Stocks OAMC/Freezer/Make Ahead Recipes

"Saving all the odds and ends in the freezer while doing your daily cooking will give you an endless supply of stocks to cook with. You will not waste even those parts of the vegetables or meat that you paid for (usually by the pound), and will never again need to buy canned stocks. This will save you money and allows you to control the contents of..."

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Ingredients: broccoli stems, dill...

"An all-purpose vegetable broth for soups, rice, etc. They state that you can make it into a light sauce for ravioli by reducing it over medium heat, uncovered, for about 15 minutes until it is almost syrupy. Broth can be made ahead of time; it can be kept covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Recipe from Whole..."

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Ingredients: fresh parsley, fresh thyme...

"This is not just for Christmas, but I always associate clementines with Christmas, and the addition of spices also lends a festive feel to this delightful soup. It is so easy to make and makes an elegant and colourful soup starter for any formal or special dinner. The smell is redolent of Christmas pasts for me - plus, the vibrant colours just "leap"..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, coriander seeds...

"This is a hearty soup that is true comfort food! It is filling and makes a ton, so use a big, tall, soup pot! Everyone loves it in my house! Even my pickiest eater. As good as leftovers as it is when it is first made! Yummy!"

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Ingredients: cilantro, Mrs. Dash seasoning mix...

"I don't know what it is...this soup cures what ails ya. A recipe for Authentic Jewish Penicillin (chicken soup) tweaked by a sympathetic goy. I make a big pot of this when cold & flu season hits and freeze small containers to reheat whenever one of us feels the bug coming on. I pureed this for my baby last winter and he loved it."

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Ingredients: pepper, fresh dill...

"Making your own vegetable stock is easy and costs almost nothing. Use the trimmings from your vegetables, including onion skins, garlic skins, herb stems, potato and carrot peelings--just about anything in your kitchen except sulfurous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. Also toss in anything in your fridge that looks like it's..."

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Ingredients: peppercorns, vegetable peels...

"A family favourite in our household.....a creamy and easy soup which needs nothing more than good crusty rolls or home-baked bread to serve with it. This travels well in a Thermos flask making it an ideal and comforting soup to take on a picnic. This recipe is based on a Historical 16th/17th Century recipe, no milk was added then - it was made with..."

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Ingredients: lovage, milk, olive oil...

"This is a recipe from Paula Deen. It is one of her family's favorite soups."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, ditalini...

"Homemade stock is so much better than canned and wonderful to have on hand to throw together a quick bowl of soup. Your frugal side will enjoy using every last little bit of the bird. I keep a plastic bag in my freezer where I collect onion, celery and carrot trimmings (cleaned) to add to the stock pot next time I have a carcass on hand."

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Ingredients: turkey carcass, dried thyme...

"I stole (and adapted) this recipe from applesforhealth.com, because they have stolen dozens of recipes from me and hundreds of recipes from Recipezaar! The original source of the recipe is the Art of Cooking for the Diabetic. Low sodium and low cholesterol, too!"

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Ingredients: bottled water, fresh parsley...

"I got this recipe from Taste of Home and recently made it. It is a tasty satisfying soup. I did use frozen green beans instead of the fresh. This recipe does make a lot, but it does freeze well and tastes great reheated."

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Ingredients: pepper, small shell pasta...