A New Soup, at least to me

Yesterday I woke up feeling stuffy and achy, the early signs of a cold. Now I get this way whenever the temperature changes. Lately it has been in the 70s during the day and the 50s and sometimes even 40s during the night. Windows open during the day and space heater on at night. With those changes anyone can get sick. I got out my eucalyptus oil and rubbed some on my chest and breathed that in deeply. I love that smell!

So when I was thinking about what I wanted for lunch I figured I would make some kind of soup or stew. Perfect for when you are a little under the weather and when its a little chilly out like it was yesterday. This week I really need to watch my spending so even though I wanted a chicken soup, I had to use what I had in the fridge and pantry.

So into the fridge I went and I found some great items to make a soup with. I had some fresh mushrooms that I needed to use up and a leftover beef roast from a few days before. Perfect for making a soup!

In a large pan I put the rest of my olive oil (remember to buy more) and some coconut oil. To that I added some minced garlic, diced onion and the mushrooms. I also added a little bit of sea salt to draw out the moisture of the mushrooms. Even though I cooked all the mushrooms I didnt want to use them all in the soup so I took out half of them. I then diced up 3 medium size red potatoes and added them to the mixture. The container that had the beef in it had some of the dripping in there so I added some water to it and swished it around, that was my broth. I added that to the pot so the potatoes could cook up and become tender.

Once the potatoes were tender I then added chunks of the beef. I also added some flour to thicken the soup. I personally perfer thick soups then thin but you wouldnt have to add the flour. The beef already had greek seasoning on it from cooking it the first time so I didnt want to add much to it. Once everything was cooked and thick I tasted it, added some pepper and sea salt to it. It still was missing something so I added some garlic powder with parsley to it. It was awesome! Just what it needed.

I have never combined these ingredients together before like this. I am sure there is a recipe somewhere like this but I just made it up as I went. Something we all need to remember is we need to use what we have. So many times we will waste leftovers because we dont want the same thing twice. But if we use our leftovers in a different way we dont waste anything and we also get a great meal out of it. The mushrooms and onions I didnt use will be added to some eggs for my supper tonight, nothing will go to waste.

If anyone tries this recipe let me know what you think. If you think adding another spice to it would help let me know please. Even though it was a great soup it was still missing something, just not sure what it was.

Many Blessings to you!