Hearthside Cooking

Today is the day! Make soup - lots of it! I use my largest pot and pour it into jars and seal it - stays good in the fridge for a month - although it usually doesn’t last that long!

Featured today:
Farmer sausage soup!
Place a raw farmer sausage in a pot with 8 cups water, 1 large onion, several bay leaves and 2 tbsp salt and 1 tsp peppercorns.
Bring to a boil and let simmer 20 min.
Meanwhile peel and dice 4 cups potatoes.
Remove the sausage to chop it up and add potatoes - bring to a boil, add chopped sausage.
Add a few sprigs of fresh parsley (2 tbsp dried parsley)
(*tip- I buy fresh parsley and either freeze it or let it dry on a cookie sheet in dry place for a few days)
Add more salt and pepper to taste.
Once potatoes are soft, add 2 cups of fine egg noodles.
Let come to a boil and turn off and let sit for 5 minutes and serve with fresh biscuits!

To store soup:
If you have soup leftover, get some jars. Put lids in boiling water for a few minutes. Pour boiling water into jars to heat them (they seal better when you put hot soup into hot jars) and pour out.
Re-boil soup if it has cooled. Scoop hot soup into jars, put lid on, let sit until cooled - lids should snap within an hr to indicate they are sealed. Store in fridge until the next time! And enjoy!

A labour of love! Soup for weeks!

And so ends another week of celebration - birthday, Valentine’s, 40 years since we got engaged. Feeling the love!! Two hearts forever entwined. We are so blessed to share an amazing love. We cherish each other, have value for each other’s dreams, never let the sun set on a disagreement, trust each other, look forward to the end of the day when we can share stories of our day, laugh, cry, play and pray together. Love is a good thing. 40 years of love is amazing!