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Everyday Chef

About Everyday ChefEveryday Chef is a project of the Rutland Area

Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) with the support of the James T. Bowse Community Health Trust

and the Rutland County Nutrition Coalition.

Everyday Chef seeks to inspire participants to cook and eat delicious, nutritious local foods that are in season.

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www.rutlandfarmandfood.org

Soup Tips

A Guide to Simple Soups

• Freeze leftover soup in small containers for convenient leftovers.

• Soup too thin? Thicken it up by simmering in grated raw potato or equalpartsflourandmeltedbutter.Or, puree with an immersion blender.

• When cooking, save your vegetable scraps in the freezer in a plastic bag and make stock when your bag is full. Add chicken bones for chicken stock or beef bones for beef stock.

• Don’tforgettofinishoffyour soup with toppings. Everything from croutons to chopped, fresh herbs, to crispy pieces of bacon to seeds or nuts to sour cream or yogurt.

Simple SoupsStart with a little fat

and a lot of flavor Add seasoning

Stir in cooking liquidAdd main ingredients

in order of cooking time

Taste as you go

Always taste your cooking! Then, adjust seasonings to your liking as you go. Because soup is so forgiving, it’s not to difficulttoaltertheflavorortextureatanypoint.

Broth, stock, juice, and wine are all options. If you’re allowingyoursouptosimmerlongenoughwithflavorfulingredients, even water can be used. Add in creams or milks towards the very end of cooking.

Add ingredients in the order of the longest cooking time to the shortest. If you want vegetables

to break down in the soup - add them early. For a fresh, crisp taste - add later. When using

already cooked leftovers, add at the very end.

Salt. Zest. Spice blends. Woody herbs.Saute aromatic vegetables like garlic, ginger, onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves and garlic in a little oil or butterandyou’llalreadyhaveagreatflavorbase.

Forget the cans. You don’t even need a recipe.Homemade soups are one of the easiest foods to cook. Even

if you mess up, soup is forgiving and will probably still taste

delicious. It’s not as time consuming as it might seem either.

Most soups can cook through in 30 minutes - a portion of that

time unattended. And believe it or not, you probably have

enough ingredients on hand right now to make a great soup. Just follow these basic guidelines.

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