Smooth veggie soup

This is what we had for dinner and it was delicious. My children loved it and asked for seconds and thirds! We loved it! It was inspired by a recipe someone else read to me, but I didn't have it written down, so here is what it was:

2 onions chopped with 2-4 TBS olive oil
12 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup of celery (I think I was pretty generous, I probably used 1 1/2 cups) chopped
1 1/2 cups carrots, chopped
2 cups cauliflower, chopped
1 1/2 cups asparagus, chopped
1 fennel bulb, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
juice of one lemon (about 4-5 TBS lemon juice)


Put the onions and oil in and cook until onions are translucent. Then add the broth and other veggies. I just started with the onions and chopped everything and added it, I didn't add them all at the same time. I also added to one blenderful about 1/4 cup flour to help thicken it and then mixed it all together. When they are all soft put into the blender and blend until smooth. My blender holds 8 cups and I had to fill it 2 1/2 times.

Favorite Whole Wheat bread recipe

My favorite recipe is found at: Urban Homemaker

I have never used it with dough enhancer, but I have used it with and without gluten. ENJOY! And if I can figure out how to do the link right then I will edit the post when I get a chance!

Blender pancakes

This is an easy breakfast that we love and are so easy that even my 6 year old can produce. Well, I do the pouring, but he can add all the ingredients and turn the blender on. You don't need a fancy schmancy blender for it either.

1 cup milk (any variety will do, cow, soy, almond etc)
1 cup uncooked wheat berries
2 eggs
2 TBS oil
2 tsp baking powder
2 TBS honey
1 tsp salt

Put in the first two ingredients and blend on high until smooth. This could be 4 minutes, with my blender it's about 90 seconds. Turn to low and add the remaining ingredients. If not using a non-stick surface I would choose to use oil.

Garlic Oil

With Spring coming, but nasty coughs and colds sticking around, I decided to post on garlic oil. This is something that has been FANTASTIC for our family by boosting the immune system, great for ear infections, it's awesome! For extra pain relief, you could make mullein oil first and then make the garlic oil.

For one batch, you will need:

1/2 cup FRESH minced garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup olive oil to be added later.

You will want to mix the first 2 ingredients well and then add in the other 1/4 cup of olive oil. This will fit perfectly into a half pint jar. Then we put it in the windowsill for 10 days. On the 10th day you can strain it and then put it in the fridge. You can strain it with paper towels, coffee filters, muslin, cheese cloth etc. You can then put it in the fridge. It will separate even more and then you can decant it and continue to store in fridge. If you have an ailment, you don't have to wait the full 10 days, but it gets stronger each day! We love this and rub it on our feet, put it in our ears, rub it on chests etc. Enjoy!