hot or cold beet soup (yep!occasionally i goof up)

Name: HOT or COLD BEET SOUP (yep!occasionally I goof up)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) fresh beets...cooked, peeled & cut up (2 cups); 2 stalk(s) celery,..... diced; 6-8 medium green onions ...cleaned and cut up small; 2 medium carrots.......cleaned & diced; 1 large clove garlic........minced; 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil; 1 medium apple,....... peeled, cored and diced; 2 medium potatoes.....peeled & diced; 1 can(s) beef or chicken broth; 1-2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice...to taste; add - salt, pepper and a sprig of dill when serving; optinal - hard boiled eggs, horseradish sauce sour cream & crackers. on the side..optional; 1 small kitchen witch.. this would not have happened!...

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Nancy J. Patrykus

Spokane, WA

Updated on Aug 4, 2013

Using fresh beets from a farm visit. I have made many borscht soups, pickled,Harvard beets cakes,and breads. This one turned out different!! Here is a different beet soup. I do mean different! Really different! LOL! Read on ..... No meat in this recipe. Just a can of beef broth. Hope you enjoy my recipe. It is really a wonderful soup.. Hot or cold. Nancy. 8/4/13

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Stove Top

yield Family or guests

Ingredients

1 pound fresh beets...cooked, peeled & cut up (2 cups)
2 stalks celery,..... diced
6-8 medium green onions ...cleaned and cut up small
2 medium carrots.......cleaned & diced
1 large clove garlic........minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium apple,....... peeled, cored and diced
2 medium potatoes.....peeled & diced
1 can beef or chicken broth
1-2 tablespoon lemon juice...to taste
add - salt, pepper and a sprig of dill when serving
optinal - hard boiled eggs, horseradish sauce sour cream & crackers. on the side..optional
1 small kitchen witch.. this would not have happened!...

How To Make hot or cold beet soup (yep!occasionally i goof up)

Step 1

Pre-pare veggies. Sauté in a skillet with the olive oil.Add to a large pot with the can of broth. Heat gently.

Step 2

Prepare potatoes, apple and garlic. Add to the pot. Simmer till cooked. Add a little water if needed.
Step 3

Chop up the cooked beets in a food processor. Or a blender with water added..
Step 4

Add beets to pot. Simmer till cooked. Watch closely, add more broth, keep to a soup like liquid. Here is where the fun begins!
Step 5

I did say watch...closely! This is where I goofed! BIG TIME!!!! I had went down to do the laundry. Then decided to do a little ironing. Not sure how long I was...but this is what my kitchen looked like ...when I finally opened the kitchen door. The stove top! What a site to behold!! All I could do was laugh, !! Why cry????? Had to share this with you, there is a moral here ...somewhere. LOL
Step 6

The floor!
Step 7

Back of stove & exhaust fan!
Step 8

Here is the clincher... THE CEILING!!!!! My kitchen looks like some of those horror movies!... Blood all over!!
Step 9

I went and bought more beets... Here is soup picture. The way it should look. Pinched from he internet. This would not have happened .. .if I had a KITCHEN WITCH !....LOL !! I think I will remake it next in the crock pot.. then no worries. Live and learn...eh? I have to sign off now.. get the ladder out and wash (scrub)the ceiling. I wonder if it will turn pink! LOL!!
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