{"id":571,"date":"2019-10-26T00:11:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T00:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/?p=571"},"modified":"2019-10-26T00:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T00:11:38","slug":"crappy-week-calls-for-comforting-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiniacrippes.com\/food\/2019\/10\/26\/crappy-week-calls-for-comforting-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Crappy week calls for comforting soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had plans to make something else this week, but something about the best laid plans of mice and men<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bear with me as I get personal for just a second before getting into the recipe (I know, it\u2019s widely mocked), but on Sunday night one of my two oldest cats had his first seizure and it was rather traumatic for us (he seems to be doing OK but it probably isn\u2019t good news in the long run). This comes on the heels of learning less than two weeks ago that my other oldest cat has chronic health issues. So not only have I not been sleeping well but we\u2019ve upped our medication routine lately, and of course, my anxiety.<\/p>\n

This all means that while I had a vague idea of what I was going to make, I didn\u2019t get around to it yet. Thankfully, my sweetie had plans to make one of his favorite seasonal soups, beer cheese soup. More importantly, he had the ingredients on hand. So, while he did some household chores, I made the soup.<\/p>\n

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Amy Thielen’s beer cheese soup recipe ingredients.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s from Amy Thielen\u2019s The New Midwestern Table<\/a>, one of my favorite cookbooks, and the beer cheese soup recipe in it is one of our family favorites. It\u2019s not the healthiest but its simple and quality ingredients make it seem kinda OK.<\/p>\n

Because I trust Amy Thielen, I mostly follow her recipes with little alteration. The same is true in this case, except as it was approaching 9 p.m., I decided to skip the blending step. I know, it\u2019s sacrilege to have chunky beer cheese soup, but it works for me. Mostly, I don\u2019t love smooth soups. But also, after realizing that my diced veggies — as the recipe called for — weren\u2019t that chunky, I figured I\u2019d save myself the effort.<\/p>\n

After all, it\u2019s been the kind of week that calls for easy, comfort food.<\/p>\n

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See those chunks. Yum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what I did:<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n