What's For Dinner?

[Marilyn. 340]

my hubby wants me to try this recipe soon.. he loves tortilla soup...

Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

16 - 18 ounces chicken broth (vegetable for

vegetarian)

1 cup cooked, shredded chicken (omit for

vegetarian)

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup refried pinto beans

1/2 cup chopped carrots (1 medium)

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/3 cup chopped white onion

1/2 jalapeño pepper seeded, chopped

(optional)

1/3 cup chopped cilantro

1 green onion (aka spring onion) diced and

divided

1/4 - 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 - 1/2 tsp. cumin

fresh lime juice (about 3/4 of one whole lime)

sea salt

fresh black pepper

Toppings for Tortilla Soup:

tortilla chips

diced tomato

avocado

sour cream

Directions:

1. Chop: Carrots, red bell pepper and jalapeño into fat matchsticks. Dice onion and

green onion. Separate the dark green top of the green onion from the pale green/white

bottom. Roughly chop cilantro.

2. Shred: Cooked chicken into bite-sized chunks.

3. Get cooking: Heat 1 tsp. olive oil in pot. Add carrots, bell pepper, onion, jalapeño and

green onion tops. Sweat the vegetables over medium heat and add a pinch of sea salt

and a few cracks of fresh pepper. About 5 minutes. Add about 4 ounces of broth and

bring back up to temperature. Stir in garlic powder and cumin. Allow to simmer 5 - 10

minutes.

4. Stir in tomato sauce. Stir in beans and bring back to temperature.

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[Marilyn. 340]

I found a recipe for English muffins...

http://www.cookingbread.com/classes/class_...sh_muffins.html

[trailmix 77]

Speaking of grilled cheese, we pretty much always use Havarti for them now.

So last night I made stir fry, haven't had it for a while and it was pretty good.

Tonight I would like to make stew, but all we have for steak is 2 ribeyes and 1 other tiny piece of steak. Don't really want to use the ribeye for stew so it may well be mostly vegetables - orrrr I could make pizza, which would probably be a much better idea.

That soup looks really good Marilyn.

Edited February 17, 2009 by trailmix

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Is it really the refried beans in a can? they're all kind of mushy (yummy, but mushy) - I would have thought another type of whole bean, but let me know how it turns out

my hubby wants me to try this recipe soon.. he loves tortilla soup...

Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

16 - 18 ounces chicken broth (vegetable for

vegetarian)

1 cup cooked, shredded chicken (omit for

vegetarian)

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup refried pinto beans

1/2 cup chopped carrots (1 medium)

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/3 cup chopped white onion

1/2 jalapeño pepper seeded, chopped

(optional)

1/3 cup chopped cilantro

1 green onion (aka spring onion) diced and

divided

1/4 - 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 - 1/2 tsp. cumin

fresh lime juice (about 3/4 of one whole lime)

sea salt

fresh black pepper

Toppings for Tortilla Soup:

tortilla chips

diced tomato

avocado

sour cream

Directions:

1. Chop: Carrots, red bell pepper and jalapeño into fat matchsticks. Dice onion and

green onion. Separate the dark green top of the green onion from the pale green/white

bottom. Roughly chop cilantro.

2. Shred: Cooked chicken into bite-sized chunks.

3. Get cooking: Heat 1 tsp. olive oil in pot. Add carrots, bell pepper, onion, jalapeño and

green onion tops. Sweat the vegetables over medium heat and add a pinch of sea salt

and a few cracks of fresh pepper. About 5 minutes. Add about 4 ounces of broth and

bring back up to temperature. Stir in garlic powder and cumin. Allow to simmer 5 - 10

minutes.

4. Stir in tomato sauce. Stir in beans and bring back to temperature.

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[Marilyn. 340]

yeah that is what it looks like in the picture in the link.. the re-fried beans in a can...

[trailmix 77]

yeah that is what it looks like in the picture in the link.. the re-fried beans in a can...

Only 1/2 a cup, should give it some nice body.

Well i'm just about to get the stew going, made some small round bread loaves to use as bowls - should be good!

[Uncle Wally 2]

Wow. I figured this thread would be 262 pages of this:

Edited February 17, 2009 by Uncle Wally

[Sprailenes 47]

Mmm kraft dinner.

Making italian wedding soup tonight. My fave.

Edited February 17, 2009 by Sprailenes

[TheATeam 0]

I'm making slow cooker thai chicken with steamed veggies! YUMMY!

[JillA 2]

Mexican rice and bean/cheese burritos!

[Jasman0717 9]

I am just having a big glass of water tonight

[Emancipation 2]

pesto, pasta, roasted garlic chabata bread & hubby made a couple of burgers.. I ate veggie

[Autumnchik 6]

Went out for Thai food tonight. Hubby had the massamun curry with shrimp and avocado and I had shrimp with mixed veggies. I am doing Weight Watchers and shrimp with veggies is fairly low in points, whereas the massamun curry is ungodly .... I LOVE massamun curry, but was so proud of myself that I only had a teeny bite of hubby's

[Marilyn. 340]

dinner last night was kind of laid back.. I had an avocado and tomato sandwich... mmmmm

hubby probbaly will have corndogs and clam chowder

[Carlawarla 1]

Wow. I figured this thread would be 262 pages of this:

That looks delicious! I'll be the first to admit that I can eat a whole box (well, I used to anyway) at one sitting. Lazy me, I'd make myself a pot of it, not according to the directions of course. I used butter, and no milk. I'd then take a soup spoon and eat it straight from the pot. Ugh. Probably why I have type 2 diabetes now!

Last night we had speghetti with homemade marinara sauce and turkey meatballs. Tonight we'll have it heated up again. It's always the best the second time around!