Mmmmmm, homemade chicken noodle soup. Good for the stomach, good for the soul. That’s all you really need to know about this one!

Ingredients:

• 5-7 chicken thighs/wings/legs
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks of celery
• 1 onion
• 1 leek
• 1 parsley root
• 1/2 celery root

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After going mushroom picking with my family, my great aunt made the most incredible mushroom soup. It smelled so warm and earthy and completely transformed mushroom soup for me! This is my attempt to recreate that meal and bring back some memories while utilizing some of those wild forest mushrooms.  Dried porcini mushrooms (or any dried wild mushrooms) that you find in most grocery stores have a deep, earthy flavor and should be the star of this dish.  You don’t need much to enhance the flavor!

Ingredients:

• 1 package crimini mushrooms
• 1 package white mushrooms
• Small handful of dried mushrooms

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Pickle soup?!? WHAAAT? Yes. Pickle soup. It has been a thing in Poland for quite some time! It is delicious, savory, and surprisingly doesn’t taste like a jar of pickles, but does have a bit of tang to it. Just try it!

As with all soups, this will taste better the next day, or after it has a chance to sit for a while. The ingredients an amounts below are a base, but add and taste and add and taste until you love it! The ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THIS RECIPE IS YOU MUST USE GOOD PICKLES IN BRINE WITH LOTS OF GARLIC AND GOOD SEASONINGS AND NOTTTTT PICKLES IN VINEGAR!!!
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