Cream of mushroom soup

I created this recipe because I like making things from scratch. One of the things I like is green bean casserole. And I know some of you may think that green bean casserole is something "gross", but it's not so when you make it from scratch. 

So here's my recipe for cream of mushroom soup. I know that it's quite a significant amount of butter, but this recipe will yield about 2.5 quarts of the soup and it's in form of a soup stock (similar to condensed soup), which you can then thin more.

Despite the name, Elsa doesn't eat this. But she's my partner in the kitchen. I work the counter, she works the floor nibbling on carrots, green pepper, and tomatoes...

Chili for chilly days...

Originally I wanted to post this recipe on Jan 19, while it was still fresh in my mind. However, after "arranging" a surprise party, I ran out of juice. Chili to me is... or, more accurately, something I expected to be spicy. Imagine my disappointment when I dug into my first cup of chili and it was nowhere near Spiciville. But, of course, my first chili was a Wendy's chili, so I shouldn't really complain much.


The next memorable chili I tried was when I traveled to Ohio. It was Skyline chili. I tried only a bit of it, being that I don't eat beef. I loved it and for the first time I wished I could eat beef. It took years until I decided that I would make an exception to my non-beef diet. 


Being me, I couldn't just let it go. If I like something I'd try to recreate it. So this chili recipe is something I created that fits me. It's a little bit on the sweeter side of things, however I find that the combination of sweet and spicy is something more of a marriage made in heaven. The good thing about this recipe is that you can customize it as you like it.