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Comfort food: Potato Soup and Oatmeal Muffins
Last week was a bit on the chilly side, so Jameson and I made some favorite recipes: potato soup and oatmeal muffins.
Potato Soup (the way I make it!)
serves 6-8
1. Saute small onion and 3 cloves of garlic in butter.
2. Add 6-7 peeled and cubed white potatoes (or the equivalent of any other kind.)
3. Cover with water and 4 cubes of (no MSG!) chicken boullion. (Or use stock.)
4. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
5. Boil; cover and simmer for 20+ minutes or till potatoes are very soft.
6. Mash potatoes well. Add 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, and heat through until cheese is melted.
Cinnamon-Topped Oatmeal Muffins.
This recipe is one we often had for dinner growing up. It’s from More With Less, a cookbook I highly recommend. It’s full of basic recipes and nutritional information, as well as a beginner’s guide to whole grains and proteins.
Makes 12
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Sift together into mixing bowl: 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 3 t. baking powder, 1/2 t. salt
3. Stir in: 1 cup oats, 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
4. Add: 3 T oil, 1 beaten egg, 1 cup milk. Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened.
5. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full.
6. Sprinkle with cinnamon topping: 2 T sugar, 2 t flour, 1 t cinnamon, 1 T melted butter
7. Bake 15 minutes.
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I don’t think More With Less cookbook has a “bad” recipe in it! There are a lot of variations that work with what one has on hand in the kitchen at the moment (my kind of cooking!) I say, emulate cooks who work with basic ingredients and turn out a delicious-everytime product!
And theirs is the unscientific, natural kind of nutrition; straight from the earth. You remember my gardens, Danica? I loved sending you home with a couple tomatoes, a handful of basil, and a cuke!
I love the More with Less cookbook!
You should showcase it on your website….
I have used the first few chapters to teach nutrition to my kids. It’s a great read.
I agree with Nancy — a totally good read. It was my first “teaching” cookbook that I read, absorbed, and used over and over again. I learned concepts, techniques, nutrition, etc. Great book for beginners or for those of us less versed in basic nutrition.
We should showcase it. It is a basic essential for young cooks!
Looks very tasty. Can these muffins be made with whole wheat flour?
@Melissa: Yes, for sure. Not as light and fluffy, of course, but yummy just the same.
How is it I’ve never heard of that cookbook? I will have to check it out. Does anyone recommend any of the other World Community Cookbooks?
I thought this recipe looked familiar! I cook from “More with Less” all the time!! It’s one of my favorite cookbooks - it’s looking a little ragged these days, but it just means it is well loved :)
-Andrea
I made the muffins the other day and Tim said these are his new favorite muffin. Thanks for the recipe!