Rocky's Recipes

Recipes, ethical omnivore and farming tips, and realistic body positivity. Proudly ex-vegan/anti-vegan, proudly in ED recovery, proudly Native, proud mini-farmer, proud bow hunter. Most recipes will be low carb, low sugar, and/or gluten, soy, and shellfish free simply because grains, sugars, soy, and shellfish upset my tummy. Soy and almond are avoided for environmental reasons. V*gans, racists, ableists, and all queerphobes DNI.

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How to make the perfect soup

part 1: the broth

So just a quick introduction here, hi, I'm Rayner, aka Rocky, and one of the few precious skills I possess is knowing how to make a GREAT soup from scraps, and I would like to teach you step by step.

Step 0 to the perfect soup broth: you need to squirrel away ingredients.

What I mean is that when you have leftover vegetables, scrambled eggs, egg whites, egg yolks, meat, bones, ect that are unable to be used right away, you need to freeze it for soup. I tend to focus on onions, carrots, chicken and chicken bones, and eggs because they're what I have most.

Typically, when I freeze items for soup, I'll freeze 1 kind of bones and meat scraps (today it's chicken with a random turkey leg), 1 variety of onion (peel, outermost layer, and any scraps. Today, there were red onions and sweet onions in the mix, which is fine), and one or two other veggies or eggs (today I have bell peppers and egg yolks)

Sometimes I keep water from pasta and freeze the bones in it, because the starch from the pasta water adds depth to the broth, but I don't do that often because I don't eat pasta very often due to gluten issues. It's definitely an option though!

The bags typically look like this, this one is ham and pork bones for the next time I do barbecue ham and bean soup. (Ignore my fuzzy bath robe sleeve, please)

Step 1: adding the bags to the pot

So, if you use the pasta water method, you have to let the entire thing thaw to get it out of the bag, because it'll be a giant effing chunk of ice, which is another reason why I prefer to skip that step.

But if you skip the water, you can add all your bones and scraps directly into a stock pot (I use one with a strainer insert to help with the straining step) and cover it with water. Set it on high, and cover it until it boils up. (You can see some frozen pasta water with red onions in there. I have no idea when I made that, but it's good 👌)

Meanwhile, start thawing out any meat you want to add to the finished soup and start chopping veggies for that part, too. I'm making a chicken noodle soup, so I'm thawing chicken breast tenderloins and I have carrots, celery, and sweet onions for later.

Step 2: boiling

Once your broth ingredients are boiling and thawed, you can decrease the temperature and add fresher vegetables like mushrooms or more onions (I always add a whole onion to the broth at this point)

Step 3: let it boil until everything turns the same color

Grab a snack, this takes awhile.

During this part, which can take 45 minutes to a few hours, you want to occasionally stir the pot and add more water as it evaporates off. If you use glass measuring cups, don't touch the glass to the pot. I broke one that way, RIP.

I'll do part 2 when I strain it 😊

[rockysrecipes]

How to make the perfect soup part 2: the meat and potatoes (or celery)

Step 1: Strain out the broth

Once all of your broth ingredients look tan and drained, or when your broth looks and smells ready, strain the broth out into a different pot from the scraps (or, if you're using a strainer insert, just lift it up). Compost the solids in the strainer. Add water if needed and turn the heat up until your broth is at a rolling boil. If you haven't yet, dice your meat (again, I'm using chicken tenderloins, but sometimes I also use canned chicken, pork, ham, stew beef, venison, lamb, or pretty much whatever we have) and gather your seasonings.

Step 2: Egg

This is optional, but I usually like a scrambled egg in my soup. Once your broth is boiling, pour in an uncooked scrambled egg and let it boil for at least a minute.

Step 3: Add vegetables and seasonings

Once your egg is cooked, it's time to add veggies. You can use frozen, fresh, or canned, but generally, frozen vegetables need to be added earlier than fresh, and fresh vegetables need to be added earlier than canned vegetables due to their cooking times.

As for seasonings, I always recommend the basics of salt, pepper, garlic powder, bay leaves, and paprika, though you can really use whatever tastes good to you or whatever you have. I added sage, chili powder, tumeric, curry powder, and a few other things to mine. Another favorite of mine is salt + pepper +garlic+ Italian seasoning + sage + rosemary + thyme + oregano for Italian soup.

