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By: The Best Soup Ever « My Family Table

The Best Soup Ever « My Family Table — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:24:29 +0000

[...] bean soup or her fish chowder. Until then, I’ll keep making my standbys- squash soup and chicken stew and Italian Wedding [...]

By: Paula Tohline Calhoun

Paula Tohline Calhoun — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:22:55 +0000

All frozen meals are not equal. We’ve found that the Smart Ones (by Weight Watchers) are the very best of the lot. Amazing variety! Their pizzas are the best of any frozen pizzas, with a nice crisp crust, a very satisfying amount, and delicious! Also, their “flat bread” sandwiches are good, as well as many other of their offerings. Like I said, they beat cooking some nights (and are great for lunch, too!), reasonably healthy, except for sodium content sometimes, and easy clean-up! Just recycle the plastic tray and wash your fork!

By: stellacarolyn

stellacarolyn — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:08:17 +0000

Mrs. N, is this the break in our relationship??? The soup was already made, I’m just sayin’….

Carol Ann, yes, though if the soup isn’t thick enough the biscuits will sink so you may be better off using Paula’s trick of dumplings.

Paula, I love dumplings as well but was in a more bready kind of mood last night. I’ll have to look into the frozen dinners- I haven’t had them since I was a kid and they had those Swansan’s TV dinners.

By: Paula Tohline Calhoun

Paula Tohline Calhoun — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:58:24 +0000

Great idea, and one I have resorted to on occasion – except I would not have used biscuits (although I do like them). I would have made dumplings like my mother did. She never measured or anything, she simply used chicken fat, skimmed from the soup or broth, and mixed it with flour. After the right consistency, she rolled it out very thin (or patted it, if you prefer!), cut them in squares and dropped them one by one into the boiling soup/broth. These cooked up so tender, and also served to thicken the soup a bit. Wonderful! As a matter of fact, maybe I’ll go cook some of those up!

You’ve got my taste buds stimulated and my mouth watering. . .Thanks a heap! I will confess, however, that when I am feeling lazy and tired (more and more frequently these days), I always have on hand the frozen “Smart Ones” in our freezer. They are surprisingly good, portion controlled, and my husband really likes them! I get them on sale, and have a couple of favorites – especially the Mexican-inspired ones. I’m never able togo to a Mexican restaurant, because my husband abhors Mexican food. I LOVE IT! So, unless I’m alone, or one of our sons takes me out without Hubs, I don’t get it very often, and two of the Smart Ones are pretty good.

No, they don’t equal home cooking, but when you are tired, they are delicious! And less work even than your chicken pie! Thanks goodness for microwaves!

Cheers!

By: Mrs. N

Mrs. N — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:35:34 +0000

Anyone who makes chicken pot pie as their lazy dinner is no friend of mine.

My lazy dinner – I told R to cook.

Also, I will be having chicken pot pie later this week, it was already scheduled I’m not just copycatting.

By: Carol Ann Hoel

Carol Ann Hoel — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:04:11 +0000

iPhone cameras are awesome. Your not-in-the-mood-to-cook dinner looks awesome, too! So, I can throw biscuits on top of soupy stew and it will turn out like this? Cool! Thank you for sharing.