Lasagna Soup.....

Forgive my lack of posting. I've been working the last few days and I'm pretty tired when I get home. Yesterday was a Christmas Party at work. We prepped Tuesday and yesterday morning for the party. I made a huge carrot cake, pumpkin raisin bread, date nut bread, rum balls, mollases cookies and white chocolate brownies. I also made salmon salad, tarragon chicken salad, hot spinach dip and various other goodies. Surprisingly, I still felt like cooking dinner when I came home last night.

I threw together this soup in 15 minutes. This is another recipe from CuisineatHome soup and stews magazine. I sauteed garlic, onion, mushrooms, Hot turkey sausage and carrot in some evoo. Chicken broth and chopped tomatoes are added next. I also added some oregano and a pesto spice blend. Malfadina pasta is added directly to the broth. Lastly fresh spinach is stirred in and then you ladle the soup over cubed mozzarella or provolone. Parmesean and basil finish this dish off.

Italian wedding soup( Cuisine at home).....

I'm sure getting my monies worth from this magazine. This is the 3rd recipe I've made and I have a few more bookmarked.

First I made some mini meatballs( I used ground turkey). These chill in the fridge while you assemble the rest of the soup. I used some canned low-sodium broth because thats what I had. Of course, homeade stock would be a lot better. Onions, garlic, carrot and celery are sauteed. White wine is added first, then the broth is added with some oregano, bay leaf and red pepper flakes. The meatballs are dropped in to simmer. About 10 minutes later, fresh spinach and canellini beans go into the pot. The soup is finished with some tempered eggs. I cooked up some mini cheese tortellini for a hearter meal. This was very good. Even Robin loved it and she's not a soup fan. Although she did say " this is a far cry from the soup I was served as a child".

Tortilla soup with Chipoltle shrimp( cuisine at home)...

When I lived in Cali, I never ate much soup. I'd make a big pot of matza ball when I was sick, but other than that soup didnt make it on my menu too often. To me, it has to be cold outside for soup. I saw this Cuisine at Home Soups and Splendid sides magazine( 9.99) at Barnes and Noble in Port Huron. I paged through it and every soup looked so good( I have another one on the menu this week). I love tortilla soup so this was naturally my first choice. It came together in 15 minutes too. I sauteed some onions and garlic along with a variety of mexican spice( cumin, corriander, oregano). Added some chicken stock( I had it frozen, but low sodium canned would work too). I then added a can of diced tomatoes, frozen corn, a can of black beans and a few torn corn tortillas. The recipe calls for charred poblano peppers but I subbed a can of green chilies. I also added some salsa verde and some chili powder. On sauteed some jumbo shrimp and added that as a garnish. Sour cream, shredded cheese and tortilla strips make a tasty garnish.