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Below is my basic crockpot recipe for any type of beef or venison roast, bone in or without. The challenge has been to find a healthy substitute for French onion soup mix. Most commercial mixes contain MSG, hydrogenated oils and even wheat, which can be a concern if you cook gluten free. Instead, I’ve found [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yes, I’m still on my soup kick. After coming down with what my doctor thought was whooping cough for a month, it was so comforting to have soup to eat. It helped my recovery and at one point I was making two or three batches at a time. This recipe comes from Cholesterol Down: Ten [...]
Vegetable soups are powerful food this time of year. Not only do they warm you up on cold winter days, but they provide nutritional wallop – a great defense against viruses. And if you do get a cold or flu? Soup will always make you feel better. Make a double batch and keep half in [...]
I was eating soup at a restaurant the other day and realized what I thought was rice was barley, which was much more healthier and higher in fiber. I should use it more often. This recipe from Sunset magazine’s January 2007 article on Soup Socials is a good start. It combines a classic split pea [...]
The wonderful thing about soup is how good it makes you feel on winter days. It’s a wonderful dish if you’re sick or just tired and cold from shoveling the driveway. And it’s terrific for entertaining, too. In their January 2007 issue, Sunset magazine did a feature on the Soup Social. You can make the [...]
Here’s another inspired vegetarian soup from the January 2007 issue of Cooking Light magazine. Since the soup is very low in fat and high in fiber, it’s only 4 Weight Watchers Points per serving! Try it with a whole wheat pita and a carton of plain yogurt. I found red dal at a local Asian [...]
The January issue of Cooking Light magazine had some terrific vegetarian soups. The Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup is very low in Weight Watchers Points – about 3 Points per serving! This should give you plenty of room for a salad, some bread sticks, and maybe a glass of wine. You may want to double [...]
Big Bad Dad and I recently attended a cooking class as part of the Discover Spain package at the Omni Interlocken hotel in Broomfield, Colorado. It was my birthday present. Here’s the package description: Experience the Festive Flavors of Spain with mouth-watering cheeses, meats, spices and seafood from a land rich in culinary history and [...]
There are a variety of places to eat in the village area of Claremont, California. The first place we went to was Kinya, a newly remodeled Japanese restaurant. I ordered the yosenabe ($14.95) which according to the menu is a chicken, seafood and vegetable pot dish. Since Monkey Boy wanted noodles, and this dish came [...]
Once a month my mom’s club does a mom’s night out. We bounce back between going out to eat and going to someone’s home for a potluck. Last month, club co-president, Brenda Kelley made and brought this to the potluck . This soup comes from the founder and former member of the Tri-Towns MOMS Club, [...]
Monkey Boy and Big Bad Dad went to Miller Farm with MB’s preschool class. I had BBD go this year since I knew he could carry more veggies than I could. It was quite a bounty they brought home.The size of the veggies was amazing, onions as big as Boo Girl’s head, carrots as big [...]
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