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Ramen noodles are cheap, fast and yum, but also salty, fatty starch. Therefore when I make them for the kids and I, I make two packages of noodles but put only one seasoning packet in. Also I always add vegetables to them while cooking (broccoli or spinach are our favorites) that way they are a little healthier.This week I made my first spaggetti squash of the season and Emma thought it was Ramen, so now I have a healthy alternative. A little butter and a shake of cheese and she is excited to be eating "noodles."
In order to save money and time I have decided that Wednesday will be soup night at our house. I will probably try 56 soups over the course of this year since Josh isn't a big soup fan, but I like soup and it is easy and cheap. Last night we had this one, it's really good.
Battle of Lexington Soup
Boil 3 chicken thighs (or equivalent in other peices of chicken) in 6 cups water until cooked through.
Remove chicken from pot and add 1 skinned and quarterd butternut squash
Remove bones and skin from chicken and chop meat
When squash is soft mash it in pot
Add chicken chunks
Chop one onion and saute in 1 tablespoon butter until tender, add to soup
Add salt and pepper to taste and 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Add two cups milk (no less fat than 2% I would say, I used whole) Heat through, do not boil
So all you need is chicken, 1 butternut squash, 1 onion,1 TBSP butter, water, two cups milk, water, salt, pepper and nutmeg
Speaking of Ramen makes me think of Jackie and I sitting round our hot pot eating Ramen and cheddar cheese in college. Oh, if only my metabolism were still at that rate! Remember Draime girls- now that we are approaching thirty even reduced fat Ben and Jerry's isn't fat free- even if we can balance it on our heads!
posted by Liz @ 12:03 PM
4 Comments:
I have a great recipe for Lenil stew if you're interested. It is sooooo good and very filling.
Hee, hee - you made me laugh with the memory of balancing ice cream on our heads. :) Also, if looking for soup recipes, I have an entire cookbook devoted to soup, if you let me kow what your interested in (ingredients wise) I can copy some recipes and mail them to you. :)
Oops, that was from me, didn't want to ,lose the message while logging into google - Dawn ;)
Soup is wonderful, though I don't often use a recipe (sometimes, I probably should, though). Creamy soups tend to intimidate me, though, so I usually go for the broth-based ones....but your soup recipe here sounds really simple and yummy...maybe we'll have to try it. As for our house, we are slowly getting there. It has been almost 5 years in the doing, and we still have a gazillion little projects to go...I try not to think about it too much, since it can be a bit overwhelming. But I have to say that remodeling has been a huge learning experience, and that is a good thing.
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