Portion Size Me: Ham Fat

We cooked this ham the night before and then refrigerated it. When we took it out to make lentil soup with all the fat had hardened and turned white. It was really disgusting.......but we were able to scoop it out and throw it out before we made our soup.



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Cabbage Soup Recipes For Fine Eating

Cabbage soup recipes are just what you need for quick and inexpensive fall and winter meals. Cabbage is a staple in the diet of many people around the world. Just because it's common doesn't mean it isn't good. And it doesn't have to be bland and smelly either. It is a great dish when properly prepared.

One great way to use cabbage is in soup. Soup of any kind is filling and can be a low calorie part of a meal too. Cabbage soup is even the main part of a diet plan called the cabbage soup diet. With this diet you eat all the cabbage soup you want and then you have just certain foods to eat during each of seven days. The claim is that you should lose ten pounds in seven days. I've done the diet and it does work. But cabbage soup isn't just for diets.

It's cold where I live now and a pot of good soup is hard to beat. Here's the recipe my favorite cook just put together last week. I tested the product and it was mouth watering good.

Kathy's Fast Cabbage Soup

In a stock pot add:

2 quarts chicken broth
1 minced onion
2 minced garlic cloves
2 diced sweet potatoes (peeled)
1 grated small head cabbage
2 chopped celery stalks

Bring to a boil and then simmer 15 minutes.

Salt and pepper to taste. Have Tabasco sauce at the table.

Top with sour cream if that's on your diet.

Make chicken broth when you have chicken the next time. Cover leftover chicken bones with water. Bring to a boil and then lower heat and simmer for four hours. Remove bones. Then refrigerate broth.

This is thrifty peasant eating at it's best. Make up your own cabbage soup recipe using these general proportions. Of course you could substitute carrots for sweet potatoes. Make substitutions like that and make your own recipe.

Kathy's Recipe Quick Ham and Rice Dinner 3

www.FunToWatch.TV Recipe 1 / 3 cup margarine, butter or chicken fat 1 / 3 cup flour 1 / 3 cup chopped onion 1 / 2 teaspoon salt 1 / 4 teaspoon pepper 2 / 3 cup milk 2 cups cut ham 1 13 oz. Pour can of peas and carrots (drained in measuring cup) 1 chicken stock, 2 cups water 1 cup rice 2 cups water and rice in the pot. Bake until cooked, stirring often, about 20 minutes. Add enough water to make liquid plant to 1 3 / 4 cup of broth. Add the chicken broth. Heat margarine over low heatuntil melted. A mixture of flour, onions, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly, remove from heat. Mix soup and milk. Heated to boiling, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in ham and vegetables. Place over rice. Note: You can use turkey or chicken. You can also steaks or ground beef, but use a meat broth instead of chicken. You can potatoes or egg noodles instead of rice. Enjoy. Link and embed my video onYour site. Kathy Atamanchuk



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Secrets of Soup - Cheese Corn Chowder

There are times in our lives that we need simple, fast comfort food. This recipe for cheese corn chowder fits the bill perfectly. Dinner is ready in a flash, with a minimum of work, and it's a one-pot meal, so clean-up is fast and easy. And this tasty chowder is a real money saver.

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water

2 cups diced potatoes

1 medium carrot, sliced

1 cup celery, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 cans cream-style corn

1-1/2 cups milk

2/3 cup grated cheddar cheese

What to Do:

Combine water, potatoes, carrots, celery, salt, and pepper in a large saucepan. Heat to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add corn and simmer another 5 minutes. Stir in milk. Gradually add cheese and stir until cheese is melted and chowder is heated through, but do not bring to a boil.

The above chowder recipe is extremely economical. As I have looked at other recipes, I have come across some wonderful additions that can add to the cost, but will provide variety and extra flavor:

Because my family is nuts about garlic, I almost always add a good measure of it to this recipe. Mince 1-3 cloves of garlic and add to the mixture with the corn.
Many chowders include bacon. That sounds like a real winner to me. Add about 1/4 cup cooked and crumbled bacon when you stir in the milk.
Using chicken broth or ham broth instead of water gives the finished product a more complex flavor. As an alternative, add a teaspoon or so of soup base or bouillon to the water.
One very popular recipe uses a packet of powdered country-style gravy mix. Stir it into the milk before adding to the pot.
Of course onions are always appropriate at our house. Saute 1/2 to 1 cup of onions in a bit of butter or olive oil as your very first step, then add water, potatoes, carrots, celery and seasonings and proceed as usual.

