Friday, October 15, 2010

Recipe: Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

Bacon Cheeseburger Soup

1/2 pound ground beef, browned, drained
6 to 8 slices bacon, browned, crumbled
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cheddar cheese soup
2 soup cans milk

In large saucepan, combine all ingredients.  Simmer over low heat 20 minutes.  Makes 6 servings
My husband loves bacon, like Paula Deen loves butter.  When I am creating recipes, he almost always suggests I add bacon to it.  This recipe is perfect for him.  It has a lot of his favorite flavors in one bowl.  The rich taste of cheddar cheese, combined with the hearty flavor of beef and of course his favorite ingredient, bacon.  It tastes like it's name, Bacon Cheese Burger Soup.
I am often asked how I come up with recipes.  One way I come up with recipes is by going to restaurants and trying to figure out what is in the dish I am eating.  I carry a small notebook with me wherever I go.  The one above is the current one I am carrying.  When I go to a restaurant and taste something I like, I write down what I think is in the dish and make notes in the notebook.  Then I will go home and try to recreate the recipe.
Above is a picture of the page in the notebook for Bacon Cheeseburger Soup.  While I was traveling this summer promoting my newest cookbook, I went to a restaurant and had a bowl of this soup.  It is a simple soup, so figuring out what was in it was easy.  When I returned home from my travels, this was one of the first recipes I recreated.  I knew my husband would love it and since I had been out of town for so long, I thought it was time to spoil him with food he would love.

This recipe will be in the cookbook I am currently writing.  The cookbook is called, BUSY WOMAN'S 3 & 4 INGREDIENT COOKBOOK.  This cookbook will be available next summer.

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18 comments:

  1. Sounds delicious. The weather has finally turned off cool here so this is a perfect recipe for this time of the year!

    Jane

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  2. OH MY GOSH!!! My family will love this soup. Who knew it could be so simple? I will definitely be trying this one. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

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  3. You had be at "bacon" and it is so simple! I'm making it this weekend!

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  4. This sounds good. It is definitely an easy throw together soup which is perfect for the weekday.

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  5. Bacon...yum...Sounds great...I'd have to add some onion and jalapenos.

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  6. Dear lord, I am picking up the ingredients tonight

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  7. This soup looks like a winner! I'm going to try it! The weather is perfect for it:)

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  8. Yum! That's one tasty looking soup, Linda! Your husband definitely knows what's good ~ bacon and your soup! Mine would love this also! Clever with the notebook! It beats asking the chef for the recipe! :-)

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  9. MMMMmmmmmm! That looks so good and comforting, on a cold winter's night

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  10. My husband sounds like yours, adding bacon makes it even better. This looks delicious.

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  11. okay.. I have got to make this. it is soooooooooooo easy.
    thanks for sharing
    Have a great week

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  12. This sounds like something that my hubby would love. Bacon is a favorite of all my picky eaters. Maybe I will luck out with this recipe and have them all eat it with out complaint. Adding it to my menu!

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  13. Interesting, sounds yum! Happy Week ahead of you, it's cold and rainy here.

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  14. This looks like a much easier version of my beer cheese soup. Bacon and cheese, how can you go wrong?

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  15. You had me at bacon....mmmmm!!!!!!

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  16. Your recipe and cookbook look verrrrry interesting! Pam turned me on to you. She's a great cook too!

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