Beef Stew

For real this time!

Lean, boneless stew beef, cut in small pieces
Potatoes, sliced
Carrots, sliced
Green beans, cut n trimmed
Onion, chopped
MBT, or whatever bullion/stock/broth you want - not in the mood for the cream of mushroom/cream of celery/tomato soup blend. Also not in the mood for the seasoning game..

Toss it all in the crock pot and go do something else..
(I also can't wait to get MY crockpot back out..)
Come back later and find:

Starch from the potato really thickens it enough that you don't need a flour slurry or anything..

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Pot Roast

Pot Roast is the bastard cousin of Beef Stew. If I had chosen to put everything in the crock pot and not just the meat and gravy, that's what I would have had..

London broil

onion soup mix (another soup tie in!)
flour/water

campbell's cream of mushroom (another another tie in!)

ketchup

shake of liquid smoke.

left all day... ~8+ hours..

w/ cream corn, egg noodles, and candied carrots.

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Progresso's turn

Campbell's and Progresso will be eating away at my money for the rest of my life, courtesy of my love of soup (not to mention the Jersey love for Campbell's).

I just partook in a bowl (or large cup/mug, rather) of Traditional Chicken Noodle from Progresso.

As to be expected from canned soup, it was just as good as I remember it being the last time I had it, and I assume the next time.

I enjoy that everything in the soup is BIG. I don't just mean flavor, of course, I mean noodles, chicken, carrot, and celery pieces.

and for anyone interested:
The label.

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Oh Panera.. how I love thee..

Panera's Broccoli Cheddar

Probably one of my favorite soups of all time. I'm also terribly partial to their french onion. I have yet to determine if my love springs from the wonderful flavor of the soup, the accompanying bread, or both.

It's a wonderfully creamy soup with great flavor.
Obvious ingredients:
broccoli
cheddar cheese
carrot
Beyond that I would imagine:
butter
garlic
onion
salt & white pepper
chicken broth
flour
milk/light cream

Here is someone's best guess at the real recipe.

I would expect there will be a couple more Panera posts on here..
I'd also like to point out how happy I am with the direction Panera has gone with in terms of their place settings.. I genuinely enjoy the actual plates, etc. over their previous basket w/ kidney plates.

Not wikipedia.. but some history..