Sit back and relax. Dinner is almost ready.

Kathy's Recipe Quick Ham and Rice Dinner 1

www.FunToWatch.TV Recipe 1/3 cup margarine, butter or chicken fat 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2/3 cup milk 2 cups cut up ham 1 13 oz.can of peas and carrots (drained into measuring cup) 1 chicken bouillon 2 cups water 1 cup rice Pour 2 cups water and rice into saucepan. Cook until done, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Add enough water to vegetable liquid to make 1 3/4 cup broth. Add chicken bouillon. Heat margarine over low heat until melted. Blend in flour, onion, salt and pepper. Cook, over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in broth and milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in ham and vegetables. Place over rice. Notes: You can use turkey or chicken instead. You may also use steak or ground beef, but use a beef bouillon instead of chicken. You can use potatoes or egg noodles instead of rice. Enjoy. Embed & link my videos on your website. Kathy Atamanchuk



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Raw Food Soup Recipes - 2 Easy Recipes!

Raw food soup recipes are an easy way to make a meal. All you do is put some vegetables in a blender and you have an easy, light, and nutritious meal.

This recipe is one that I make on a regular basis with common items that I usually have stocked in my refrigerator:

Everyday Raw Blended Soup

3 really ripe medium sized tomatoes

1/2 of an apple (for sweetness)

1/4 of a red, yellow, or orange bell pepper

1/4 of a medium cucumber

1/4 of an avocado (for consistency)

1 green onion (white part only)

2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 small cloves garlic (or 1 large clove)

few pinches sea salt or pink salt to taste or a small handful or dulse seaweed (for saltiness)

cayenne pepper to taste

Garnish (choose all or only a few)

Your choice of chopped green onion (green part only), chopped cucumber,chopped bell pepper, chopped apple, chopped tomato, and/or chopped parsley

Sprinkle with ground pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, or whole hemp seeds

Sprinkle with dulse flakes or kelp granules

Top with sauerkraut (optional)

Drizzle with olive oil

Rough chop the tomatoes, apples, and cucumber. Then add all the ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth. I choose different garnishes everyday, whatever I happen to have on hand. The more chopped vegetables you put into your soup the more filling it's going to be. You can add fresh herbs and seasonings to the soup such as basil or oregano for variety, whatever you have in the fridge works:)

This is a spicy soup that uses sweet carrot juice as the base:

Fiesta Soup

1 cup carrot juice (I cheated and used store bought carrot juice from the refrigerated section, not raw, but quick)

an avocado

Juice from 1 lime or lemon

Small handful cilantro

2 green onions

teaspoon cumin

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper or less

Blend the ingredients in a blender to make a soup. Garnish with green onion, cilantro, bell pepper, avocado, and to make it, "over the top" top it with Farm house smoked jalapeo sauerkraut or homemade or another brand of raw sauerkraut. Makes 1 serving.

Hope you enjoyed these two soup recipes! For more recipes and resources check out the links below:

Vegetarian Potato Soup

Traditional potato soup recipes often include bacon, sour cream, and other animal products. For vegetarians and vegans who want a hearty potato soup, this recipe is the answer. Kids and adults alike love this nutritious, satisfying soup.

3 med potatoes, skinned and cubed

1/2 lb. tofu

4 cups water (you can substitute one cup of water with vegetable broth)

1 medium yellow onion, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

1 T. olive oil

1/4 c. chopped parsley

black pepper to taste

Directions:

Fill a large pot with the water and vegetable broth. Bring the water to a simmer and lower the potatoes and onions into the pot. Add sea salt. Simmer for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

While the potatoes and onions are cooking, blend the tofu and olive oil in a food processor. When the potatoes and onions are done, add half of the batch to the food processor with the tofu and olive oil mix and process.

Return the contents of the food processor to the pot containing the water and the other half of the potato/onion mix. Add parsley and black pepper to taste. You might also want to add bacon bits or vegetarian bacon bits to the mix.

Simmer for a few minutes until warm enough to serve.

