Hot & Sour Soup

September 2, 2020 Amanda Plott

I’ve gotten to where I make veggie sushi about once a week, or at least once every couple of weeks. This Hot & Sour Soup is an easy and delicious side to pair with the sushi. It’s super quick and easy to make all in one pot and it tastes even better than the one you order with take out. What’s even better is that you get to have control over just how hot or sour your soup is in the end.

I have seen a little difference in hot and soup soup out there. This one, to me, is more of a mixture between egg drop and hot and sour. I’m totally fine with that. I love egg drop soup as much as I do hot and sour. But, it is worth noting that you do DROP EGGS into this soup. It can be a scary thought, but I promise it’s easy peasy!…

Vegetarian Ramen Broth (Instant Pot)

July 15, 2020 Amanda Plott

Since my brother has been living with me we’ve had the amazing opportunity to totally geek out about food. While he was off on his own in the wilds of Colorado he fell in love with cooking. Mostly out of necessity since the small town where he was had limited places to eat that weren’t fast food. Some of the nearest restaurants that were edible were an hour or further away. So, he ended up cooking for himself a lot.

I’ve got to say, I love having a foodie buddy. One of the things that my brother turned me onto is ramen. Not just any ramen either, but… proper ramen. That was a few years ago. These days we’re all about trying to crack the code that is ramen brother. Proper. Ramen. Broth. Not from a shitty plastic packet…

One-Pot Goulash

April 18, 2020 Amanda Plott

We’re all trying to be a lot more mindful about how we are cooking and eating these days. I know that in my house, we’re trying to get as much use as we can out of every item in the pantry and fridge. Very little is allowed to go to waste and using up pantry staples has become the name of the game. Goulash is one of those old-fashioned tried and true recipes that is versatile, easy, and of course… delicious!

This One-Pot Goulash is pretty standard as far as a goulash goes. Beef, lots of tomatoes, and noodles. It cooks up in just over half an hour and is enough to feed a large group or a small family twice over…

One-Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup

April 6, 2020 Amanda Plott

During hard times, sometimes you just need some good old-fashioned comfort food. I mean… this soup isn’t really old-fashioned, but Chicken Cordon Bleu is an older dish. Today I decided to give Chicken Cordon Bleu a bit of a twist and turned it into the soup. Yep, that’s right… everything you love about Chicken Cordon Bleu in a pot of soup. Right down to the dijon!…

Instant Pot Ramen Broth

March 15, 2020 Amanda Plott

The world is getting sicker and sicker and the only thing I could think that makes sick people feel better is soup. Not just any soup though. Ramen! I’ll be the first to admit that ramen has been a pantry staple for all of my life. It was an easy thing to make as a youngster. And a cheap thing to make as a college student and young adult.

In the most recent years though, my brother has introduced me to real ramen. You know, real authentic ramen and how it’s supposed to be made. Not the instant packs that we all know and love as a guilty pleasure…

One Pot Irish Potato Leek Soup

February 21, 2020 Amanda Plott

It’s been pretty cold and yucky here for the past few days and a nice rich bowl of some potato soup just sounded like the absolute perfect thing for dinner. A few weeks back my brother tried his hand at making a potato leek soup for dinner, and while it was good, there were a few tweaks that I wanted to make. Having two cooks in one house is a blessing and a curse.

I wanted my variation for the potato leek soup to be thick. Thick, rich, and all made in ONE POT. So, that's what I set out to do. What makes this an Irish potato soup? I honestly have no idea, other than it’s supposedly a pretty common dish in Ireland. And it’s easy to see why…