. Stir in cream and cheese until cheese melts. I then let it cool and put it in a freezer safe bag. Take it out the night before you want to serve it and then warm it up.

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Well, it has been one of those weeks that leaves no time for blogging. Plus we're heading out for the weekend tomorrow, so there won't be too much time this weekend either. Between caring for the kids by myself for a good 5 days while Brent was sick, to feeling sick myself, to potty training my almost two year old it has been a busy week. I haven't even been cooking too much(since we have the new freezer I stocked up on frozen pizzas and have been taking the lazy approach to cooking). But not for long!! I promise in the next week or so to be really posting some great recipes. In the meantime I've found a product I recommend. We like yogurt around here and I can get it for super cheap on sale with coupons, so this snack is a reasonable one. I have one Popsicle maker that I got at the dollar store a year or so ago, but before we had our freezer we didn't have much space for it. Now that we have our freezer I've been making yogurt Popsicles for the kids and they are LOVING them! I take yogurt that is closing in on the expiration date(I had some since I got over 32 things of yogurt awhile back on sale) and just pour them into these Popsicle mold and stick them in the freezer. The cheapest place I've found a pack that makes more than 4(my dollar store only made 4) is diapers.com where they are $5 for a pack that makes 8. The possibilities are endless. So far we've made juice pops, root beer float pops(root beer with whip cream mixed in) and I'm thinking of trying out some pudding in them. Great for snacks!!