Carrot and Orange Soup

Ingredients
1 lb Carrots
1 oz butter
1/2 cup orange juice (use your favorite, it makes a difference!)
4 cups Veggie Stalk
1 small onion (roughly chopped)
1 teaspoon dried thyme
salt and pepper, to taste
sour cream for serving

Directions

• Peel and slice the carrots.  
• Place carrots in a heavy pan with butter and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the orange juice, stock, and onion.  Bring to a boil.
• Add Thyme, salt and pepper, reduce heat, cover, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Process  in food processor or blender until smooth.  Serve with sour cream.

Easy Chicken & Biscuits from Crookpot Cooking

Ingredients

2 Cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
2 soup cans of water
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 can (8 back) refrigerated buttermilk biscuits


Directions

• Combine chicken cubes, soups, water, bouillon, and pepper in crockpot
• Cut biscuits into quarters, stir into mixture
• Cover and cook on Low 4 to 6 hours
  

Vegetarian Shiitake and Vegtable Soup with ch'ckn!

from One Pot Recipes

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 onion, coarsley chopped
1 stalk of celery, thinly sliced
1 carrot peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 large red bell pepper seeded and chopped
6 oz shiitake mushroom, stemmed and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons cream sherry
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup all pupose flour
3 cups vegetable brooth
8-10 ounces seitan, cut into 1 inch cubes
2/3 cup frozen peas
2/3 cup frozen corn kernels



Directions

• Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat
• Add the onion, celery, carrot and bell pepper, cook for five minutes or until slightly softened
• Add mushrooms and sheery, cook for 5 minutes
• season with salt and pepper and transfer to a bowl

• In the same pot, melt butter and saute garlic for 2 minutes
• Whisk in flour and cook for two minutes stirring constantly
• Whisk in broth and cook for 5 minutes or until it begins to thicken
• Return vegetables to pot, add seitan, peas and corn and cook until heated