Donna asked me if I had ever had a recipe failure. Hmmmm – more than a few! I said I had never been able to make a good broccoli cheese soup even though I'd tried several different recipes. Donna said “I have a recipe that you’ll love and it won’t fail!” She sent me this tried and true broccoli and cheese noodle soup from her recipe box. She was right. It was a hit! I would never have thought of adding noodles to a broccoli cheese soup but it is so good! The unexpected noodles bring it to a “stick to the ribs” category of yummy. She made a note to make sure the noodles are extra fine – around an inch long and smaller than the diameter of thin spaghetti. I did cut the recipe in half to make six servings – one meal for the three of us. And instead of water and bouillon ... [Read More]
Broccoli
Sunny Broccoli Salad
This great recipe for Broccoli Bacon Salad comes from a wonderful cook in Missouri. I led a group of volunteers, 10 adults and 21 teens, to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri where we did repair following a flood. The days were long, hot and sweaty, and everyone worked hard. Millie had a fantastic meal waiting for us each night when we returned to the church basement where we were staying. When I saw her mixing up this salad one afternoon, I thought “uh-oh, those kids will never eat this.” They did and came back for more. It is that good! Millie gave me the Broccoli Salad recipe and a piece of advice. Approaching her eighth decade of life, her days were amazingly productive. She told me: slow and steady – don’t ever rush. You never get things done right and you just wear yourself out. ... [Read More]