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Does anyone have the recipe for the new Olive Garden soup that has sausage and chunks of potato in it? The broth resembles a chowder rather than a soup broth and it's delicious. The sausage is all in tiny pieces. I don't know the Italian name but we enjoyed it and would like to make it at home.
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Today's Recipes
Skimming the fat off the chicken stock and using a minimum of oil and no added salt means that this crunchy rice is lower in fat, saturated fat, and sodium.
Ingredients
Directions
1. Bring water and stock to a boil in medium-size saucepan.
2. Add rice and stir. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
3. Remove pan from heat. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. Reserve.
4. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet.
5. Saute onion and celery over moderate heat 3 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients including reserved cooked rice. Fluff with fork before serving.
Yield: 10 servings--Serving Size: 1/2 cup
Each serving provides: Calories: 139 Total fat: 5 g Saturated fat: less than 1 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 86 mg
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Chicken Enchiladas I
Ingredients
Directions
Spray 10 inch non-stick skillet with cooking spray and set over medium heat; add onion and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and reserved liquid, the mushrooms, pepper and seasonings and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer 1/2 of sauce to medium mixing bowl, reserving remaining sauce; add chicken to bowl and mix thoroughly; set aside.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add 1 tortilla and heat, turning once, just until tortilla becomes flexible, about 1 minute. Carefully remove tortilla. Spread 1/2 oz. cheese along center, top with 1/4 of chicken mixture and roll to enclose. Set seam-side down in 8x8x2 inch baking dish; repeat procedure for remaining tortillas. Pour reserved sauce over enchiladas, top with remaining cheese and bake 15 to 20 minutes. Top with olives and yogurt.
By Robin from Washington, IA
Ingredients
Sauce:
Directions
Simmer chicken until tender. Dice or shred meat. Mix chicken, onion and cheddar. Soften tortillas in warm chicken broth. Fill with chicken mixture and roll up. Place seam side down in greased baking dish.
Make sauce except cheese, pour over casserole and top with cheese. Cover enchiladas with sauce. Bake at 375 degrees F for 30-45 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is brown.
By Ginny from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Zucchini Bread I
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Directions:
Mix ingredients well and pour into greased and lightly floured bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until done.
By Robin
Zucchini Bread II
Ingredients
Directions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour bottom only of 2 loaf pans. In a large bowl, blend all ingredients except nuts until moistened; beat 1 minute at medium speed. Stir in nuts. Pour batter into prepared bread pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; loosen edges and remove from pan. Makes 2 loaves, 24 slices.
By Robin from Washington, IA
Zucchini Bread III
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Directions
Mix and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.
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The Scoop on Soup
By Janice Faulk Duplantis
Soup may be the first course of a meal or it can be the whole meal. A steaming hot bowl of soup is wonderful to warm up to on a cold winter day, while a bowl of chilled gazpacho or fruit soup can be perfect for cooling off on a hot summer day.
'Soup' is a basic term used to describe a liquid food made from any combination of vegetables, fruit, meat and/or fish cooked in a liquid. This article will discuss some of the more common variations of soup and offer information and tips on preparing, serving and storing homemade soups.
Common Types of Soup...
Bisque: a thick, rich cream soup usually containing seafood. Newer recipes may use poultry or vegetables in place of seafood. At one time bisques were thickened with rice, but today they are more frequently thickened with roux.
Bouillabaisse: a highly seasoned seafood stew made of fish, shellfish, onions, tomatoes, white wine, olive oil, garlic, saffron and herbs.
Broth & Bouillon (Stock): a strained liquid that is the result of cooking vegetables, meat or fish and other seasonings in water.
Chowder: a thick, chunky soup or stew usually containing seafood, potatoes, and milk or cream. The word "chowder" comes from the French word "cauldron," which means cooking kettle. Vegetables or fish stewed in a cauldron became known as chowder in English-speaking nations (a corruption of the name of the pot or kettle in which they were cooked). The first chowders prepared on the North American continent were brought by French fishermen to Canada.
Consomme: a clear soup made of strained meat or vegetable broth, served hot or as a cold jelly.
Court Bouillon: a broth made from cooking various vegetables and herbs, usually an onion studded with a few whole cloves, celery, carrots and bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf), perhaps with a little wine, lemon juice or vinegar; used as a poaching base for fish, seafood or vegetables.
Cream soups: soups that are thickened with a white sauce.
Gazpacho: an uncooked soup made of a pureed mixture of fresh tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, onions, celery, cucumber, bread crumbs, garlic, olive oil, vinegar and sometimes lemon juice which is served cold; also may be served 'chunky-style.'
Gumbo: a Cajun/Creole delicacy of South Louisiana, reflecting its rich history: wild game or seafood (from the Acadians), thickened with okra (from the Africans), file (from the Indians) and/or roux (from the French). Gumbo is a thick, robust soup with hundreds of variations including chicken and sausage gumbo, shrimp and okra gumbo, oyster gumbo and seafood gumbo.
Minestrone: a thick soup of Italian origin containing assorted vegetables, peas and beans, pasta (such as vermicelli or macaroni) and herbs in a meat or vegetable broth.
Stew: a dish containing meat, vegetables and a thick soup-like broth made from a combination of the stewing liquid and the natural juices of the food being stewed.
How to Remove Fat from Soup...
Soup always tastes better and is healthier if the excess fat (grease) is removed during cooking and before serving. Try any of the following techniques to remove fat:
If the Soup is too Salty...
Try one of the following methods to correct over-salting:
To Thicken Soup...
The best method of thickening most soups and stews is to remove some of the cooked vegetables, puree them in a blender, and return the pureed mixture to the soup. (Do not fill the blender more than one-third full with hot vegetables to prevent getting burned from splashes of hot puree.)
In the event that the soup is short on vegetables or there are none in the soup, try one of the following thickening techniques:
Freezing and Reheating Soup... Most soups freeze beautifully. Consider preparing large batches of soup so that there will be extra to freeze and serve at a later date.
Miscellaneous Soup Making Tips and Info...
"Is it soup, yet?"
Naturally, the best soups are made with a base of homemade broth and fresh ingredients, but this method can be very time-consuming and labor intensive. If you like, time spent in the kitchen preparing soup may be reduced by using canned or frozen broths and vegetables while still yielding an excellent product.
Remember, there are no really good "quick" soup recipes because any truly good soup needs time during preparation for flavor to fully develop. Always plan on providing enough time to prepare a really good soup or stew.
Copyright ©2005 Janice Faulk Duplantis Janice Faulk Duplantis, author and publisher, currently maintains a web site that focuses on both Easy Gourmet and French/Cajun Cuisine. Visit http://www.bedrockpress.com to all Bedrock Press has to offer. <> Janice also publishes 4 free monthly ezines: Gourmet Bytes, Lagniappe Recipe, Your Favorite Recipes and Cooking 101. Visit http://www.bedrockpress.com/subscribe.html to subscribe.Post Feedback: Click Here
Ingredients
Directions
1. Thoroughly clean the potatoes with a vegetable brush and water.
2. Boil potatoes for 20 minutes or until tender.
3. Drain and cool potatoes for 20 minutes.
4. Cut potatoes into fourths and mix with olive oil, onions, and spices.
5. Refrigerate and serve.
Yield: 5 servings--Serving Size: 1 cup
Each serving provides: Calories: 187 Total fat: 6 g Saturated fat: less than 1 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 12 mg
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