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Soups

Today’s guest post is from cookbook author, Holly Clegg. Holly will be sending me recipes from time to time to feature here at This Mama Cooks! I’m thrilled to be working with her! This recipe comes from Holly’s cookbook Holly Clegg's Trim & TERRIFIC Gulf Coast Favorites. Quick Shrimp and Corn Soup Busy and no [...]

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Posted on February 22, 2010 in Cookbooks,Recipes,Soups and tagged as ,

With the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl games coming up, preparing a healthy slow cooker dish ahead of time is a great way to keep your family and party guests fed while you watch the game. This dish is based on Pork and Butternut Squash Stew found in the February 2010 issue of Ladies Home [...]

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Posted on January 26, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Soups,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

I’ve been making Taco Soup for years since 1 cup equals 4 Weight Watchers POINTS. It’s so delicious my family loves it, too. Over time, I’ve tried to “health it up” by eliminating the dry ranch dressing (too fake in my opinion) and using store brand organic canned beans and corn. Since my kids thought [...]

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Posted on January 9, 2010 in Recipes,Soups,Weight Watchers and tagged as

My FoodieView Meal Plan for Oct 18-24 just posted. It features several healthy soup recipes for keeping warm this fall including: Creamy Pumpkin Soup Heart Healthy Lentil Vegetable Soup Coconut Carrot Soup For another soup recipe, stop by my review blog and check out my recipe for Pumpkin Curry Soup. It uses no fat evaporated [...]

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Posted on October 20, 2009 in Soups and tagged as

“Beautiful soup, so rich and green Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish Game, or any other dish? Who would not give all else for two Pennyworth of beautiful soup?” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Our first serious [...]

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Posted on October 13, 2009 in Soups,Veggies,Weight Watchers

Just a reminder that you have until midnight MT on October 30, 2008 to enter my Quaker Oatmeal Living Proof contest for one of two chances to win a one month supply of Quaker’s heart healthy breakfast products. Quaker Oats has all kinds of yummy oatmeal recipes on their website. If you’re looking for healthier [...]

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Posted on October 28, 2008 in Quaker Oats,Recipes,Soups

Paul and I went out to Sugarbeet for a Friday night date. We sat outside and watched the trains go by. (Sugarbeet is in an industrial area of town.) I had oysters on the half shell, a scallop ceviche, a pea soup with dill, and a raspberry lemonade cocktail (lemon juice, raspberry liquor, and a [...]

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Posted on June 30, 2008 in Restaurant Reviews,Soups,Veggies,Weight Watchers

Paul Simon may have sung, “Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors. Gives us the greens of summers. Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!” But I think red is the color of summer, at least when it comes to these two low calorie, refreshing summer soups. Both are low [...]

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Posted on June 12, 2008 in Gluten Free,Recipes,Soups,Veggies,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

I’m having a get together next week and have decided to turn it into a “soup and salad” party. While doing my online research, I found out that soup is an excellent food for anyone trying to lose weight or eat more healthfully. Here are a few reasons why: 1. Eating soup helps cut your [...]

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Posted on April 2, 2008 in 5 Things/Ways Advice List,Gluten Free,Recipes,Soups and tagged as , ,

Butternut squash, how I love thee! This recipe came from Chef Rossi at Bust magazine. I’ve made it twice and it’s fantastic. And according to Weight Watchers, it only has 2 Points per cup. Butternut Squash Soup Ingredients: four onions – either white or yellow three med/large butternut squash seasonings: salt, pepper, cumin, corriander, curry, [...]

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Posted on March 20, 2007 in Recipes,Soups,Veggies and tagged as , , , , , ,