Mar 17
My friends and family are always ready
to dig in when I serve this healthy soup,
It’s so creamy and comforting.
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 tbsp. chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp butter
2 cans condensed cream of potato soup
1 can cream style corn
2 cups milk
1 package cheese cubed
D irection:
In a large sauce pan saute the green pepper , onion, garlic, in butter until tender . Stir in the soup corn, milk, cream, cheese, and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring freguently, Reduce the heat simmer , uncovered for 5 minutes, or until the cream cheese is melted.
March 17, 2007 at 11:23am ·
Mar 17
This easy to make soup is wonderful with crusty Italian bread and the tomato mozzarella basil salad. Beat of all, its the perfect amount for two of us.
1 cup uncooked peanne pasta
1 package ready to used chicken breast
4 cup chopped fresh spinach
1 jar roasted sweet red peppers, drained and sliced
3 fresh rosemary springs choped
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tbsp. butter
1-1/2 cups reduced sodium chcken broth
3/4 cup alfredo sauce
3 tbsp.prepared pesto
2 tbsp. pine nuts, toasted
1 tbsp.shredded parmesan cheee
Direction:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan saute the chicken , spinach, red peppers, rosemary,garlic powder, and pepper in butteruntil spinach is wilted. Stir in the broth, Alfredo sauce and pesto, cook for 4-5 minutes or until heated through, Drain pasta and add to the soup. Sprinkle with pine nuts and parmesan cheese.
March 17, 2007 at 10:50am ·
Mar 16
Sweet Chili prawns
Grate 1 tsp. fresh ginger into small wok or frying pan with 100grams raw peeled prawns, 3 tbsp. sweet chili sauce and 1 shredded spring onion, Stir fry for 5 min until the prawn s are cooked through, then serve sprinkled with sesame seed.
Spicy Beans
Heat small tin baked beans in a pan with ½ tsp ground cumin, ¼ tsp hot chili powder and a large chopped tomato until, bubbling. Top with a spoonful natural yogurt and roughly chopped coriander.
Oriental Sticky Chicken
Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a wok and stir fry 140g chicken strips with ½ tsp Chinese five spices powder until the chicken is five browned. Add 50g diced red pepper, a small handful each of bean sprouts and cashew nut , then continue frying until the chicken is cooked through. Stir in 1 tbsp. soy sauce and 2 tsp clear honey and season.
Light Tuna Mayo
Finely chopped 1 spring onion and stir into 2 tbsp. low fat mayonnaise. Add a small tin drained tuna and a good spoonful tinned sweet corn, season and mix well.
Greek Salad Toping
Roughly chop 2 tomatoes and finely slice ½ small red onions. Combined with 6 halved olives, 50g crumbled feta and a good pinch dried mint. Finally drizzle with balsamic vinegar and pile onto your potato.
Steak & Mushroom
Slice a 100g rump steak and a small handful mushrooms thinly then fry briefly in a non-stick pan until brown. Add heaped tbsp onion chutney and 75 ml beef stock then bubble gently until a sauce forms.
Creamy Guacamole
Halve 1 small avocado and mash one half with the juice 1 lime and a splash Tabasco. Dice the remaining avocado, 1 tomato and ½ small red onion stir into the mashed avocado with a handful coriander leaves.
Bubble & Steak
Stir fry a handful shredded cabbages with a small handful frozen peas and 2 chopped spring onions for 4-5 min until tender. Slice a baked potato in a half and scoop out the insides leaving the skins whole mash stir in the greens and season. Spoon the mixture back inside the skins and baked for a further 5 min to crisp up.
Spicy salsa spuds
Mix a handful diced cooked chicken with 4 tbsp fresh tomato salsa and season. Halve a cooked jacket potato and lay in a baking tray, cut side up spoon over the chicken and salsa mix sprinkle with grated cheddar then grill until the cheese is melted and the chicken is hot. Serve with a green salad.
Instant fish pie
Scoop out the insides of a jacket potato and mash with flaked hot smoked haddock 3 tbsp. milk and 1 sliced spring onion. Season pile back into the skins and bake for a further 10 min.
March 16, 2007 at 8:30am ·
