October Pumkin soup recipe

Pumpkin Soup


10 slices bacon
3 Tbs olive oil
1 onion chopped
2med carrots chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
8 cups water
8 tsp chicken oxo
1 large can pure pumpkin
1 Tbs brown sugar
1 tsp thyme
1 cup heavy cream (or milk)
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 tsp mild curry powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

-Cook bacon, crumble + set aside
-In large pot saute onion, celery/ + carrots in alive oil for approx 15 min
-stir in water, oxo, pumpkin, brown sugar, thyme + bacon. B ring to a boil, reduce heat + simmer until veggies are tender
-pour soup in batches into a blender + puree until smooth, --- return to pot
-stir in cream, nutmeg, curry powder + salt + pepper.

November 12 Recipe club

How to get kids to eat!

This month we will focus on getting kids to eat healthy food. Come share techniques, ideas, recipes tricks and plain-all-out-deception for making healthy eating kids-friendly.

Canning Made Simple

Tonight we had a seminar on "How to do Home Canning," put on by three of our relief society sisters for a combined Random Sampler and Cooking group. The best resource for instruction and answers to questions, and recipes was a book from the library, US Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving. Make sure that whatever resource you use, it is up to date on it's techniques for processing.We learned techniques for hot water bathes and pressure canners. We even had a demonstration using the pressure canner.

Here is one link I found to some information about Home Canning.

September: Simple Home-Canning

This month the Cooking Group will be combining with the Random Sampler Group in a fun hands-on seminar that's all about making home-canning simple. Come out and have a great time learning how to preserve your own food at home in your own kitchen! We can't wait to see you there!

Breaking for Summer:

Hope you have a great summer - we'll see you again in September!

June: Authentic Mexican Food

Unfortunately we had to cancel our Authenic Mexican cooking night - but will hope to do it again perhaps in the fall!

May: Bread-Baking

On Saturday May 17th we learned how to make our own delicious home-made bread in a hands-on seminar!