Soupa scoopa and mighty soups

I made soups. My son has a new thermos for taking hot lunch to school. We can really cram anything in there but it will all get combined by the end of the day so soup makes more sense. I've been trying out some new homemade recipes. We eat the soup for dinner and the boy takes the leftovers to school in his thermos the next day.

1. Chicken and Leek Soup

I mostly followed this recipe but I don't have a crock-pot so I just made it on the stove top. It was kinda tart to I stirred in some half and half when it was on the table and that eased it up a bit. It was very nice but it's one of those soups where every mouthful is exactly the same as the last. I served it with a salad with my favorite omega mix of nuts and berries on the top and some light balsamic dressing. Salad is so delicious but my family aren't so keen.

2. Vegetable and Chorizo Soup

This one was made from this recipe but I couldn't get all the ingredients at my usual supermarket so I made a few substitutions. First, I couldn't get vegetable stock so I used chicken stock. Second, they were out of leeks so I used a normal onion instead. I made double the quantity of soup so that it would last longer but decided that I should use half chorizo and half a less fatty meat so it was half chorizo and half chicken. My son and I both thought that this one was great but my husband preferred the potato and leek soup. There were so many veggies in here that I didn't make a salad, just served with bread.

Tangy turkey sausage casserole

I fried an onion, six Italian spiced turkey sausages and a punnet of mushrooms together in a large pan (all sliced). When the sausage was cooked, I added half a teaspoon of paprika, half a cup of apple cider vinegar and a quarter of a cup of Worcestershire sauce. I let this simmer together for about 15 mins.

As it simmered, it all went the same unappealing shade of browny-grey. I started to worry that my  spontaneous combination of ingredients would be too tart  As I was struggling to come up with a dinner rescue strategy, I let my son taste the juice and he really liked the flavor  I decided to give it a try and served it with sweet potato mash and green beans. The kid licked the plate clean and is taking leftovers to school tomorrow. I love it when my son enjoys my cooking. :)

My husband is out so I can't comment on what he thought of it, but i'll update later.

Update: Husband approved