{"id":5734,"date":"2012-04-17T12:23:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2012-04-17T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:23:13","slug":"a-surprise-soup-made-with-avocados-and-sausage-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5734","title":{"rendered":"A surprise soup made with avocados and sausage. Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve been so busy- grandchildren have come and gone- Spring is still here although disguised<\/p>\n

in Summer garb and Winter snow part of the time.<\/p>\n

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Trying to catch a snowflake on his tongue and children of all ages rolling down hills!<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve also been making sourdough bread with its complex corridors of holes-<\/p>\n

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And I made Sausage and avocado soup with apples and peanut butter.<\/p>\n

It may sound like a weird combination- but it is good.  And it has a story behind it.<\/p>\n

I was working with a group of ladies several years ago on a weekend workshop.  I was supposed to speak AND<\/p>\n

cater the luncheon on Sunday.  I planned the menu to be soup, salad, roll, and chocolate for dessert.<\/p>\n

The soup I had planned was Apple,Fennel, and Almond \u2013 the salad was chicken garnished with slices of avocados and greens- <\/p>\n

and I had gotten croissants and wonderful chocolate truffles .  Everything was prepared and packaged up to go.  <\/p>\n

Except the base for the soup never went.  I had left it to put in the cooler last and instead it just got left.<\/p>\n

So Sunday morning I started to get the preparation in hand and couldn\u2019t find the soup base.  I had the broth and the cream<\/p>\n

I had ground almonds.  I had everything but the base.  And without the base, I had no soup.<\/p>\n

The hotel we stayed in offered breakfast with our rooms \u2013 and one of the offerings was sausage gravy and biscuits.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like sausage gravy- but thought it would work as a soup base.  I had a little cider and apples from a stop at a nearby<\/p>\n

orchard ( We were out in Amish country, in Wilmot, Ohio) and one of the ladies had a jar of peanut butter.  Plus- I had my <\/p>\n

avocados for garnishing.  I only had a slow cooker to work with, but I put it on high and starting with the cider and apples, slowly<\/p>\n

put together a soup for 38 ladies.  I spoke about my topic- making beauty preparations from your kitchen<\/em>– and then went back to my soup<\/p>\n

– planning  to trash it if it didn\u2019t turn out.<\/p>\n

But it did turn out.  It was \u2013 in fact- a success!  I had many requests for the recipe- but I had no recipe to share- just a panicked memory<\/p>\n

of what else can I add???!!<\/p>\n

A little while before the grandkids and their parents came, I made guacamole for Jordan and myself.  It was really good, although I<\/p>\n

added a zested jalapeno pepper and it was really spicy as well.  But I had a lot left over- and it was starting to go brown.<\/p>\n

That is when I decided to recreate my luncheon soup and see if it was as good as I remembered.<\/p>\n

I started off sauteeing a 1\/2 pound of sausage.  To that I added 1\/2 diced onion and one chopped and peeled medium apple.<\/p>\n

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Add a large cup of guacamole-(so avocado,lime juice,finely grated jalapeno and salt and pepper)<\/p>\n

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Add 2 small cans of chicken broth, and 1 tablespoon of smooth peanut butter and <\/p>\n

stir and heat until hot but not boiling.  Add salt and pepper to taste- maybe a little bit<\/p>\n

of hot sauce \u2013 a dollop of cream- and enjoy!<\/p>\n

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We ate it with tortilla chips and it was just as good as I had remembered.  <\/p>\n

(Jordan was VERY skeptical at first- but I think he really loved it by his third helping.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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