A Bit Irish

Isn't everyone a bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day?

Celebrate with this corned beef and cabbage soup from The Cooking Mom. It's filled with lots of dairy too!

Reuben Soup

Ingredients
1 cup onion, finely diced
1 cup celery, fined diced
5 tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken stock
1 1/2 cups finely chopped corned beef
1 1/2 cups sauerkraut, drained
3 cups half and half
3 cups Swiss cheese, shredded
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
Chopped Italian parsley
Rye bread or rye croutons

Directions
In a large soup pan, cook onions and celery in butter until tender. Season with a little salt and pepper. Add flour and cook for another minute or two, stirring constantly. Add stock and bring to a boil, whisking often until it starts to thicken. Turn down heat a bit and stir in half and half, sauerkraut and corned beef. Add Swiss cheese a handful at a time. Whisk until cheese is melted. Add ketchup and relish. Taste to see if a little more salt and pepper is needed. If soup gets too thick, add a little more stock, half and half, or milk. Serve with parsley on top.
Notes: Great with rye bread for dipping or with rye croutons on top!

Have A Soup-er Bowl

Many of you...

probably already know...

our family is...

HUGE Minnesota Vikings fans,

and even though our Vikings will not be in the Super Bowl (again) this year, we will still be watching...and eating our way through the game!

Soup-er Creamy Veggie Soup

 Souper Creamy Veggie Soup

• Servings: 6
• Created by: Midwest Dairy Association

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups reduced fat milk
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can (14 ½ ounces) fat free chicken broth
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes (1 ½ cups)
• 1 ½ cups thinly sliced carrots
• 2 cups small broccoli florets or cut fresh green beans
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

Preparation

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broth, potato and carrots; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
2. Add broccoli, salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
3. Place flour in a medium bowl. Gradually stir in milk, mixing well.
4. Add milk mixture to soup; bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup has thickened.
5. On the run? Use pre-cut or thawed frozen vegetables to make this tasty soup in a snap.
6. Substitution Idea
7. For chicken vegetable soup, stir in 2 cups diced cooked chicken breast in with the milk-flour mixture.
8. Now I know my ABC’s For an educational dinner, add 1 cup of cooked alphabet pasta to the soup.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

• Calories: 130
• Total Fat: 3mg
• Cholesterol: 11mg
• Sodium: 847mg
• Carbohydrates: 19mg
• Protein: 5mg
• Calcium: 15% Daily Value

- See more at: http://www.dairymakessense.com/recipe/soup-er-creamy-veggie-soup/#sthash.ZDZsf4X8.dpuf

The recipe for Souper Creamy Veggie Soup can be found at Dairy Makes Sense.

• Servings: 6
• Created by: Midwest Dairy Association

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups reduced fat milk
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can (14 ½ ounces) fat free chicken broth
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes (1 ½ cups)
• 1 ½ cups thinly sliced carrots
• 2 cups small broccoli florets or cut fresh green beans
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

Preparation

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broth, potato and carrots; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
2. Add broccoli, salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
3. Place flour in a medium bowl. Gradually stir in milk, mixing well.
4. Add milk mixture to soup; bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup has thickened.
5. On the run? Use pre-cut or thawed frozen vegetables to make this tasty soup in a snap.
6. Substitution Idea
7. For chicken vegetable soup, stir in 2 cups diced cooked chicken breast in with the milk-flour mixture.
8. Now I know my ABC’s For an educational dinner, add 1 cup of cooked alphabet pasta to the soup.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

• Calories: 130
• Total Fat: 3mg
• Cholesterol: 11mg
• Sodium: 847mg
• Carbohydrates: 19mg
• Protein: 5mg
• Calcium: 15% Daily Value

- See more at: http://www.dairymakessense.com/recipe/soup-er-creamy-veggie-soup/#sthash.ZDZsf4X8.dpuf

Soup-er Creamy Veggie Soup

Have a "souper" Super Bowl everyone!

 

• Servings: 6
• Created by: Midwest Dairy Association

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups reduced fat milk
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can (14 ½ ounces) fat free chicken broth
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes (1 ½ cups)
• 1 ½ cups thinly sliced carrots
• 2 cups small broccoli florets or cut fresh green beans
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

Preparation

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broth, potato and carrots; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
2. Add broccoli, salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
3. Place flour in a medium bowl. Gradually stir in milk, mixing well.
4. Add milk mixture to soup; bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup has thickened.
5. On the run? Use pre-cut or thawed frozen vegetables to make this tasty soup in a snap.
6. Substitution Idea
7. For chicken vegetable soup, stir in 2 cups diced cooked chicken breast in with the milk-flour mixture.
8. Now I know my ABC’s For an educational dinner, add 1 cup of cooked alphabet pasta to the soup.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

• Calories: 130
• Total Fat: 3mg
• Cholesterol: 11mg
• Sodium: 847mg
• Carbohydrates: 19mg
• Protein: 5mg
• Calcium: 15% Daily Value

- See more at: http://www.dairymakessense.com/recipe/soup-er-creamy-veggie-soup/#sthash.ZDZsf4X8.dpuf

• Servings: 6
• Created by: Midwest Dairy Association

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups reduced fat milk
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can (14 ½ ounces) fat free chicken broth
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes (1 ½ cups)
• 1 ½ cups thinly sliced carrots
• 2 cups small broccoli florets or cut fresh green beans
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

Preparation

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broth, potato and carrots; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
2. Add broccoli, salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
3. Place flour in a medium bowl. Gradually stir in milk, mixing well.
4. Add milk mixture to soup; bring to a simmer. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup has thickened.
5. On the run? Use pre-cut or thawed frozen vegetables to make this tasty soup in a snap.
6. Substitution Idea
7. For chicken vegetable soup, stir in 2 cups diced cooked chicken breast in with the milk-flour mixture.
8. Now I know my ABC’s For an educational dinner, add 1 cup of cooked alphabet pasta to the soup.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

• Calories: 130
• Total Fat: 3mg
• Cholesterol: 11mg
• Sodium: 847mg
• Carbohydrates: 19mg
• Protein: 5mg
• Calcium: 15% Daily Value

- See more at: http://www.dairymakessense.com/recipe/soup-er-creamy-veggie-soup/#sthash.ZDZsf4X8.dpuf

A Change Of Seasons

Here in Minnesota, the leaves are beginning to drop from the trees, the nights are getting cooler, and daylight hours are getting shorter. These are sure signs of the Fall season. But here at Bremer Farms, Fall is not the only season that is upon us. Welcome to soup-for-supper season and football season!

Thanks to Jamie Cooks It Up!

To me, there is nothing better on a cool Fall (or Winter) evening than soup-for-supper. Combining our crazy, hectic schedule here on the farm, and our busy off-the-farm jobs, our evening meal is the only time our family is usually, not always, able to share a meal together. I love coming in from nightly milking to a hot bowl of soup and our family gathered around the dinner table. I hope you enjoy this Loaded Baked Potato Soup, a recipe I originally found on Pinterest. It is creamy deliciousness served up with crusty bread, and butter!

Now, about football season. Yes, I know that our Minnesota Vikings are not off to a great start this year. O.k. not even a good start, but they are not giving up, and neither are we! We have cheered them on each Sunday since the season began, and we'll do so until the final game of the season, just like we do each year. We're confident they will make it to the Super Bowl...some day.

In the mean time, we continue to show our pride. Would you please go to Show Your Pride and vote for our photo. (It's the same photo you see here). It only takes seconds to vote and you can vote once a day until the contest ends on October 18th. If we are the lucky winner, a Minnesota Viking will visit our dairy farm. Thanks for voting!