Comments on: Once-a-Month Cooking Prep: “Cream of” Casseroles

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Healthified Creamy Chicken Enchiladas « Healthy-n-Balanced — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:25:59 +0000

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By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:04:03 +0000

Ronnie,
I guess I’m just going for the “base” here – a cream sauce – and then most of my recipes for it use lots of veggies. The faster, the better for this baby, since it’s just a part of a meal and not even the end game. But more veggies certainly wouldn’t hurt anything, good point! Katie

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:25:07 +0000

I don’t understand why you don’t use more veggies in your “cream of” base. The ratio seems off. 3/4 cup butter and flour with just a stalk or two of celery?

If celery is a flavor you find overpowering, use a cup or more of diced carrots, parsnips, leeks or a combination. Gently saute the veggies in the butter before you add the flour. More nutritional bang for the bite and more flavor too.

By: Keala

Keala — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:46:40 +0000

OMG! This is how you make it?! That was SO easy and WHY didn’t I think to make this by scratch before. I stumbled across this recipe and I am SO glad I did. Cream soups can be spendy. I have eliminated a lot of processed foods from my diet, but I for some reason had never looked at the ing on the can. Campbells c of mushroom has tons of ing of oils/starches and…MSG! I can’t believe i didn’t notice that before. Boy did I feel stupid. Luckily I don’t cook with it often, but now that I can make it on my own I will. And just in time for soup season. Thank you SO SO much. It is so delicious and it only added a few steps to my dinner routine and now I’ll make some ahead of time and try freezing. Thank you! What a blessing!

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menu plan monday – 09.25.11 | — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:55:53 +0000

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By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:01:29 +0000

Meg,
Seems like I always have trouble at some point with anything that could give me trouble, so I know I’ve run into this. At that point, I would have added some more flour mixed well with a bit of milk and pushed the process along quite a bit. Hope your dinner still turned out okay! Glad to have someone else up with a newborn hanging out at Kitchen Stewardship… Katie

By: meg

meg — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:16:01 +0000

thak you for all of your wonderful recipes and posts! it has made my many late nights with my newborn MUCH more bearable

just wondering if you’ve ever had trouble with cream of x soup thickening? i followed the recipe to a “t” and its still not thickened (over an hr later). thought you might have some wisdom for me. blessings!

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:22:24 +0000

Melissa,
I haven’t, but I don’t see why not! There’s no special property of milk at work in the recipe. Go for it! Katie

By: Melisaa

Melisaa — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:29:55 +0000

Hi, have you heard of anyone making the condensed soup with soy or almond milk instead? I would think it would work.. If so, that would be awesome! There are a lot of recipes I’d like to make, but my dairy intolerant boyfriend couldn’t (probably) stomach them.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:02:57 +0000

Shauna,
I’ve never really seen celery on any super foods lists; they’re usually just for flavor. You have *my* permission to skip them! Katie