Knoephla Soup

This weekend I am making a family favorite knoephla Soup! I typically make the recipe from the knoephla bag, because I am pretty intimidated by making actual knoephla, even though I have been told it is really easy. Here is the “secret” family recipe. (Hopefully pictures to follow)

Knoephla Soup

1 medium onion, chopped

1 tsp. white or black pepper

8 oz. carrots, diced

1.5 oz. chicken soup base

8 oz. celery, diced

2 lbs. potatoes (cubed)

4 oz. butter or margarine

2 lbs. Baker Boy Dumpling Dough

3 quarts water

8 oz. heavy whipping cream

2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. parsley flakes

Step 1: In a stock kettle, sauté vegetables over medium heat until tender (al dente).

Step 2: Add water, salt, pepper, chicken soup base and potatoes. Bring to a rapid boil over high heat. Step 3: When potatoes are soft, add the dumplings and reduce heat to medium. Simmer until dumplings are done. If you wish to thicken the stock, you can add a roux or potato flakes at this time. Step 4: Add whipping cream and

parsley flakes after the soup is completely cooked. Makes 5 quarts

NOTE: Be careful not to overheat the soup with the added cream. If it is heated too high, the soup will curdle.

Sunshines and Creeps

YaY! It's Friday. Time for another round of Sunshines and Creeps!

• Sunshine to getting wonderful flowers from my hubby for the V-Day! We also went out to eat at our favorite restaurant last weekend, hoping to avoid the V-Day rush and then make a delicious steak supper on the actual night. Then cozied up on the couch to watch 50/50 and The Rum Diary. We also drank a delicious bottle of sparkling Shiraz that Ross's brother gave us for the wedding.
• Sunshine to our sweet dogs who got Ross a gift certificate to JL Beers for V-Day! And to Ross's parents who did the same thing. Guess we'll have one GREAT night there!
• Creep to always being cold at work.
• Sunshine to having great co-workers. More on that soon!
• Creep to Ross's dad having some health issues that caused them to cut their working vacation at Lake of the Woods short and rush back to town for a hospital stay.
• Sunshine to Ross's dad being just fine and to his 60th birthday yesterday! We went out with them to a local Italian restaurant yesterday to celebrate. I had never been there before, it was quite a treat! I had an angel hair/spicy red sauce/calamari dish that was FAB-U-LOUS! It wasn't really heavy like pasta can be. Ross got a pizza, the size of a small car, Ross's dad got the lasagna and his mom got fettuccine alfredo. It was a great night!
• Sunshine to selling raffle tickets at the Sioux/Michigan Tech game tonight! Should be fun to do something productive and see the game at the same time. We're selling tickets for the raffle for the GF Curling Club. Come say hi if you're there.
• Sunshine to actually being just a spectator at tomorrow's game!
• Sunshine to my hubby who has been taking care of our crazy dogs all the time because they're so annoying. We really need a place with a yard for those doggies!
• Creep to Cooper having something wrong with his ears. We need to get them cleaned, he is shaking his head like crazy, which is driving me bonkers!
• Sunshine to a new curling iron (all you ladies know what fun it is to get a new hair tool!)
• Sunshine to a long weekend! Hope everyone enjoys the holiday!