So Insanely Smoky! | Creamy Leek and Potato Soup | Zucchini Bread, BP Biscuits

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Hi friends, I made Baking Powder biscuits in today's video and just remembered that I had to show you how much fat to add. I usually use around a cup of lard or butter, but you can also use shortening. The recipe is in my cookbook, which will be available for pre-orders again on Friday! 😊 Have a wonderful day! Chelsea

[@lucretiawrolstad3997]

I found it there before trying to make it. Will you be creating a soup cookbook? I love soups year around and want to try your leek soup.

[@dawnmeador1266]

Thank you!!

[@annaking9213]

I’m glad you have energy, you work so hard for your family. You have thought me so much. Hope you have a rain to help with the air. Have a good week.

[@-2u2]

I like your new stove. Watching you makes me regret not spending more time with my older relatives and learning their skills of self-sufficiency.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

So sorry the fires are just burning and burning. Praying for you all especially firefighters, first responders and animals. 💪🏽🙏❤🐝

[@naomihartman6623]

U are so lucky to have the best husband who is so good at building and does a fantastic job at it having some one like Dan would save a ton of money not getting contractors in

[@LittleMountainRanch]

He's a really wonderful man and a bonus he's so handy!

[@laurieshatney9279]

Tip: If you have soups that are too runny, you can add instant mashed potato or freeze dried potatoes to absorb some of the extra liquid. Everything look delicious and you make all your cooking tasks look so easy. Thank you for your inspiration to us. I just wish I had half your energy.

[@debgould9814]

yes you could use an immersion blender and blend the soup just a bit to get it thicker and still have lots of chunks.

[@diannedutton6127]

Love soup, love biscuits!! 😋

[@dennysemcqueen9549]

I wear swimming goggles. Nothing else has worked. Greetings from Australia

[@katrienvh4289]

An tip for cutting leeks. First cut them lengthwise and rinse them that way before cutting them in smaller pieces. This way you don't have to soak them very long and you keep all the nutrients and flavor.

[@sgrvtl7183]

Oh SO good! all the yummy food from scratch! Thank You for sharing~as Always💗💚

[@sheelaghomalley5459]

So sorry for you having to harvest in that smoke❤

[@aprilschmaing8601]

Praying for y'all and the smoke 🙏🙏🙏

[@Akforgetmenot]

Definitely interested in your freezer meat canning project!

[@OZARKMEL]

Set your used extractor out next to the hives. The bees will clean it up perfectly. Then when they are done just hot soapy water make clean up very easy!

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

I fermented my garlic this year. And love it.

[@kellicosner27]

One option with adding bacon to soup is to cut it to size, fry it up, and then just put it on the soup when you eat it. You can mix it in as you eat your soup and it will stay crunchy.

[@bonniemantel4954]

Pear jam is my favorite. It has such a light, clean taste and it doesn’t mask the taste of the bread. I make mine with a pinch of nutmeg in it. It’s so good!

[@haze-b-df5fm2oy9j]

A good way to peel garlic is to cut the flat tip off, squash the clove with the flat of your knife and the skin just pulls away and you've crushed the clove at the same time, then just slice or chop it. Its quick and easy and saves picking at it with your nails!

[@TanteEmmasKitchen]

Chelsea, if you haven’t tried leeks as a side dish, you should try. Creamy leeks: Cook the leeks in water until tender, drain and keep some of the liquid. Make a roux with butter and flour, add some of the liquid you cooked the leeks in. Add leeks, season with salt, pepper and a little bit nutmeg. Add heavy cream and let simmer until it’s a creamy consistency of your likening. This goes very well with brats, hamburger steaks or Salisbury steaks. Cleaning the leeks: cut the dark green part off, slice leek stalk lengthwise but not completely. That’s why I leave the root still attached at this point. Now open the leeks like a fan and rinse throughly. Then cut and rinse again. 😊

[@BDThomas]

I was like, "Did I just see the end of the immersion blender fall off?" *backs it up* "Ok, not crazy." 🤣

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Lol

[@erikalouwrens3992]

Oh Chelsea, as a South African living in the Cape, I so feel for you with those terrible bush fires and the resultant smoke. I don't think ours are as prevalent (I'm almost too scared to say that) as the ones in Canada, California or Australia but they terrify me. May the whole fire situation be resolved soon.

