Crazypotato98’s Homemade Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup)

The nutrition facts for this simple and healing soup were made at Calorie Count!

Homemade Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup)

Ingredients:

1000 grams chicken breast, bone in

579 grams sweet potato, chopped

466 g red cabbage, chopped

169 g shredded carrot

8 c water

4 cubes Knorr chicken bouillon

Directions:

First boil chicken in bouillon cubes and water until skin is loosened.

Remove the skin, return the chicken to the pot and continue to simmering.

Add vegetables and let simmer at least another half hour or an hour.

Remove bone and gristle from chicken, slice the meat and return to the pot.

Return to a simmer and serve.

Mbar658944084's Chicken with Egg and Lemon Soup

Members of Calorie Count - the best FREE on line place to count your calories - may use the handy nutrition facts to log the calories for this delicious one pot meal of chicken, veggies, and soup!

Chicken with Egg and Lemon Soup

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken (remove skin to make it low fat)
2 T olive oil
6 whole peeled carrots
4 whole peeled medium potatoes
2 whole medium peeled onions
2 litre chicken stock
2 lemons juiced
3 egg whites
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 t fresh oregano or dried alternative
pepper to taste

Directions:

Brown chicken in soup pot in olive oil. Add the chicken, veggies and the stock. Gently simmer until the chicken and veggies are fully cooked.

Remove the chicken and dejoint. Set on a serving platter.

Remove vegetables and place on serving platter with the chicken - cover with foil to keep warm.

Beat egg whites to soft peaks.

Mix a little of the hot stock into the egg whites, folding it in gently. Add more chicken stock till the egg whites are heated enough to be mixed back into the soup without curdling.

Add the lemon juice, oregano, and pepper.

Serve the soup in a separate bowl, vegetables and chicken on the side.

Bon appetit!

Carolyn's Cauliflower Cheddar Dill Coriander Soup

Easy enough to prepare after a day of work. The nutrition facts were prepared at Calorie Count!

Cauliflower Cheddar Dill Coriander Soup

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter
1 chopped onion
2 tbsp dry sherry (or white wine but that's not as tasty)
1 med head of cauliflower cut into bite-size pieces
2 cups veg or chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp coriander
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup milk

Garnishes (not included in the nutrition facts):

chopped chives, dill, parsley, shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

Melt butter over med-high heat. Cook onion until soft but not brown (5 min.).

Add sherry and cauliflower. Cook 1 minute, add salt and pepper (to taste), and coriander.

Bring to rolling boil, then simmer until cauliflower is very tender (about 15 min.)

While still hot place all in blender with the cheddar and half the milk and puree until very smooth.  Or use an immersion blender.

Transfer back to pot to reheat and thin as needed with milk.

Pour into bowls and garnish with the chopped herbs and cheese.

Crazypotato98’s Meatball Soup

Delicious and easy to make. The nutrition facts for this great soup were made at Calorie Count. Use this Converter Tool to translate the g's into ounces.

Crazypotato98’s Meatball Soup

Ingredients:

(Makes 8 servings)

0.64 kg  {ground sirloin}

1/2 cup {Italian style bread crumbs}

4 oz chorizo

3 tbsp cilantro, minced

1  egg

2  carrots, peeled and chopped

3 cloves garlic

1/2 cup onion, chopped

9 cups water

47 1/5 g {4 large cubes Knorr chicken bouillon}

85 g {4 slices hickory smoked ham, boneless}

1/2 cup skim milk

108 g {3 bunches collard greens}

Directions:

Combine ground sirloin, chorizo, bread crumbs, egg, 1 clove minced garlic, 1/4 cup onion, and cilantro. Do not overmix.

Form meatballs about 1 tbsp size or larger and fry over low heat in a large, heavy skillet until browned on all sides.

In a large pot, combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until carrots are tender. Add meatballs and simmer for 10 minutes more.

Serve.

Yogurt Biscuits

Two ingredients and just a few minutes for fast to the table biscuits! The nutrition facts were prepared at Calorie Count!

Yogurt Biscuits

Ingredients:

2 cups (scant) All-purpose biscuit mix
8 oz plain yogurt (fully-fatted works best)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 F.

Very lightly spoon the mix into the measuring cup before adding to the bowl. Stir in the yogurt until just mixed.

Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.

Spoon the mixture in large dollops onto the sheet. Bake for about 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned.

Options:

use blueberry yogurt!

Enjoy.

Vegetable Oil Biscuits

If you are reading labels to avoid shortening and all partially hydrogenated foods, these are the homemade biscuits for you! The nutrition facts were analyzed by Calorie Count!

No Shortening Biscuits

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup milk, 2%

A little melted butter

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 450 F.

Spray non-stick spray on a baking sheet.

In one bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.

In a second bowl, or in one of those nice 2 cup Pyrex measuring cups, stir together the oil and milk.

Use a fork and quickly stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Count your stirs. Do not go past 20 or stir until the ingredients are only just mixed. Over mixing toughens the biscuit nor will they rise so prettily.

Drop by large spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Leave them lumpy or flatten slightly with your flour dusted fingers. Brush with melted butter and bake for about 10 minutes or until they are lightly browned.

Devour immediately, perhaps with a bit of honey…

Crazypotato98’s Bean and Veggie Chili

Easy, delicious, and very nutritious!

Nutrition facts for eight large servings were designed at Calorie Count!

