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Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

By Jessie Veeder

Western North Dakota based musician, author, columnist, rancher and mom of two young daughters reflects each week on rural living, its characters, heartbreaks, triumphs, absurdity and what it means to live and love in the middle of nowhere, which to Jessie and her cast of characters, is the middle of everything.
Find out more about Jessie, the ranch and her music at veederranch.com and jessieveedermusic.com
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The yard light's back on

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...Sep 14, 2022

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Why do we live here?
Nov 04, 202351:43
We belong to the turkeys
Oct 23, 202301:05:16
The memory keeper
Oct 02, 202301:09:02
A bit on hunting and canning and marriage
Sep 18, 202301:16:55
A Cowboy Song and a Cowboy Town
Sep 11, 202357:54
Growing their wings
Aug 25, 202352:13
Scars
Aug 18, 202301:04:33
Why we will never have a yacht...
Aug 04, 202301:29:01
Country kids on bikes
Jul 28, 202301:07:25
Cousins by the camper
Jul 20, 202301:16:39
Rescue Mission
Jun 25, 202352:38
It's Summer Now
Jun 16, 202347:26
Do I say too much?
Jun 09, 202301:14:11
My grandma, she could float...
Jun 04, 202348:18
Colors of the season
May 26, 202337:02
On Nashville
May 19, 202301:08:10
When I grow up
May 04, 202327:50
The girls of spring
Apr 28, 202301:13:41
Stuck Season
Apr 21, 202301:00:35
Rosie's Spring Song
Apr 13, 202315:39
Darling we haven't gone dancing...
Apr 05, 202301:07:35
Prairie people hit the beach
Mar 28, 202359:50
The dangerous life of a handyman's wife
Mar 09, 202319:20
The legend of Poker Jim
Mar 02, 202356:07
Is this middle age?
Feb 23, 202301:26:01
A chance to be brave
Feb 16, 202321:19
Notes from the road and the top of the hill
Feb 09, 202301:06:28
The music continues...
Jan 25, 202301:08:17
Cream Noodles and How We Connect Here
Jan 18, 202301:15:09
"Happy To" and Other Things about Marriage
Jan 12, 202301:13:38
Dear New Year
Jan 04, 202301:07:34
Snowed in
Dec 22, 202201:14:24
This is five
Dec 14, 202252:44
Mr. Tanner and the Joy of Singing Along
Dec 07, 202201:25:23
The Magic of Childhood
Nov 30, 202259:30
The perks of being a ranch kid...
Nov 25, 202201:09:05
A Horse Ride Down Memory Lane
Nov 18, 202225:21
Late Night Worries
Nov 09, 202201:08:11
Unplug like it's 1998
Oct 26, 202201:14:31
The layers of fall
Oct 19, 202201:04:37
The juggle is real
Oct 12, 202201:05:57
Taking a back seat to the dogs
Oct 06, 202201:02:47
What they left behind
Sep 28, 202201:07:06
It's Tomato Season and I'm Coming For You

It's Tomato Season and I'm Coming For You

If you're not hungry, you will be after this episode, because it's all about food! Soup season is synonymous with tomato season and this week the couple talks about the tomato soup recipe Chad made up when they first moved back to the ranch, which leads to all sorts of talk about cream and butter and the different styles of cooking the two grew up with. Plus, learn about why you'll never eat pork chops and mashed potatoes without creamed peas again and why Chad can't be trusted with a cooler.
Enjoy the soup recipe below or find a video version on the Instagram feed at
instagram.com/jessieveeder, online at veederranch.com or in Jessie's book, "Coming Home." 

Plus, Jessie  reads this week's column. Read it yourself  in Forum  Communication's newspapers across the region or on her website at www.veederranch.com

Cowboy’s Garden Tomato Soup

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup water or chicken stock. Add more depending on how thick you like your soup
  • 3 cups fresh tomatoes, diced
  • 1 cup (about 3 medium carrots) diced
  • ¼ of a large purple onion, diced
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • 1 12-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1 teaspoon dill weed
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • ½ teaspoon rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon chopped chives
  • Ground black pepper, to taste
  • 4 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1½ cups heavy whipping cream (room temperature)

Directions

In a large soup pot add the diced tomatoes, carrots, onion and garlic to ¼ cup water and simmer on low for about 5 to 7 minutes or until the tomatoes start to gently boil. Stir in the tomato sauce, butter, seasonings and bouillon cubes and simmer the soup on low, allowing the onions and carrots to cook, about 30 minutes.

Once the vegetables are cooked through, slowly stir in the heavy whipping cream and say “M’m! M’m! Good!” while Campbell sobs silently to himself.

Heat (don’t boil) for a few minutes, serve it up and have yourself a happy and well-fed fall.

Find Jessie's books and music at www.jessieveedermusic.com

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