Unsurprisingly, I have absolutely no idea how to cook. A few kind friends have offered to assist me, but I've yet to take any of them up on it. Sometimes I call my mom with frantic questions, like "What does sauté mean?" & other times, I just tweet my questions into the oblivion & hope for help:
Today, with some help from the Twitterverse, I made soup. I know - easy, right? For you. Not for me, OK? Cooking feels totally foreign to me. I get bored. I get impatient. I can't figure out the timing. But I made this soup tonight after cleaning my apartment (I'm so domestic, y'all!), & I even messed with the recipe a little bit, changing things to my liking. There are only six steps, so I didn't have time to get all that impatient or bored.
End result? MY SOUP WAS AMAZING. I'm so happy. Life is good. And, of course, so is bacon.
Creamy Corn (& Bacon!) Soup
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 4 pieces of bacon
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 3 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 (15 oz) can whole kernel corn
- 1 (8 oz) can creamed corn
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ground cayenne pepper to taste
- garlic powder to taste
- salt to taste
Directions
- In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion, garlic, & butter or margarine. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until onions are tender.
- Add the flour, stirring well, to make a pasty mixture.
- Whisk in the milk & the broth.
- Add the corn & cream cheese & allow to heat through.
- Cook bacon & cut into small pieces; add to soup.
- Add salt, garlic powder, black pepper & cayenne pepper to taste. Stir together & serve with oyster crackers or bread.
10 comments:
My offer still stands to teach you how to cook whenever you are up for it!
YAY! Success! That looks so yummy!
I swear, you've had the weirdest living arrangements. No kitchen ... no window in your bedroom ... the next apartment you're going to have will probably be sans-toilet.
i wish i liked creamed corn, because this soup sounds like it would be fantastic. uh, if you like creamed corn, i mean.
congrats on the cooking success! :-)
I KNEW you could do this! Once you get started & get hooked cooking is a lot of fun & very satisfying. So what recipe will you be testing on your mother when you visit?! (-:
This soup sounds delicious, but I'm afraid you clogged your arteries!
Yum...good job. See, not that hard?
And I am sure your arteries are healthy and happy. I am sure anon only eats salad.
that soup looks awesome! might have to try it out very very soon :)
I am glad to see all turned out well... we were worried for a hot minute.
I can't cook either... sad thing is I'm only good at making desserts.
That soup looks good though!
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