BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Good morning and it is sunny here but still breezy. My soup recipe is a very loose one around sweet potatoes and spices but here you go...

Southwestern Sweet Potato Soup​

diced = onion, garlic, peppers (mild or spicy or a mix of both)
Saute until soft in your soup pot.
Add cooked meat if you want (pork, chicken, bacon, ham, etc.)
Add two good-sized diced peeled sweet potatoes or more if it is a big pot!
Add broth or water to cover.
Add mild chili powder 3-4 tablespoons.
Add a couple of tablespoons of cumin.
Salt to taste if you want.

Optional ingredients:
Dash of cayenne if no hot peppers were used
I tried a dash of pumpkin pie spice and it was good!
Can of black beans
Can or frozen sweet corn
Roasted green chilies, some are diced and in a can.
Diced tomatoes
Some cooked rice
Adjust the spices to suit your tastebuds. You can add taco seasoning but that is salty so be careful if you used salty broth of some sort.
Cook the soup until the sweet potatoes are soft.
Serve with sour cream, chopped fresh cilantro, or some shredded cheese, or some fresh tortillas, whatever makes you happy!

You cook the way I do. Just toss a few key things into the pot, add the seasonings you like and let her rip. I like these ingredients. I think I'll do a crop pot with some variation of this the next time I need to make a soup. Thanks.

 

[N F C]

Good morning Cafe, the coffee is ready!

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

It's frosty out, we aren't expected to get above mid-40s today and it's going to rain again.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe, the coffee is ready!

Good grief! You scared the crap out of me! I didn't hear you in the kitchen and nearly dropped my mug!!

 

[N F C]

Good grief! You scared the crap out of me! I didn't hear you in the kitchen and nearly dropped my mug!!

I sneaked into the kitchen while you were talking about making soup in a crop pot

 

[aart]

Had white out snow here last evening, was pretty.
Grounds covered but rain, and the still warm ground, will take care of that quickly.

 

[Sally PB]

The same here. ^^

We got rid of DirecTV about 6 months ago. Don't miss it a bit. We have an antenna, and the signal is sometimes spotty, which is a problem when there is something we want to watch. But I could get rid of TV entirely. DH needs his football, and the local news/weather can be helpful.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Good Morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee @DobieLover and @N F C

I've found myself in the city for work again - take me back to the country! At least the City of Halifax barely meets the requirement for a "city" at only about 400,000 total population. Only here for a week thankfully.

 

[N F C]

Good Morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee @DobieLover and @N F C

I've found myself in the city for work again - take me back to the country! At least the City of Halifax barely meets the requirement for a "city" at only about 400,000 total population. Only here for a week thankfully.

Morning @Offshoreorca, 400,000 sounds like a big city to me! There are only about 57,000 in the city I live in (and it's the 2nd largest in the state of Wyoming).

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee. No snow here, but a front with falling temperatures and rain is on its way.