How to Make Brazillian Feijoada

Keith Lorren's Brazilian Feijoada Recipe & sautéed Collard Greens Make sure to visit www.KeithLorren.com to purchase seasonings and to view recipes!!!!!! I Invented Cooking!!!! Ingredients: • 2 pounds dried black beans, picked through and rinsed • 1/2 pound salt cured beef, such as carne seca or corned beef • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 1/2 pound pork belly, cut into 1-inch cubes • 1 of each: pork foot, ear, tongue 2 salted pork tails • 4 strips bacon 2 medium white onion, chopped • 1 large bellpepper chopped • 1 tablespoon Keith's Complete Seasoning( www.keithlorren.com) • 6 garlic cloves, minced • 1 Scotch bonnet or serrano pepper, seeded • 3 bay leaves • 1 pound smoked ham hocks • ¼ lb smoked neckbone • 1 pound linguica or Spanish chorizo sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces • 1 pound pork ribs, separated into individual ribs • 1 pound lean beef stew meat cut into 2-inch cubes • 1pound lean pork cut in 2 inch cubes • Hot sauce • Garnish with fresh parsley • 2 oranges, peeled and cut in segments • Collard Greens, recipe follows • Cooked white rice, for serving • Fried plantains for serving Caipirina for drink Directions 1. Starting a day ahead, rinse dried beans and soak covered with cold water in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, soak the salt cured beef, pigtail in cool water overnight also but change the water a couple of times. The next day boil beans until tender. 2.Drain the carne seca, pork tails; cut up the cured beef into chunks Coat a large heavy pot ...



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Ham Broccoli Cheese Rollups

Fun to make portioned entrees that taste a little like ham with stuffing. Great to use as a dish to pass at a potluck. Feel free to comment / subscribe.



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Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Any sort of soup makes for a great first dish at a dinner party for so many reasons. It's easy to prepare for a start. Usually the most that's involved is cutting up a few vegetables, throwing them into a pot and cooking them, adding some stock and blending it all up. Being so full of veg it's also incredibly good for you, and may contain more than one of your five a day, and lets not forget the fact that soup also is tastes great!

Below is the recipe for squash soup, curry style. I have been very middle of the road with my selection of spiciness but obviously increase or decrease the heat of the paste as you see fit.

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil, 1 onion - chopped, 1 red chilli - chopped (optional), 1 clove garlic - crushed, 2 butternut squash - flesh cubed, 1 tbsp medium curry paste, 300ml/ pint of good vegetable stock, 200ml/7fl oz coconut milk and 2 tbsp fresh coriander - chopped.

Steps

1. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the sliced onion, garlic and chilli and toss so the oil covers them nicely. Fry for around five minutes until the onion has softened.

2. Add the squash and continue to fry for 5 minutes. Stir through the curry paste and fry for a further minute. Pour over the stock and coconut milk, bring to the boil, and cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the squash is tender.

3. Transfer to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Return to the pan, add the coriander, and season well. Serve with plenty of crusty bread.

Here's a tip (albeit a slightly obvious one) - the freshest ingredients makes for a better soup!! And you know what? In my opinion you can't beat ingredients that are home grown. If you are a keen chef then I recommend this as the results can be superb!

Cooking with astronomic - buttery potato soup recipe

Potato soup with a hint of spice. Delicioso! Vegetarian option: Leave out the ham. Rate and comment please.



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Low Carb Soup - Cream of Mushroom Soup

Soup is made by cooking meat, vegetables and other ingredients in stock or water. Many soups are great low carb meals. Traditionally there are two types of soups, clear and thick soups.

Several thickening agents can be used depending on the type of soup you are making. When making a vegetable soup such as cauliflower soup, you can use pureed vegetables to thicken the soup. In some soups, egg yolks and cream is used as a thickener. If you need a replacement for starch, you can use a vegetable gum such as xanthan gum which you can buy online or in your health food store. There are also commercial products available produced and marketed as a replacement to starch. One a lot of people use in their sauces and soups is called ThickenThin.

Cream of mushroom soup

Mushrooms are low in carbohydrates and are therefore a perfect ingredient in your low carb soups, salad, stew, omelet or other dishes.

1 pound/500 grams of mushrooms
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1-2 cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons of butter
2 cups of chicken broth
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup of cream
Parmesan cheese

Clean the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices. Spread the mushrooms onto a baking pan. Add lemon juice, minced garlic, salt and pepper. Bake in the oven until the mushrooms are completely cooked and the juice is dark. Put the mushrooms in a blender. Heat the soup in a sauce pan with the cream. Add shredded Parmesan cheese to the soup before serving.