Crazypotato98’s Bean and Veggie Chili

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon pure olive oil

1 medium onion chopped

1/2 sweet red pepper, chopped

2 chili peppers, chopped - your choice of variety, hot or mild

1 cup zucchini, shredded

½ cup carrot, shredded

8 oz mushrooms, finely chopped – your choice of type

2 teaspoon garlic, minced

1 pound ground beef, lean

2 T chili powder blend – your favorite brand

2 teaspoons ground cumin

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1/4 cup cilantro or parsley (or both), rinsed and chopped

3 (15 oz) cans of your favorite beans, rinsed and drained – good choices: pinto, cannellini, great northern, and black beans – but any type will be just fine.

3 cups vegetable stock, low salt

Directions:

Heat oil over medium heat in large saucepan and add onion, red pepper, chilis and sauté for about 5 minutes. Stir in the shredded carrot and zucchini, sauté for another three minutes,

Add turkey, cumin and chili powder, cook, stirring til incorporated over med-high heat til turkey is browned.

Add the mushrooms and sauté until the mushrooms are soft and have given up their liquid. If you used a type that holds a great deal of liquid, just reduce the stock a bit later. Don’t drain that lovely vitamin rich mushroom juice!

Stir in the flour and then the tomato paste.

Add cilantro, beans, and enough stock to get the consistency you prefer. 

Simmer 20 minutes or so, taste, and adjust the seasonings. 

Notes:

Like it hotter? Add Tabasco or use hot chilis.

Like it mild? Reduce the chili powder to 1 tablespoon and add more if needed when you adjust the seasonings.

Other seasonings you may like in this: basil, smoky paprika, black pepper, and white pepper

Used to salt? Wait til it's cooked and decide how much to add, better still - get used to food without the salt! After a while you will not miss it.

Love beans? Add more! 

Crazypotato98's Ensalada de Nopales (Cactus Salad)

Crazypotato has been at it again with lovely cactus (nopales). Enjoy this delicious salad that she created after tasting a similar one in her local vegetarian restaurant!

The nutrition facts were created at Calorie Count!

Ensalada de Nopales (Cactus Salad)

Ingredients:

6 cups nopales
2 tomatoes, seeded, chopped
1/8 cup cilantro, chopped
2 tsp salt
5 tbsp lime juice
1/4 cup onion, chopped
1/8 tsp oregano

Directions:

Boil nopales for 5 minutes or so. You may add a bit of garlic and onion to the water during boiling so as to give the nopales more flavor. You may also add salt to taste.

Remove nopales from heat; add a pinch of baking soda until all the cactus slime disappears. The soda will cause the water to fizz and bubble as it reacts with the acidic cactus slime. Rinse nopales and allow to cool enough to handle.

In a large bowl, combine cooked nopales with tomatoes, cilantro, onion, salt, and oregano. If possible, use fresh limes to squeeze the juice over the salad.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Serve cold with crackers.

Poetnw’s Beef Yam Kidney Bean Stew

You don't have to go shopping to make a one-pot stew. Poetnw just took advantage of the things she happened to have on hand and the result was pure deliciousness. Included in the directions are the optional just because she had it on hand ingredients. The nutrition facts were created at Calorie Count.

Poetnw’s Beef Yam Kidney Bean Stew

Ingredients:

1 pound cubed stew beef 

1 onion, sliced

1 yam, cubed

2 cups sliced cabbage

Left over hot pickle juice from a recently emptied jar

3 cubes beef bullion

other seasonings of your choice

1 recipe of Betty Crocker's dumplings (white flour changed to wheat)

Directions:

Cube the beef and put it in a pot with a little water - just a couple cups will do to start. Simmer covered for about an hour. Add the onions, and yam. Cover and allow to simmer a little more until the veggies are tender. Add the cabbage, a good slurp of pickle juice, beef bullion cubes. Add a little water if the concoction is getting too dry. Simmer covered about 15 minutes. Taste, and season as you wish - black pepper or thyme are good choices.

Mix the dumpling mixture and plop by large spoonfuls on top of the simmering stew. Cook 10 minutes with the lid off. Then cover and cook another 10 minutes or until the dumplings are done - touch the top and if they feel firm, call the kids in for dinner and enjoy.

Options:

Add any veggies you have that need to be used up soon!

Quick and Easy Home Roasted Peppers

I used the tool at Calorie Count to set the nutrition facts for one pepper and a scant amount of oil as most will be removed with the skin.

Deliciousness!

Quick and Easy Home Roasted Peppers

Ingredients:

As many peppers as you would like to roast

Olive oil

Preheat oven to 450

quartered and oiled

Directions:

Rinse and quarter the peppers. Slice the top, remove the core, de-seed, and remove the ribs.

Either brush with olive oil or put oil in a bowl and dip the pepper quarters to coat.

roasted!

Roast in a pan with a side (to catch some of the spitting oil) for about 15-20 minutes or until the skins blacken and blister.

Remove the peppers from the oven. Use tongs and place the peppers in a brown paper bag, roll to seal the steamy goodness within, and allow the peppers to cool for 10 minutes.

resting in a bag

Now that they are cool enough to handle and the sealed container has assisted in a final steam making the peppers easy to peel - peel off the skins and excess black bits with your fingers!

Slice them now and use in your favorite recipe or place in a clean preserve jar packed well with oil and store in the fridge where they will keep for about two weeks.