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Farm Kitchen:  French Onion Soup to start; which entree best?  |
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Hideaway Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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 Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 10:27:07 AM
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I am home today so I want to make a nice dinner for DH and myself.
I plan to make French Onion Soup from scratch to start off, but we'll need more than that to make it a full meal.
What would you recommend to serve with or after that? A full meal for him is generally defined as having meat included!
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
Edited by - Hideaway Farmgirl on Sep 06 2007 10:27:50 AM |
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KYgurlsrbest
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 10:41:18 AM
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I would go with something like pork or chicken, something lighter--Usually the french onion is a beef stock soup. You could also do a large green salad with marinated chicken and vegetables, too, with a crusty french bread.
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willowtreecreek
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Julie
Russell
AR
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 10:54:07 AM
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I was thinking about pork chops and rice to follow the soup. THe hot beef sandwiches sound good, too.
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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Libbie
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 11:46:55 AM
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What about some garden-fresh green beans to go with the pork chops and rice? MMMmmmmm... I wish I was having dinner at your house, Jo!
XOXO, Libbie
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 06:45:56 AM
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Hey Libbie, the green beans are a great idea (she wrote, the morning after). Oh well, the new recipe for French Onion Soup is a definite keeper, and the hot beef sandwiches worked out as a great way to use up the rest of the French Bread needed for the soup. This recipe used a dash of nutmeg; I liked it and so did DH.
I had bought a fairly thick round steak to use in a new stroganoff recipe, which called for seasoning and browning the round steak in a heavy skillet, then slicing it into strips. So, I did the first step of the stroganoff recipe, and sliced part of the round steak into thin slices to pile onto the french bread; kept some of the stock from the soup to use as au jus, and yum, yum, yum. We had sliced garden tomatoes and we were both stuffed.
BTW, the stroganoff recipe is from Paula Deen's new cookbook; we tasted it at a neighbor's house last weekend and my DH (who has refused to eat stroganoff for over 20 years) said it was delicious! It was and I was able to find the recipe on the the web.
Jo
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Edited by - Hideaway Farmgirl on Sep 07 2007 06:52:27 AM |
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