Sam's Sweets

Ingredients:

1/2 pound ground beef

1 tbsp. oil

3/4 c. chopped onion

3/4 c. shredded carrots

3/4 c. diced celery

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dried parsley flakes

3 c. chicken broth

4 c. peeled and diced potatoes

1/4 c. butter

1/4 c. all purpose flour

2 cups grated cheese

1 1/2 c. milk

3/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 c. sour cream

Directions:

1. Brown the ground beef in a 3 quart saucepan. Drain and set aside.

2. In the same saucepan, add 1 T. oil and add onion, shredded carrots, parsley flakes, basil and celery. Saute until tender.

3. Add the broth, potatoes and beef and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 - 12 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

4. In small skillet melt butter and add the flour. Cook and stir for 3-5 minutes or until bubbly. Add to the soup and bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low.

5. Stir in the cheese, milk, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until cheese melts. Remove from heat and blend in sour cream.

Yield: 8 servings

Source: Kim's Krazyness

Today in class we made cheeseburger soup at first I thought it would be like the creamed broccoli soup and not taste well, but instead it turned out great. What went well with our soup was our production rate, but one thing we could have done better was make sure our ingredients were the same size. What I would have changed about this recipe is the amount of oil in it. If we used half a tablespoon then I feel it would have tasted better, and less oily.