Happy New Year!!! ~ 2013!

Happy New Year! It's 2013! ~ Where did the last year take you? How are things different in your world now, than they were a year ago? Well, for me, as you know I have a new job! Other than that, still love being a mom, wife, chicken farmer, gardener, canner, and every thing else. Oh, except laundress. I don't like that job! lol!

With the weather being colder, it seems like all I make is soup, but I love soup! I made a great Venison-Vegetable soup the other night after everyone came in from snowmobiling...I just threw it together, So I hope you enjoy!

I started with 1 lb of venison and browned it.

Then added onion, carrots (still from my garden, folks!) and celery and added it to the pot with the venison.

I then added a jar of Stewed Tomatoes that I canned this fall. You could add a couple of cans of diced or stewed tomatoes, whichever you would like!

Next I added some beef broth, about 2 cups. and 2 cups of water. Make sure your beef broth is condensed. For extra flavor, I cheated and added some beefy-onion soup mix, as I wanted it to be extra "beefy" if you know what I mean!! haha.
Add a  little Worcestershire sauce, (a few drops will do) and really anything else you like in your soup! I added peas I had frozen from my garden, corn I had frozen, and some thyme and parsely! (Don't forget the salt and pepper!)

 

 

 

I baked a loaf of bread in my bread machine to go with it, and voila! Supper! How easy is that?

 

 

Venison-Vegetable soup with homemade bread