Thanks for sharign none-the-less. My boyfriend and I still swear by your bread recipe and make it regularly following your method exactly!!

Delicious!!

Thanks for the recipe, Kris.

It seems that a higher fat content makes pot roast blend and taste better. A better cut like bottom round, with less fat, has the opposite affect.

So there’s the reason why yours is never good enough because it does not have MSG! Don’t you find it strange that this version is SOOOO much better than any of the ones you have tried? Google it and see.

With all due respect to Kim, of course.

It is also possible to find an “organic” version of the soup mix and mushroom soup.

Either way, if it makes you happy and it works for you, eat your heart out!

-Brown onion or shallot with ground turkey.
-Once browned, mix half Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Wing sauce with a good barbecue sauce.
-Mix in some black beans and/or frozen corn
-Let simmer for an hour or so
-serve in whole wheat pita with some blue cheese crumbles.

I’m sure a much tastier, much healthier less processed and equally frugal version of this recipe exists (and at least one has been posted in the comments).

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/french-onion-soup-recipe/index.html

We put some crusty bread with gruyere under the broiler for a few minutes and float it on top.

If this is what one chooses to do, however, you must eat a balanced diet. There are people who say they are vegan and chow down on nothing but processed foods, which is what is making so many people sick in this country. Truly being vegan entails eating whole, organic foods and as much local food–which contains more nutrients than foods that have been harvested unriped and/or traveled great distances and been doused with chemicals to preserve them–as possible. Also, knowing where your food comes from, by shopping at local stores and farmer’s markets, you also know about the quality of the farming. If the soil is rich, the food is nutritious. (This goes for animal based products too.) Then you must eat a balanced diet.

On the other hand, in spite of the abundance in this country and the fact that most people are meat eaters, there is an epidemic of obesity, diabetes, _and_ extremely poor nutrition. In fact, I listened to two pediatricians on PRI yesterday discuss that vitamin D levels in children in this country are way below the levels that they should be. They have determined that previous estimates of 25% were optimistic. They estimate that 70% of U.S. children are low in vitamin D.

I’m not trying to persuade you to become a vegan by any means. However, I think that what we Americans have been taught by our government and special interest groups about diet is erroneous. There are serious nutritional issues that need to be addressed. Food access and safety have been corrupted. Those of us with money in our pockets (even though I’m currently unemployed) and access to nice groceries and markets have the luxury of getting healthy food and balancing our diets. Many others in this country don’t have that luxury. I’m sorry to say.

I have found cutting the meat into chunks helps the meat come out consistently tender and yummy. I learned how to make it in the oven like Kris, but the slow cooker actually does BETTER as well as using less energy.

Re: Finding Lipton Soup

In my grocery store they have soup and dried soup in separate aisles. The Lipton soup is actually with the ramen, near the pasta.

Lipton’s and canned mushroom soup: it was the way we used to cook. And eat: those old recipes were tasty, or at least we sure thought so.

Today the processed soupoids taste way too salty for me. They leave me feeling like my mouth is puckered up, and craving water for hours afterward.

Left overs I shred the meat add a fresh salsa, cheese and turn into burrito, enchilada, quesadilla.

Wonderful food. Ideas her now I am hungry. Tonight Chicken.

Great point on starting with good beef — you can’t fake quality when it comes to meat.

There are also tons of recipes for homemade onion soup mix on the internet; it’s largely just beef bouillon and onion flakes.

Americans get way too much protein in their diet. Mother’s milk contains 16% protein and that’s all anyone needs. That is easily consumed by eating legumes, dark green vegetables, and products that include vegetable hemp (i.e, without the THC).

I know this is way too radical for most folks. I thought it was at first too. However, now that my autoimmune disease has gone into remission, my formerly high pain levels have all but disappeared, and I rarely get any bug, I am convinced. Good food is the best medicine!