Step 4: add the meat

This is technically done around the same time as step 3, basically raw meat is added earlier, like with frozen vegetables, and pre-cooked meat doesn't take as long. For cubed chicken breast, which I used here, I let it boil for a minimum of 45 minutes. For canned chicken, 15 is good enough.

Step 5: pasta, rice, and other carbs

So, while I am tagging this as low carb, it doesn't have to be and I'm not making it 0 carb today. (Cheat day 🤷🏼‍♂️)

If you want to add egg noodles, simply throw them in while it's boiling for the last 10-12 minutes of cooking. If you're adding rice or wheat pasta, I would cook it separately before adding it near the end to prevent sogginess.

Step 6: Try your masterpiece

Remember that you can always add salt and spice but can't take them back out, so if you're not an experienced cook, it can help to season super lightly through out and then add more at the end.

Bon appetit!

It turned out super cloudy because I accidentally put a turkey leg in there lol oops

[rockysrecipes]

How to make the perfect soup

part 1: the broth

So just a quick introduction here, hi, I'm Rayner, aka Rocky, and one of the few precious skills I possess is knowing how to make a GREAT soup from scraps, and I would like to teach you step by step.

Step 0 to the perfect soup broth: you need to squirrel away ingredients.

What I mean is that when you have leftover vegetables, scrambled eggs, egg whites, egg yolks, meat, bones, ect that are unable to be used right away, you need to freeze it for soup. I tend to focus on onions, carrots, chicken and chicken bones, and eggs because they're what I have most.

Typically, when I freeze items for soup, I'll freeze 1 kind of bones and meat scraps (today it's chicken with a random turkey leg), 1 variety of onion (peel, outermost layer, and any scraps. Today, there were red onions and sweet onions in the mix, which is fine), and one or two other veggies or eggs (today I have bell peppers and egg yolks)

Sometimes I keep water from pasta and freeze the bones in it, because the starch from the pasta water adds depth to the broth, but I don't do that often because I don't eat pasta very often due to gluten issues. It's definitely an option though!

The bags typically look like this, this one is ham and pork bones for the next time I do barbecue ham and bean soup. (Ignore my fuzzy bath robe sleeve, please)

Step 1: adding the bags to the pot

So, if you use the pasta water method, you have to let the entire thing thaw to get it out of the bag, because it'll be a giant effing chunk of ice, which is another reason why I prefer to skip that step.

But if you skip the water, you can add all your bones and scraps directly into a stock pot (I use one with a strainer insert to help with the straining step) and cover it with water. Set it on high, and cover it until it boils up. (You can see some frozen pasta water with red onions in there. I have no idea when I made that, but it's good 👌)

Meanwhile, start thawing out any meat you want to add to the finished soup and start chopping veggies for that part, too. I'm making a chicken noodle soup, so I'm thawing chicken breast tenderloins and I have carrots, celery, and sweet onions for later.

Step 2: boiling

Once your broth ingredients are boiling and thawed, you can decrease the temperature and add fresher vegetables like mushrooms or more onions (I always add a whole onion to the broth at this point)

Step 3: let it boil until everything turns the same color

Grab a snack, this takes awhile.

During this part, which can take 45 minutes to a few hours, you want to occasionally stir the pot and add more water as it evaporates off. If you use glass measuring cups, don't touch the glass to the pot. I broke one that way, RIP.

I'll do part 2 when I strain it 😊

[rockysrecipes]

Last night's meatloaf

[rockysrecipes]

Bison steaks!

Just a little salt and pepper, pan fried to rare, with green beans on the side!

This is literally the best steak I've ever had 🥰

[rayrayneedsabreak]

I'm having keto BBQ bacon wrapped meatloaf for dinner and it smells amazing 🥰

If you're wondering how you make keto friendly meatloaf, you use crushed pork rinds instead of breadcrumbs.

So it's ingredients are pork rinds, pork, veal, beef, bacon, eggs, onions, and sugar free BBQ sauce. No fake soy, no fillers, and all locally sourced but the sauce.

It's gonna rock.

[rockysrecipes]

It was this recipe, sugar free BBQ sauce subbing the ketchup and mustard, topped with a bacon weave and more BBQ sauce. The breadcrumbs were also subbed out for crushed BBQ pork rinds to make it grain free!

10/10

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