Good morning! The CFM was delivered yesterday, but afternoon babysitting duties prevented me from posting about it (to make this comment relate to food, I brought two kinds of cookies with me, chocolate chip and peanut butter). 😀
This week’s meal was simple, which may be the wave of the future as I try to be more economical. Sausage and potato soup, bread, an orange.
The soup was started with two kinds of potatoes, russets and Yukon gold. Instead of peeling the russets beforehand, I decided to boil them and peel after. Some of the skins had a green tint, which I wasn’t too concerned about, figuring I would be removing it with the peels. But the green wasn’t just skin deep, to my dismay. While I don’t think a little bit of green will hurt you, I decided to toss the ones that seemed too green, and I replaced them with frozen hash browns. The Yukons were fine, unfortunately, not pictured.
Is this going to be where y’all all tell me I should’ve used the green potatoes, like y’all thought I should’ve used the charred cheese on a previous CFM? Look how green! BTW, my husband reserved some of the green potatoes for himself before tossing, and used them to make mashed potatoes for his supper. All of the green magically disappeared, and he said they tasted fine. But I don’t regret the decision.
Some of the green potatoes.
One of the two pots going. Browned Italian sausage, sautéed the trinity, plus carrots, and extra celery.
The green potato replacements.
Spinach, ready for the soup pots.
Homemade chicken stock, boxed chicken stock, and chicken base was used, as well as heavy cream.
You know how when you’re seasoning and tasting and looking for that perfect balance of flavors? I never actually found it, much to my disappointment. I never got that “yes” moment. I kept fiddling and adding and even my usual go to things didn’t make it happen, but I had to stop at some point. Mediocre sausage and potato soup, at your service.
Each meal included a small loaf of Italian buttered, toasted, garlic Parmesan bread.
Ready for wrapping up.
The soup in container.
C’est tout, folks!
