Cream of Mushroom Recipe

Nothing fancy to warm your belly. I like them chunky, with loads of mushrooms...For this recipe I simply used the regular white/ brown fresh mushrooms. You may opt to use other types to your fancy.

Ingredients:
5 cups of chopped mushrooms
half cup of diced onions
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
1 cup of cooking cream+ milk
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp all purpose flour (dissolved in water)
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsbp salt
grounded black pepper

Instructions:

1. Heat butter in a sauce pan. Add in onions and fry till translucent, then add in mushrooms. Let simmer for 2-5 minutes then remove and let cool. (you may choose to save some mushrooms for the chunky bits later)
   
2. Blend ingredients from (1) with chicken broth. Blend until smooth.
   
3. Pour mixture into a pot, add cream+ milk, flour, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Stir well and let simmer for 15 minutes.
   
4. In the last 5 minutes, add in remaining chunky mushrooms (finely diced). Garnish and serve warm.

Prep time : 30 minutes
Difficulty level : easy

Simple Chinese Corn Soup Recipe

I want to share this with my dear BFFL who requested for a 'lazy-people's-recipe'.
This is a simple ordinary Chinese soup recipe yet wholesome, delicious, warm, perfect for a cold weather.



Ingredients (Portion ~ 10 small bowls):
chicken/pork bones (or you can use chicken stock if your mom's not watching)
6-8 pieces of dried longan (from asian grocers)
6-8 pieces of dries red dates (from asian grocers)
Corn (equally good with raw papaya, chinese cucumber, radish)- cut to pieces
Salt to taste (~2 tsp)

Instruction:

1. Bring a big pot of water (3/4 filled) to boil then add in meat (bones). Be sure that water is boiling before adding in bones/meat to avoid murky soup.
2. Add in corn, dates and longan.
3. Boil for at least 1 hour on medium heat. Add salt then serve.

Cooking time : 1 hour
Difficulty level : N/A...a chimp can do it, so can you!