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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Olive garden toscana soup

Well it is rainy rainy and windy outside. We are expecting a typhoon and it is perfect soup weather. I love this soup it is a copycat of the Olive garden soup.

zuppa toscana

1 lb ground Italian sausage

1½1/2tsp crushed red peppers

1 large diced white onion

4 tbsp bacon pieces

2 tsp garlic puree

10 cups water

5 cubes of chicken bouillon

1 cup heavy cream

1 lb sliced russet potatoes, or about 3 large potatoes

1/4 of a bunch of kale

saute italian sausage and crushed red pepper in a large pot. drain excess fat, refrigerate while you prepare other ingredients.

in the same pan, saute bacon, onions and garlic over low-medium heat for approximately 15 mins. or until the onions are soft.

add chicken bouillon and water to the pot and heat until it starts to boil. add the sliced potatoes and cook until soft, about half an hour.

add the heavy cream and just cook until thoroughly heated.

stir in the sausage and the kale, let all heat through and serve.

Caramel Puffs


2 C brown sugar
1 C corn syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 C butter and margarine
corn puffs
Combine 1st 3 ingredients on medium low heat, and slowly bring to a boil. You don't want it to burn. Allow mixture to boil for about 1 1/2 min. STIRRING CONSTANTLY. Remove from heat and add butter. Mix well. Pour over puffs.

P.S. The puffs are like puff cheetos without the cheese. I use to be able to find a big bag of them at maceys and albertsons, I think they were called Barrel of fun puffs, I can't find those here, so I use the Cheetos brand butter puffs found in the chip aisle.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

brunswick stew with smoked paprika

2 cups cubed gold potato

2 cups thinly sliced yellow onion

2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed

1 cup frozen baby lima beans, thawed

1/2 cup tomato sauce

2 14 oz cans of chicken broth

5 bacon slices, cut and cooked

3 cups shredded cooked chicken breast

1/2 tsp sweet spanish smoked paprika

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/4 tsp ground red pepper

combine first 7 ingredients over medium high heat, bring to a boil. reduce heat to low, simmer 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. stir in chicken, paprika, s&p; simmer for 15 mins.

lots of time Ii leave out the lima beans and use regular paprika and it still tastes yummy! i also like to cook it down a little bit so it is not so juicy but a little more thick and stewy.

amy that is one of my favorite cooking blogs too. another one that Ii really like is jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com

i am jealous you can all enjoy some yummy warm soup on a cool crisp day. i will still make mine because it is raining and turn up the ac.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Did you notice...

I don't know if anyone has noticed, that when I started this blog, I added a website off to the right side, called My Kitchen Cafe. I LOVE this website. I have tried a lot of stuff off of that website, and have loved everything I have tried. You should check it out.