White Bean Soup Recipe With Ham Hocks : Adding Ham Hocks & Bay Leaves to White Bean Soup Recipe

Learn how to add hocks and bay leaves to make a ham hocks and white bean soup recipe in this free Southern food cooking video. Expert: David Postada Bio: David Postada is Chef and owner of the Big Easy Catering company in Santa Barbara, California. Filmmaker: Diana Bacon



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White Bean Soup Recipe With Ham Hocks : Mixing Batter for Cornbread Recipe

Learn how to mix the batter to make cornbread for a ham hocks and white bean soup recipe in this free Southern food cooking video. Expert: David Postada Bio: David Postada is Chef and owner of the Big Easy Catering company in Santa Barbara, California. Filmmaker: Diana Bacon



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Lentil Soup with Smoky Ham- The Secret Ingredient

Secret Ingredient: Wellshire Spiral Ham



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rebel theatrics and apprenticeship b4 taxation

A rebel "drama queen" tells Senators what she thinks about their Pork Spending "Stimulus" bill. Calling Sen. Lyndsay Graham her hero, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, well, uh, somethin other than a hero. A parody about the politics of the recession that ends with an 'EDUCATION before TAXATION" stance on STD prevention - a $350 million price tag included in the 'Stimulus Bill". a bipartisan compromise big three president barack obama chest crush obamamania george strait more theatrics theatrical senate floor debate on spending borrowing bill tartar control feminine hygiene products campbells chunky chicken noodle split pea and ham soup



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Crunchy Cantaloupe Soup

Melon and dry-cured ham are a traditional summer item on south European tables. In this version, the melon is blended with mint and ginger, while the ham is dried in the oven. As always, on The Green Plate Kitchen, an easy recipe designed to give you the best of everyday ingredients in ways of taste and health--all in record time. Bon appetit!



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Warm Ham, Provolone and Focaccia Bread Sandwiches Are a Hit With Teens

I am raising my teenage grandchildren. Dinners are easy for me, but lunches are a challenge. The kids are sick of pizza and hamburgers because these items are on the school lunch menu daily. What could I fix for lunch? There was some leftover ham in the refrigerator and I decided to use it.

I bought a loaf of Focaccia bread at a discount store, some Provolone cheese and assembled these ingredients into a huge sandwich. The tantalizing smell of cheesy bread filled the kitchen. Twenty minutes later I served a tasty lunch, so tasty the kids asked for seconds. My giant sandwich idea is built on centuries of food history.

Stale bread was used as a plate from the sixth to the 16th century. The bread soaked up meat juices and could be eaten or fed to dogs. As the centuries passed other meats were used for sandwiches. According to the Whats Cooking America website, Elisabeth Leslie, an English woman, included a recipe for ham sandwiches in her book, "Directions for Cookerie."

Fannie Merritt Farmer, in "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book," first published in 1896, included a recipe for baking powder biscuit sandwiches, a forerunner of the fast food breakfast sandwich served today. The dough is made with butter, lard, or another fat, rolled to a half-inch thickness, and cut out. "Put together in pairs, fill with finely chopped boiled ham," states the recipe. The biscuits are brushed with milk before baking.

By the 1900s, thanks to commercial bakeries, sandwiches were a staple of the American diet. Americans have three favorite sandwiches: peanut butter and jelly, egg salad, and ham. Of the three, ham is the most versatile because it can be paired with many so many ingredients and served warm or cold.

The Cuban sandwich, a combination of ham, roast pork, cheese and pickles, is the most popular sandwich in Miami, Florida. Another ham sandwich, the Monte Cristo, started out in Paris and migrated to the US. This sandwich -- ham, turkey or chicken and cheese dipped in French toast batter - appeared on the Disneyland (Anaheim) menu in 1966, according to the In Mommas Kitchen website.

I did not have the time to dip sandwiches or assemble the pressed Cuban sandwich. My lunch had to be fast and tasty. Honey is the mystery ingredient in this sandwich, which can be assembled in 10 minutes. If you want more ham or cheese, add them. Serve the sandwich the minute it comes out of the oven.

1 peeled and cored fresh pineapple (from the grocery store)
1 round loaf Asiago cheese Focaccia bread
8 ounce package of Provolone cheese
8 ounces of thinly sliced ham
Butter
Honey
Dijon mustard

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut the pineapple into six slices and set aside. Using a bread knife, cut the Focaccia in half horizontally. Butter the underside of the top half. Drizzle a generous amount of honey over the butter. Spread Dijon mustard on the bottom half of the loaf. Layer ham and Provolene in circles over the bread. Put the top on and set the sandwich on a baking pan. Cover with release foil and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake five minutes more. Cut into pie-shaped wedges and serve with fresh pineapple. Makes 6 servings.

Copyright 2010 by Harriet Hodgson

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Ham and Soupp video featuring ONLY Soupp!!!!! (sorry it's so quiet!)



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