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We still don't know where the Bears-Vikings Game will be hosted. Current plans are to play the game at a local University but there are safety concerns. I'd be happy to have them play the game at the University of Illinois where the Bears played one season while Soldier Field was being renovated but- alas - that would count as home field advantage so we wait.

However, I don't think we need to wait on the menu. Since the last time we played the Vikings the we were successful (27-13) I think we should go with the winning recipe - Wild Rice Beef Vegetable Soup. Here's what worked last time, any suggestions for the upcoming frozen tundra?

Wild Rice Beef Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

1 pound stew meat, cut in bite size pieces

1 onion diced

2 stalks of celery diced

2 carrots diced

1 large can of beef broth

2 cans Veg All

1 can diced tomatoes

1/4 cup Mike Ditka's Hall of Fame Salsa

1 box of wild rice (cooked)

fresh sliced mushrooms

sliced Provolone cheese

Directions:

1. Brown stew meat in 1 TB Olive Oil and 1 TB Butter

2. Add onion, carrots and celery and cook until onions are translucent

3. Add beef broth and diced tomatoes, simmer for 45 minutes

4. Add Veg All and Mike Ditka's Hall of Fame Salsa

5. Continue simmering soup while preparing wild rice according to package directions

6. Add cooked wild rice to soup

To Serve:

Place individual servings of soup in a bowl. Put fresh mushrooms on top of soup and cover with a slice of Provolone cheese. Place in microwave for about 1 minute to melt cheese. Serve, Enjoy and Go Bears!