[@jennleighwesson6089]

Chelsea, I don’t know if you’re going to have another hot day, but a leek, potato and onion soup with cream is SO EXCELLENT served cold. Flavour profiles are different so usually stronger flavours for cool dishes. That, crusty French style bread and a salad make a meal to remember. I make it the same hot or cold because I like strongflavours. I use hardly any of the green of the leeks (I freeze it for stock), white pepper and you are VOILA!! a fancy French chef making vichyssoise. As inspiring as always, Chelsea. Thanks so much.

[@LemonSkies]

Would you please consider sharing a video on processing your turkeys? It would be so helpful to see how you go about doing that. Thank you for your time and consideration! Hope the smoke clears up for you guys soon 🤞

[@luannhouchin9528]

You are a natural in front of the camera! I just found you and will be subscribing! You did more in this video than I do in a day ( when I'm home). Haha.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much and welcome!

[@paulwilliams200]

If you plant leek seedlings in a deep hole, the base of the leek will remain blanched (white) to that depth (some use a 300mm/12"hole). This is what I do. The advantage is: far more white base. The disadvantage is: dirt between the base white and the leaves, which does need to be washed well.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Your green parts of the leeks will be tender sooner than the potatoes. Important is to clean the inner layers just where the leaves leaf out...cut about 2 inches thru the center and wash that area out good as mudd gets stuck in there.

[@michelle10261]

I love watching your vlogs great cooking recipes.thank you

[@dideprins2322]

When you plant your leeks make sure you leave the holes open en just water them to close the holes. About the green parts of the leeks, in Holland we also eat the green, just cut of the leaves en chop the rest in fine rings. The green contains al the vitamines and minerals.

[@shirleybenson4368]

You took the shelf above stove down. I had liked the look. 🌻

[@LittleMountainRanch]

It actually fell down _ I loved it too, but it needs some repairs before I can put it back up. Once canning season is over I'll get to it.

[@Melissa.Bordelon84]

Yay ❤ another great video. I am so sorry about all the fires. I hope y’all can find some relief soon. We have been dealing with fires here and Louisiana also. ❤🙏. I cannot wait for a pantry tour!!

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚 Great looking leeks and yummy soup and biscuits. Your downstairs remodel is really looking great. Wearing that mask looks SO not pleasant, hope that smoke clears soon and fires are out! 💚

[@patches5965]

Tip. I use tator flakes to thicken my soup, just a few. I use them in deviled eggs when they are too runny. Love your bathroom! When you said it is almost finished, a glory Hallelujah was said on your behalf. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@connievassilev7911]

I would use the darker, more fibrous part of the leak in a stirfry. Its wonderful.

[@danamama6766]

Loved this very much. Just keeping it short haaa. But could comment a full page worse than normal. hugs and luv

[@belieftransformation]

Wonderful cooking, baking & preserving tips all in one! Thanks for sharing, plus the momma hen & cute chicks! 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@davej7458]

If you want to improve your indoor air quality. A twenty inch square box fan with a twenty inch square furnace filter taped tightly to the back of the fan will filter out the fine smoke and dust. They keep changing the rating system here. But the very fine filter is what you want. You recirculat indoor air through the filter. Then, replace the filter when it gets blocked up. It really helps.

[@plot1895]

Hi Chelsea I’m canning produce for the first time this autumn and it’s really helpful to listen to you talking about the reasons for doing things. It acts as a reminder, reaffirms what I thought or makes me double check something and helps me to feel that I’m on the right track.

[@karenfromnj3104]

Love your videos!

[@amandar7719]

Finely chopped leek greens sautéed in loads of butter mixed into mashed potato for a Cottage or Shepherd’s pie topped with grated cheese is delicious. And there’s then no need to make a green side. 😃

[@hetty2974]

Mmmmm,I shall try that too,thank-you, 😊

[@iartistdotme]

Wonderful video, thank you!

