Potato and Carrot Soup recipe

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Angeline

potato and carrot soup recipe
I cooked this soup with the slow cooker last night then transferred it to my soup pot and boiled it on high heat for another 30-45min. I still like to cook my soup on the stove top on because it makes the soup become more full-bodied and the chicken bones when boiled on high heat lend a milky taste to the soup – my favourite!

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Potato and Carrot Soup
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 3 Brastagi potatoes (skinned and cut into quarters or sixths, depending on the size of the potato) - Russet potatoes will melt in the soup if cooked for long
  • 2 carrots, skinned and chopped into chunks
  • ½ - 1 can button mushrooms (optional)
  • 1 packet of fish balls (optional)
  • 10g dried scallops
  • 2-3 chicken carcasses
  • 3 pieces of pork ribs (about 200g)
  • 3 cloves garlic, leave peel on
  • 3-4L water
  • fish sauce to taste
Instructions
  1. Place the pork ribs and chicken carcasses in a pot of water with enough water to cover them. Bring it to a boil then turn the flame off.
  2. Remove the pork ribs and chicken carcasses and place them in a soup bag, together with the garlic and dried scallops. Tie up the bag and place the bag in your soup pot filled with 3-4L water.
  3. Bring the water to a boil, add the potatoes and simmer for about 3 hours, adding in the carrots at the halfway mark.
  4. Add in the button mushrooms and the fish balls just before serving. Bring the soup to a boil again and wait till the fishballs float to the top.
  5. Add sauce to taste and serve.
  6. !If you are using a slowcooker (crock pot):
  7. After step 2, place all the ingredients into the slow cooker and cook for 6-8 hours.

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The letter A Lapbook

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Angeline
I did up this lapbook for the letter A earlier and I forgot to blog about it. Essentially a lapbook works like portfolio, showcasing what has been done. For older kids, it serves its purpose as a revision tool – well, for young kids like Alicia, it’s a great way to store all the things that I’ve prepared for her and I can take it out for her to ‘revise’ too!
This is the cover of the lapbook (I used a normal cardboard file, and that’s her first fingerpainting pic that was done at home):


Here’s what it looks like when you open the file:


I stuck an envelope (to contain the word-pic matching cards) to the top left of the file with glue.
The alligator puzzle has one piece with a velcro attachment so that when not in use, I’d just tie up the pieces and attach the puzzle to the file.
The apple tree puzzle also has a velcro attachment behind so that it can be easily stored and removed from the file.
Posted in Homeschooling, Lapbook, Teaching English | 2 Comments