Category: Soups
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Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo Recipe
This comes almost straight out of The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great, a cookbook I liked so much I sent copies to my sister and best friend. I really like Pam Anderson’s books and have several. This one appealed to me because it deals with the “eating lunch at home” issue. I…
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Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
I never ate chicken and dumplings growing up so my experiments with trying different recipes aren’t based on trying to recreate anything from my childhood but just playing around with a dish my girls and I all liked the first time I made it. The first chicken and dumpling recipe I tried was good, but…
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Cheeseburger Soup with Cream of Mushroom Soup
Eldest is off for her first year of college. Youngest chose Cheeseburger Soup as our first meal together with just the two of us. I took shortcuts tonight, using a can of cream of mushroom soup instead of making my own white sauce and using some chopped mushrooms. If you want to see how to…
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Soup from Leftovers
I made a soup tonight from bits and pieces and it turned out quite good. I had a tub of some leftover frozen squash and corn and lima beans in the freezer, which I incorporated. I had also frozen some leftover tortellini one night, thinking it would be good in soup. When I make chicken…
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Thai Noodle Soup
I made this Thai Noodle Soup tonight for dinner. Oh my. So good! I used a quart of homemade chicken broth I had in the freezer and about 1/3 of a package of firm tofu. I wasn’t sure what kind of pepper to use so used a jalapeno. This is just unbelievably good! Not at…