[@lorifenner4467]

I love your videos

[@sarahdalmeida9160]

Sending much love and strength to all people in communities affected by wildfires. Kia kaha from NZ ❤ Thank you for the video. I thoroughly enjoy your content

[@simoneclarke5104]

We have had a week of terrible smoke here in Manitoba, seems to be clearing a bit now. Stay safe🥰

[@ht6684]

Finally some cooler weather for us tomorrow in WI, excited to get the oven going more. I started wearing goggles and they really do make a difference.

[@hostadaze]

We’re an hour away from your favorite fruit stand and don’t have any smoke at all today. We’re headed there one day this week and hoping the sky is as clear there as it is here. I just found your channel a few days ago and love it! You’re such an inspiration!

[@shazade258]

If you do end up noticing dirt in your leeks and don’t want to use an extra bowl to soak, I’ve found that one slice halfway into the leek all the way up allows you access to every “ring” of the plant so you can rinse every layer out and then cut. I hope that description makes sense, basically you’re cutting into the leek with a goal to reach the innermost layer but not going all the way through, so that you can see each individual layer laying like the pages of a book and easily rinse.

[@leannekenyoung]

That’s the way I do my leeks and I’m always shocked to discover dirt that I had totally missed during the initial rinse and that is deeply embedded between the layers. Nothing worse then taking all the time to make a great soup only to have it taste “earthy” because of too much soil in the leeks…asking me how I know…yes been there done that! 😂 I wondered why I hadn’t seen that suggestion from anyone else! Thanks for sharing! 🥰❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦

[@janenewley1014]

I hope you aren,t exhausted! You,ve reminded me how good cheese scones (uk name for your biscuits I think) are…note to self…make some at weekend😀

[@patriciadesserud9402]

I hope the smoke situation clears soon - at the source! What could be better than Zucchini bread, can’t think. I am looking forward to the pantry tour as well, I no longer have the need to preserve in large quantities so I enjoy seeing your full set up.

[@kimberlyorgill5962]

New here..... loving your channel!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Welcome!!

[@karens4603]

When u chop on board u can slide food off in bowl.😁

[@bluesoldierette]

Chelsea, sugar is actually considered a wet ingredient.

[@haze-b-df5fm2oy9j]

I split leeks lengthwise, run the point of a sharp knife through the layers part through, and rinse out the grit then slice them.

[@hdavis587]

Terrific renovation Chelsea! Bright, cheerful and functional!

[@cathykillion6544]

Enjoyed the video

[@lindas.8036]

Thanks for the videos. They are good fun, and I always learn something. Re your zucchini bread, you can substitute 1/2 of the oil with applesauce, and it is moist and flavorful. Also, You can substitute carrots or squash of your choice, for some or all of the zucchini--just keep the total amount the same. I have done this for years and it gets raves. I also add in a few maraschino cherries and nuts on occasion.

[@cathyorth7457]

I’m not sure if you know this but when you wash your hands and rub them a couple of times on the stainless steel tap on your sink after handling garlic your fingers will not smell like garlic. It honestly really works. Love your videos! Thanks so much for sharing! Your a plethora of knowledge. 😊

[@janesgarden7481]

And same for onions

[@JDay993]

Wow that's a good tip, I'll do that too!

[@TanteEmmasKitchen]

You can buy stainless steel soap bars. They are great

[@susanharrell984]

Yummy. I always use bacon in my potato leek soup. Saute the onions in with the bacon for extra flavor. Sometimes I also add some dill to the soup for a little change. That smoke is terrible. Where I live we get lots of smoke as well. Terrible for the lungs.

[@kathypadgitt9888]

I’m in Oklahoma & the smoke here today is really bad.

[@yvonnemcgraw6652]

Hi Chelsea, Love your channel and presentation. I was excited to see you make this soup. My Mother-in-Law gave me a Potato Leek Soup Recipe Yearssssssssssssss ago. What makes it creamy is not so much the cream (yes very important) but, cook the potatoes separately from the onions and leeks. When the potatoes are cooked in the veg or chicken Boullioun and are tender done, mash or emersion blend them first, then add the rest of your ingredients. And yes, how much water/Boullioun to potatoes can be too much. Also, the type of potato can make a difference as well. No corn or bacon was ever a part of the recipe. How funny, today I am making potato leek soup from our garden too. Now I have to go find your celery soup recipe, that sounds yummy and I have celery for the first time in my garden and no dehydrator. You are the sweetest.

