Saturday, October 1, 2011

Knoephla Soup

You'll need bread dough (I used dinner roll dough because I wanted it to thaw faster), chicken boulion (or broth but i like mine to have extra flavor), a large white onion, heavy cream, and parsley (I was out of fresh so I used dried).
You'll also need potatoes. I like the Klondike's the best.
Let the dough thaw, but not raise.
Sautee the coarsly chopped onion with a little butter.
Add about a quart of water and the chicken bouillon. I used nearly half of the jar.
Taste test it. I thought it needed a little more kick (not salty enough) so i added a little of these granules. (I also added just a little red onion because I personally like lots of onion.
When it starts to boil add the cubed potatoes.
You'll want bite size dough pieces.
Plop them into the boiling broth one by one. This is where you gotta be fast fast fast. You may need a helper :) After all the dough is in, turn down the heat to med and let it simmer for 10 mins or so.
Great time to take a little juice break :)
Add the cream.
And the parsley. Stir it up and turn off the heat.
Serve with Crackers! Können essen!!

Quick Guacamole

Rule number one-use only fresh ingredients! Do not use a mix!
You'll need an avocado, 2 cloves of garlic, cilantro, red onion, a pepper (I used a habanero from my garden but you can use jalapeño or hot banana peppers whatever you like), and half a lemon.
Make sure your avocado is ripe. It's not fun to fork a stiff avocado and it also won't taste nearly as good.
Finely chop the cilantro, pepper, onion, and garlic.
Toss everything into the mixing bowl with the avocado. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon (or lime if you prefer. I had a lemon on hand so that's what I used). Add salt and pepper. Taste test it and add more of this or that to your liking.
And serve with chips. Blue corn are by far the best :)