Emily's Cooking Blog

Ingredients:

1/2 pound ground beef

1 tbsp. oil

3/4 c. chopped onion

3/4 c. shredded carrots

3/4 c. diced celery

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dried parsley flakes

3 c. chicken broth

4 c. peeled and diced potatoes

1/4 c. butter

1/4 c. all purpose flour

2 cups grated cheese

1 1/2 c. milk

3/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 c. sour cream

Directions:

1. Brown the ground beef in a 3 quart saucepan. Drain and set aside.

2. In the same saucepan, add 1 T. oil and add onion, shredded carrots, parsley flakes, basil and celery. Saute until tender.

3. Add the broth, potatoes and beef and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 - 12 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

4. In small skillet melt butter and add the flour. Cook and stir for 3-5 minutes or until bubbly. Add to the soup and bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low.

5. Stir in the cheese, milk, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until cheese melts. Remove from heat and blend in sour cream.

Yield: 8 servings

Source: Kim's Krazyness

 The last soup we made in class was cheeseburger soup. This one was one of the more difficult soups to make and finish on time. This is the soup I am planning on making for my family, it has many ingredients to prepare and will be a fun challenge to cook on my own. I was not at school the day before we made this soup, so any planning that was done I was not a part of. Something that did not go well was that my group began to concentrate too much on cleaning before all of the other ingredients were prepped and ready to go, this caused us to fall behind again. If I were to make this recipe again I would make sure jobs are clearly planned ahead of time and that the whole group is fully aware of who is doing what and what order it has to be done in. something I learned from class that was very beneficial to this recipe was to be sure there are no lumps left in the roux before adding it to the soup, this helped because all of the flour was properly blended when we added to the soup. This soup was fun to make and I look forward to doing it again.