[@DoloresMoses]

I just made some sourdough banana breads yesterday and used applesauce for half the butter(I used oil) in the recipe, and it turned out great. Nice tip to share. Hope the air quality improves soon Chelsea.💓

[@sharonsysol899]

Hello from New York I just found your channel and subscribed 😊 Oh dear I know all about the smoke It's been awful here too

[@janeweldon8874]

The soup and biscuits look delicious!! Thanks for the video! ❤️

[@shellicameron8165]

try cutting your potato's in the french fry cutter just lay fries out cut in to squares quick and easy my mom managesa hamburger restaurant that had homemade fries we use to have potato soup out of the fries love this channel

[@Morse-t5z]

I am with you on the very toxic thick smoke. We have it here as well from 4 different wildfire zones. It was a really bad long weekend! I just made leek and potato soup yesterday! Delicious!

[@lillypatience]

I think a steam canner can only do recipes that process for 45 mins or less vs water bath. I think the concern is water evaporation. Amazon still has those onion goggles. I bought some a few weeks ago but they don’t fit my face - they’re really made for high bridge noses 😢.

[@kimg5784]

Thank you!

[@brendamaas4293]

We had the worst smoke days so far this year on Sat. and Sunday. I made potato and bacon soup yesterday, I always add garlic, onion, celery, and carrots to it. So yummy with my fresh home baked bread. My hubby doesn't care for soup, so I freeze it in 1 serving portions for me and freeze it . This makes for a tasty lunch for me each day, as I freeze different kinds of things, so I have a variety of what to choose from. I love watching your videos. I am on Alberta, Sask. Border. .

[@wilmagutierrez7195]

Great video, thank you! I keep a large box of potato flakes in the freezer to thicken any soups with.

[@johnensminger7675]

Uh oh! Glad you got the right equipment! Thanks for sharing your life and ideas! I love zucchini bread also! Can you post your bread recipe!? 😊 Love your channel!❤ Again thank you for sharing! God bless you!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I put it in the show noted for you.

[@johnensminger7675]

@@LittleMountainRanch Thanks so much!👍🏽

[@tracyprice2814]

Oh my word! When I could eat bread and biscuits I would do the same thing. If I didn’t eat it like that I would crumble the biscuit up in my soup. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@elizaC3024]

Those biscuits are beautiful 😍.

[@melindawargowsky8176]

I cook my apples (fruit) in the electric pressure cooker with lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon. Cook for 8 min. Hit it with my meat chopper or immersion blender and can it up. Quick and easy😊

[@boething]

I live in Central Oregon, and we had a lot of smoke from fires in Western Oregon for a couple of weeks. Sending prayers that the fires will be contained soon.

[@wizelbee]

My eyes slam shut & tears pour like a fountain when I cut onions of any sort. When my mom & I would make "Grandma's Relish" (2-cabbages, 9-green bell peppers, 8-carrots, 9-onions) to can, even standing in the kitchen made my eyes pour. 😭 My family also loves cream soups & zucchini bread. I usually spend a couple of days baking zuke bread to throw in the freezer. It just freezes so well & my family goes through it so fast it still doesn't last long. The recipe is one my grandma handed down to my mom & her to me. 2 cps. zucchini (unpeeled) 3 eggs 1 cp. oil 2 cps sugar 3 tsp. vamilla 3 cps. flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 raisins (optional) 1 cp. chopped walnuts or pecans

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Ok, you talked me into it, potato soup and biscuits for dinner! I just put grapes in the dehydrator to dry, but I didn’t do all the other things you did. You’re a whiz!

[@staceybert1975]

Chelsa, I hear that there is an evacuation of Yellowknife,NWT. You guys will be safe up there inthe TrueNorth.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

They’ve thankfully just lifted it.

[@kellicosner27]

Also, I don't know if you have ever tried it, but adding semi-sweet chocolate chips to zucchini bread is really good.

[@zevab3178]

I LOVE potato leek soup. I do blend up my soup . i like the soup smooth and thick. Loved your video.

