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Thanks Jess. Eating what you grow – once a necessity and maybe again. I learnt the trick of double rinsing the dried beans before cooking, and again after cooking so they dont make you windy.
A couple questions about this video, do you save your bacon grease and do you make your aprons?
Jess: About a tablespoon of tomato paste
Me: GIRLLLLLLL That was more than just a tbsp!
Jess:……..Maybe two tablespoons! I love tomatoes
Lmao u gotta start telling him to get you a sprig of thyme instead of a handful but I get it when I tell my husband to go get me a handful of rosemary or anything like that he will get me a entire handful like ThT as well so now I have to tell him
To just get me one or two sprigs cause when you say handful that usually means and pretty big bundle lol but my rosemary is amazing it has became a massive freaking bush my boss came over two years ago and got her a clipping of it and now she has a huge bush of it now too and omg the way fresh rosemary smells is insane we use it at her house and put it in the feed room where we store all the horses foods and treats and big rats try to get in there and the original barn cat we have now retired him cause he is just so old and he chases them and catches them but he gets so tired so they got two new kittens to raise them to get the rat and mice but the entire room smells like rosemary now instead of horse feed two of the foods stink so bad so the rosemary over powers that smell and it also keeps the rats out of the room as well so it's really cool
Yep. Been cooking every meal at home for 5 months now. I've even started pressure canning home-made soups for when our family gets hit by covid-19.
Your kitchen is really pretty, but I love what you did with the remodel ❤ ☺ I'm a little newer, so I haven't seen your old kitchen yet lol. Oh, and thank you so much for all your videos they have helped a lot.
Thank you for this video. I cook alot like you do. But the tip about drying tomatos and making a powder to use as a substitute for paste is AWESOME! Another thing to do in my New Solar Dehydrator my husband made for me.
Please just start scanning that notebook of yours and sell as a book. please!! Lol
Did you know medically it's not good for you to allow your food to come in contact with foil add heat…it puts aluminum into your foods at a high concentration.( aluminum known to increase your chances of alzheimer, dementia and other brain disorders)..you might consider using parchment paper instead
I make stewp( thicker gravy broth heartier soups)
I'm super late to the party, but if you saute white mushrooms for a long time it adds a great depth of flavor as well! I like to mince them up and add a splash of soy sauce and just let them sizzle! With the beans it's delicious!
I wonder how smoked paprika would be in that bean soup….I often hear chefs using it….(never tried it myself)
btw wish YOU had a tv show as you are such a fantastic communicator, pleasant, christian, and real! you deserve such a show….move over, Martha Stewart lol
Thank you for sharing. Yummo
I love how she doesn't look at the pot while the aromatics are frying. I keep worrying that they will burn lol with tomato paste: when I open a can, I freeze the rest in another container or wrapped in little bits in wax paper
From time to time, I add a can of tomatoes and sliced carrots to the soup before simmering to make it a little heartier. I also use the quick soak method for beans. Just clean the beans, cover with water, bring to a boil for a couple minutes, remove from heat, cover and let set for one hour. Drain and rinse then cook.
I’m thinking that bacon fat would have been the thing to cook the onions and celery in
What kind of beans?
I know this is a year later, plus change. But just a suggestion, couple strips of hog jowl or fat back thrown in with the onions and garlic, best thing ever.
I'm renaming it Bean Chowder 😉 hehe
Another add that I use since I also dehydrate for my stores is to take some of my squash and make a purée to dehydrate into chips that I then use as opposed to tomato paste (for a variety) by adding a handful of those squash chips to my beans …or any soup. Another fabulous way to use all the bounty that squash gives us.
Funny timing just cooked mayocoba beans in instant pot took 10 minutes. We grew up on bean soups and fed a large family so these memories of soup feel like love since your parents have passed.
Good memories for the kids to have
I like that she told us WHY she was making the choices she did. For example, adding bacon, tomato paste, and paprika to focus on a smoky flavor profile! Sometimes I see recipes and they tell me to do something in a specific order or add a strange ingredient and I can't understand why they do it like that. Now that I know more about cooking and have experimented around quite a bit, I know it's to release the aromatics, etc. But at the time it just seems like extra steps! Thanks for being so beginner-friendly!
Thank you Jess
I’ll make some, or some versions of it ♥️
YES YES YES