Recipe: Potato and Cod Soup


Ready to eat, YUM!!! 

Several pre-quarantine weeks ago, the Big Ragu and I won a frozen pack of cod filets at our local firehouse social club. We always play the "tear-off" gambling games and have won many a pack of filet, lobster, fish, ribs, or chicken. We have literally stocked our freezer some seasons with their "meat boards." Good stuff too from local butchers, markets and a seafood store! 

Veggies chopped! 

I made the entire frozen pack of cod, like 12 filets. I added seasoning to them and just baked them in the oven, nothing special, with a topping of salsa. I had half of the cod left over so the next day, I set out online to find a good recipe to use of the rest. 

Scouring the internet (ok, like one page on Google), I found this recipe for potato and cod soup. The link for the recipe is: (the link is SAFE)


Simmering away on the stove.
The potato and cod soup came out AWESOME! I added the cod to the dish afterwards because it was a leftover and already cooked. I also wanted to keep the remainder of the soup just like a potato vegetable soup for the next day's lunch. Below are pics of the soup as well as above. 

Changes I made in the recipe above:
1. I did not add the cream. 
2. I used oil instead of butter.
3. I added a can of garbanzo beans.
4. I used dried herbs.
5. I did not break up the cod. Instead, we poured the soup over the filets in a flat wider soup bowl. The cod was already cooked. 
6. I topped it with freshly grated parm cheese. 

LEFTOVERS! 
These days I have been trying to use every leftover in the fridge. I think it is important that we do not waste any food or spend frivolously. Who knows how long this pandemic will last or if we will have a second wave of it! Plan smart, use what you need, and try not to waste. 

If you try the recipe, lemme know how you liked it.
BE SAFE FRIENDS! 
Marc 

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  1. AnonymousApril 26, 2020 at 6:45 PM

    Grasshopper.Sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing

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