[@robingirven4570]

I hope the smoke clears up soon for you! We’re getting a bit of it in northern Michigan too but not nearly as bad as you, of course. Thank you for another great video Chelsea!

[@dianeshelnutt1705]

I love watching your videos so much. Love your recipes, your garden, and your milk cows. When i was younger we had 2 or 3 milk cows that we milked by hand. You just can't beat the taste of fresh milk, cream and butter. It is still so hot where I live, which is Arkansas USA. I hate that you have to deal with all that smoke.

[@09echols]

So sorry you all are having to deal with so much smoke

[@catracampolieto8989]

Your leeks and onions are huge. The biscuits were huge too. The soup looked fantastic. I always enjoy your videos. So sorry your still dealing with the smoke.😢

[@leahgullion2196]

Here in Wyoming it too is very smoky- I can’t see the neighbors houses a mile away or the mountains or sky. Great video.

[@karenmeech4948]

Leeks with cheese sauce over when cooked.

[@monicas2461]

Biscuits look delicious!!!

[@nancycowan6109]

Another great video! But sorry about the fires up there. I’ll soon be 70 and have been lugging the waterbath canner from the sink to the stove for many years. I got my steam canner last week (thanks to your using one) and it is remarkable! Love it. ❤️

[@phyllisgabourel7506]

Chelsea your soup looks delicious I enjoyed your cooking videos

[@kdonor]

Oh I'm looking forward to your pantry tour!

[@colleenjerns9239]

I really love your videos. I grew up in Alberta and while I now live in Washington State I feel kindred to your way of growing and preserving for the winter. When you do decide to replace your stove/oven, I highly recommend you consider getting a fuel fuel unit. Gas/propane top and electric oven. That way you won’t have to worry about your canners being to heavy on the top and still have the ease of the electric baking, roasting, and broiling.

[@teresastillie3473]

Hi Chelsea...I just love potato leek soup and I use the immersion blender to make the soup really creamy (or chunkier if you like) I never thought of adding corn after the blending, but what a great idea!! I am going to try the biscuit recipe...they look so good!

[@theIAMofME]

Chelsea, you make me want to grow leeks so bad!! I've only grown garlic and onions. No leeks or shallots. I need to fix that!! That soup sounded delicious!!

[@susandutson7896]

Hi Chelsea! If my soup is more broth than I want I add some instant potato flakes until desired thickness. You are a gem.

[@PegsGarden]

Everything looks delicious!!!! Love your videos so much💖

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Such a great meal. Made me so hungry. Ty Chelsea.

[@lindah5910]

So sorry about all the smoke there. Here in California we had our worst year yet in 2020 (along with the worst of the ongoing pandemic) with AQIs regularly in the 500+ range. We are used to wildfires (unfortunately) here in California but we sure feel for you all in Canada. Take good care and your mask information was so good to pass on. In late 2020/early 2021 I spent so much time wiping literal ash off of everything in my house. Hopefully you won't have too much of that to do once the fires are out.

[@famous9222]

RoseRed Homestead on her KZbin Channel does a Creamy Zucchini Soup that is my absolute new favorite. Easy and delicious!

[@katrienvh4289]

Chelsea... how deep did you plant your leeks? Here in Belgium, we use a leek planter (is very easy to make DIY) to make deep holes in the ground and then you get up to 20 cm of white on your leeks. And also makes planten them much faster. Very handy when planting a lot.

[@dianehall5345]

Hi Chelsea- So glad I watched today's video. I just bought a Fruitsaver steam canner. Should be so much easier to use because of the smaller amount of water used. Sorry to see you having to deal with the smoke situation, but happy to see the wonderful harvest. We had so much rain in NH, it effected our gardens. I plan to use local farmers markets this fall. Thanks for this helpful video. ~ Diane

[@candaced6976]

Your potato soup sounds amazing. I make a version of this soup with Italian sausage and either kale or spinach. One of my family’s favorites.

[@debbicrain1745]

Hello Chelsea, you probably do this however, if not when we extract with the extractor once we are done and have drained all we can from the extractor. We put it near the hives and let the bees clean up the honey in all the little crevices and then it isn't as much of a clean up after they are done. This way they get the remains to enjoy.