Creamy Vegetable Rice Soup!

My husband is the sexiest chef!

Last night, he made the most DELICIOUS soup!

I posted a picture to Facebook and got crazy feedback, so I decided to post the recipe and share it with the world! It's so easy and so delicious!

And the best part about it is that it's cheap, cheap, cheap to make! And it makes a ton! We ate it for the next three meals (almost literally). It gets more flavorful after a day or two :)

This recipe came from my husband's mission in Lithuania!

These pictures don't do it justice!

Creamy Vegetable Rice Soup 

1/4 cup butter 

4 stalks celery, chopped 

2 medium carrots, grated 

1 large onion, chopped 

1 red bell pepper, chopped 

5 cups chicken broth

About 1/2 cup flour

3 cups cooked rice

3 cups whipping cream

1/2 cup parsley (optional)

Salt

Pepper

1. In large pan, sauté vegetables in melted butter for 8-10 minutes on medium heat.

2. Add: 1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons flour, 1 tsp salt,  and 1/2 tsp pepper 

3. Pour in about 5 or so cups of chicken stock or broth. 

4. Add: 3 cups cooked rice 

5. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. 

6. Take the pan off of heat and pour in whipping cream. 

*Do not continue heating once cream has been added.

We ate this with a slice of wheat bread! It was divine!

Beef or Pork? Or Berk?

As I've gone on before, I love my crock pot. The other day, I decided I was going to do my usual mustard-ginger-soy pork roast. I got out the meat to thaw. We were having company the next day, so I decided to double it! I threw one roast in the microwave and the other under some warm water. My husband suggested that I do just one of the roasts because it was plenty big, so I stopped thawing the other roast in the microwave and threw it back into the freezer. I threw the "musginsoy" concoction on it and called it a night.

Funny Story...

The next day, we decided to throw some baby carrots into the crock pot for the last few hours of cooking. It wasn't until then that I realized we made a BEEF roast! I mean, we're talking about two different animals here! Silly, silly me. The other roast was a pork roast. I literally face palmed myself. Could you imagine if I had thrown both of them into the crock pot?! Oh, boy.

Here is the said beef roast. It was rather delicious!

Served with sweet potatoes and green beans!

Paleo?

To be honest, I love pork much more. The silly blunder of the mustard-ginger-soy recipe added to it wasn't half bad, though! Pork is definitely more absorbant and less fatty. I had to soak up the top layer of juices to minimize the fat in the gravy!

And there you have it, folks. My silly yet successful crock pot adventure!