Curry Chicken Vegetable Soup

I made a new goal this year to try lots of different recipes. I like my usuals, but I figured it was time to branch out a little and find some new stuff to eat. Also, I wanted to try to keep it as healthy as possible.

My first new recipe was this curry soup. It was easy to make and really really yummy. And at just 94 calories per 1 cup, it is very healthy.


In a large Sauce pan heat:
1 1/2 tsp olive oil on medium

Add:
3/4 cup Finely chopped celery
3/4 cup finely chopped onion

Cook for about 3 minutes, stiring occasionally, until starting to soften


Add:
1 Medium cooking apple (such as McIntosh), peeled and grated
2 tbsp all-pupose flour
1 tsp curry powder (I added more, because I love curry and wanted a stonger curry flavor)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Heat and stir for 1 minute

Add:
1 cup low sodium prepared chicken broth.

Heat and stir until boiling and thickened.


Add:
4 cups of chicken broth
1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken (I used part of a rotissaire chicken)
1 1/2 cups frozen mixed veggies (I used an entire bag of oriental mixed frozen veggies)


Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered for 8 minutes to blend flavours

Add 1 tsp lemon juice. Makes about 8 cups.

I served it with Naan bread. and it was so good.

For really good Naan bread. I buy the packaged bread from the store. I think this brand was actually dempsters. I put the bread on a foil covered baking sheet, and brush the bread with melted butter. Then I put on some italian seasoning and sometimes parm. cheese. Bake at 35o degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cut in quaters and serve.

Chicken Roll-ups

This is an all time favorite dinner of mine. Infact I like it so much that I had it served at my wedding. Not only is is good, but it is easy to make, and you can make a lot and freeze them.



3 cups of chicken or turkey cubed (you can either use 3 chicken breasts or I like to use a whole chicken- I just buy the rotissarie chicken from the grocery store)



Add:
1 cup carrots minced
1 cup celery mined
1 cup onions (you can either put them in raw or fried)
1 can mushrooms minced

cream in 1 8oz pkg of cream cheese

mix until it is all blended and no large chunks of cream cheese



You'll need about 8-10 pkg of pillsbury cresent rolls (regular size, not jumbo)

open 1 -2 pkgs at a time and seperate into triangles.
Place a spoonful of the chicken filling in the center of the roll



Fold in all the egdes covering all the filling and roll it.

dip in a bowl of 1/2 cup melted butter- roll it around to completely cover

(I actually mix in 1/2 cup of skim milk with the butter, so that it is not just pure butter I roll it in)

The roll in a bowl of bread crumbs

Place on a baking sheet.

If you are baking them at this point, bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown

If you are freezing them, place them in the freezer on the pan and then once they are frozen tranfer them to a freezer safe container or a plastic ziplock bag.

To cook from frozen, just place on a baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve with 1 can of cream of chicken soup. Place the soup(do not prepare the soup with water or milk- just use right from the can) in a bowl and microwave until warm and serve as a sauce.

It is the perfect meal with salad and/or some steamed vegatables.

Snowballs

I forgot to post this before Christmas. Sorry


These 'cookies' were my favorite as a little girl. I have pictures of me making them with my Grandma when I was 4 or 5. They are easy for kids to make, but adults truly enjoy them. I had to include them in my Christmas baking. I gave away christmas treats to my friends and everyone loved these snowballs.

The recipe is so simple.




Blend well together;
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 1/2 cups fine coconut
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp almond extract


It will all come together and be basically the consistency of butter. Roll into small balls.

Cut Marachino cherries, chopped in 1/4 or 1/6

Insert a piece of marachino cherry into the center of each cookie. Re-roll into a ball.

Roll in more fine coconut.

Chill; keep in the refrigerator.



The cherry is such a nice surprise inside.