Creamy Soups Keep You Warm

3 ½ cups cheddar cheese

Onion, diced

1 celery stalk, diced

2 carrots, diced

2 cups beef stock

3 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons flour

2 potatoes, chopped

1 cup whipping cream

Nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste

Sauté onion, celery and carrots in butter until tender. Stir in flour very well. Add beef stock and then potatoes. Bring to a boil. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Add cream, nutmeg salt and pepper and simmer another 5 minutes or so. Add cheese slowly stirring until melted.

Traditional New England Clam Chowder

12 oz minced clams (canned is fine)

½ cup butter

Large onion, diced

2 large potatoes, diced

2 1/2 cups half and half

Salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter and add onion until cooked. Add potatoes. Add clams and salt and pepper. Cook about 5 minutes. Stir in half and half and cook to just before boiling and serve with crackers.

Tomato Bisque

2 tablespoons tapioca

1 cup milk

1 cup water

½ cup cream

26 oz of solid packed tomatoes drained

½ cup tomato juice

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

¼ teaspoon celery salt

3 tablespoons butter

2 drops Tabasco sauce

Combine tapioca, milk, water and cream in saucepan. Cook over medium heat until it boils. Remove from heat.

Break-up tomatoes and then combine them with juice, sugar, salt, celery salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Add butter and tapioca mixture. Add Tabasco sauce and serve.

Creamed Pea Soup

2 cups canned peas (save liquid)

2 beef bouillon cubes

2 cups milk

½ cup cream

1 tablespoon tapioca

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons diced onion

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup sour cream

Combine peas and its liquid with bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil. Dissolve cubes and mix in milk, cream, tapioca, salt and onion. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Bring to a boil and add butter. Serve and garnish with sour cream on top.

Corn Chowder

6 slices of bacon, cooked and diced

1 onion, diced

2 cups potatoes, chopped

1 cup boiling water

10 oz corn

2 cups milk

Salt and pepper to taste

Sauté onion and then add potatoes, water, salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes over medium heat. Add corn and cook another 5 minutes. Add milk and bacon and heat thoroughly.