This weekend

As usual it was a busy weekend.  What I thought was going to be a quiet Sunday, turned out to be food shopping.  It's a shame, when the foodie has no food in the house.  So I bribed my daughter into going with me to Stop and Shop.  I told her she could be in charge of the scanner gun while we shop.  I don't normally go to Stop and Shop, they are more expensive than Shoprite.  BUT, they had some great 10 for $10 sales.  Just as a little aside and a great tip:  I do not shop for vegetables in the supermarket, I go to a local vegetable store.  The fruit and vegetables are always fresh and bright and the best thing is when I spend $30 (which is always) I get free eggs!  Free is always good.  So check out YOUR local vegetable store to see if they have any offers like that.  Maybe you'll get free milk which is always great too.  If they don't have something, talk to the manager to see if they would be interested in putting something like that in place.  It would bring in more customers for them and you possibly get something for free.
After almost two weeks of not cooking, I finally made a pot of soup.  My family loved it.  It was called Sausage Minestrone Soup, click here to get a printable version.  Unfortunately, we don't have pictures of this one.  But I promise, next time I will.
The last thing I want to mention, my little wish for a local Penzy's came true as a surprise.  I love getting the Penzy Spice catalogue, but I'm not a fan about mail order stuff.  I want it and I want it NOW!  When my daughter and I were at the mall the other day, guess what? They opened a Penzy's right in our mall.  How great it that?!  I was so excited because now I can get high end spices and spice mixes without waiting.
Well, until next time.  Oh and I hope you have signed up with your email so this way we can notify you about those classes I'm working on.

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Chicken Soup

Cooler weather and cold/flu season is coming and you want to have something warm and comforting so you ask; What is the best way to make chicken soup?  Invest in a pressure cooker, you can do what would normally take all day in about 30-45 minutes.

My little girl had a cold this weekend and the best thing for this is good old "Jewish peniclin" - Chicken soup (click here for printable).  But I have papers do for classes and didn't have time to babysit a pot of soup.  Also, when I just put the raw chicken in the pot to boil and cook, I don't get that wonderfully rich flavor (we call that "chicken shadow soup, when the shadow of the chicken passes over the water).  I have discovered that I can make the best chicken soup with to two major things:

Rotiserie chicken (store bought)
and the Pressure cooker.

I will put the details of the recipe in the recipe section.  But just imagine, wonderfully rich, homemade soup in about an hour. Yummm.

Oh, and I didn't forget about the sausage and pepper recipe, I have papers due remember?

Last Nights Dinner - Sausage and Peppers, YUMMMM!

I have been working on homework for classes that I am taking and haven't had the chance to add last night's recipe.  I will be able to add it later tonight.  So look for the recipe with the pictures and updated Flint News.

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Secret Seasoning, Ssshhhhh

In the list of ingredients I always list Secret Seasoning .  A printable copy of the ingredients are available.  I use this on everything.

Tonights Dinner

There's a second recipe up from tonight's dinner.  Swedish Meatballs, check it out.
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