This is actually our White Chicken Chili Soup recipe, but I add homemade tortillas to it and it is wonderful! It may be a little spicy for some so you may need to alter some of the recipe to suit your own tastes. This is an awesome recipe to use throughout fall or winter because it is different from so many other soups but is still something warm for the cold days.
3 15oz cans great northern beans, drained
2 1/2 cups chopped or shredded cooked chicken, or you can boil chicken and use that along with the real chicken broth
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper
1/2 can chili peppers (4oz), I use real ones, diced.
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp dried oregano
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 (10.5oz) can cream of chicken
1 (10.5oz) can cream of celery
1 (10oz) can diced tomatoes with green chili's
In a large crock pot, combine beans, chicken, onion, green pepper, chili peppers, garlic, cumin, chili powder, and oregano. Stir in chicken broth, cream of chicken, cream of celery and tomatoes with green chili's.
Cover, cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours, or high heat for 4 to 5 hours.
Ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with some cheese and tortilla chips.
To make the Tortillas or Tortilla Chips, just use this recipe.
For the Tortilla Chips, you can use this recipe but when you roll out the dough for a tortilla, you can cut it into strips and then bake on 400F until crisp, all the way through. So that they can be broken up and put on top of your soup with cheese.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tomato Sauce and Meatballs Already!?
Alright so my family does not make the big homemade tomato sauce and meatball with ravioli dinner all the time. It is usually reserved for Holidays and Birthdays. Turns out that my mom had planned on making it this week and I didn't even know it. So Monday night when I was reading all these nice comments, thank you by the way, I read one that asked about a good tomato sauce recipe, which was really entertaining because my mom and I had just started making the tomato sauce! So here is one of our recipes, just remember that my Mom does NOT use a recipe so as she was throwing things in I was writing them down as quickly as possible, while trying to figure out how many tablespoons she was pouring into the sauce, at random to the untrained eye.
Semi Homemade Tomato Sauce
Pour a 105 oz can of Contadina Tomato Sauce into a slow cooker.
Mix in:
1/2 cup shredded of each, Provolone, Asiago, Parmesan, and Romano cheese.
About 1 teaspoon garlic salt
About 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning
1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
Taste and add more seasonings as you see fit. You can NEVER have too much cheese. Now let simmer 4-6 hours on Low.
Next we have the homemade meatball recipe, you will soon realize how completely ridiculous these family recipes are, because we do not have them written ANYWHERE. These are all made from scratch and learned by watching, many times.
Homemade Meatballs
All you have to do is, follow my directions, exactly.
In a large mixing bowl,
About 4 lbs ground sirloin
1 lb Italian sausage
Mix together well, by hand, literally, use your hands!
Add about 15 oz (give or take) Italian style bread crumbs
1 tablespoon garlic salt
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
The rest of your minced parsley from the tomato sauce.
About 1/2 cup of each, Provolone, Asiago, Parmesan, and Romano cheese.
1-2 cloves fresh pressed garlic
Then 6-12 eggs
Add eggs and bread crumbs as needed.
KEEP MIXING!
If you can put in hands and make soft, ball sizes without sticking to hands, you have the right consistency.
Now brown all sides in skillet, then put in baking dish. Pour sauce over, to lightly cover, then bake 2 hours on 225F. So sauce is thoroughly absorbed through meatballs.
Semi Homemade Tomato Sauce
Pour a 105 oz can of Contadina Tomato Sauce into a slow cooker.
Mix in:
1/2 cup shredded of each, Provolone, Asiago, Parmesan, and Romano cheese.
About 1 teaspoon garlic salt
About 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning
1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
Taste and add more seasonings as you see fit. You can NEVER have too much cheese. Now let simmer 4-6 hours on Low.
Next we have the homemade meatball recipe, you will soon realize how completely ridiculous these family recipes are, because we do not have them written ANYWHERE. These are all made from scratch and learned by watching, many times.
Homemade Meatballs
All you have to do is, follow my directions, exactly.
In a large mixing bowl,
About 4 lbs ground sirloin
1 lb Italian sausage
Mix together well, by hand, literally, use your hands!
Add about 15 oz (give or take) Italian style bread crumbs
1 tablespoon garlic salt
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
The rest of your minced parsley from the tomato sauce.
About 1/2 cup of each, Provolone, Asiago, Parmesan, and Romano cheese.
1-2 cloves fresh pressed garlic
Then 6-12 eggs
Add eggs and bread crumbs as needed.
KEEP MIXING!
If you can put in hands and make soft, ball sizes without sticking to hands, you have the right consistency.
Now brown all sides in skillet, then put in baking dish. Pour sauce over, to lightly cover, then bake 2 hours on 225F. So sauce is thoroughly absorbed through meatballs.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Cozy Ideas for Chilly Nights
Alright, so I know that we are now entering Fall and these last couple of nights have extremely chilly. Get ready to curl up in front of your fire place with a warm blanket and this great combination of foods. So, I was given a slow cooker for Christmas and still have not found anything I would actually use it for. I don’t enjoy chili, pot roast, sloppy Joe’s, or pulled pork sandwiches. So recently I went and bought a slow cooker recipe book. Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipes for All Occasions, 2005. If I could find the link, I would put it on here. Sorry!
I found a recipe in the Slow Cooker recipes for Triple Delicious Hot Chocolate. It is amazing and only takes about 2 hours to make. It is even better if you make your own whipped cream. Since you already have the heavy cream, for the hot chocolate, you can whip it up in a mixing bowl. Whip the heavy cream into stiff peaks, and then add granulated sugar. Whip until the sugar is thoroughly dispersed throughout the cream. If you make the whipped cream, wait until about 10 minutes before the Hot Chocolate is finished, for best taste.
To go with your Hot Chocolate and Whipped Cream, you can also make Finnish Biscuits. I was given this recipe from a Finnish friend. They are called, Aunt Hanna's Biscuits or Hanna-tädin piparkakut. When I finally found a recipe in English, I forgot to save the page so I put the recipe at the end of this blog. They are very simple to make and I have already made a couple more batches in the last couple of days since the first because they are just so amazing. Just remember that these are Finnish Biscuits, so they are sweet but not overly sweet. They go great with your tea, coffee, or even hot chocolate. So enjoy curling up by your fire with a warm blanket and these great recipes.
*Aunt Hanna’s Biscuits*
* Ingredients *
½ cup softened butter
½ cup sugar
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup sour cream
* Directions *
Cover baking sheets with parchment and preheated almond oven to 350F or 180C. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until blended. Mix the flour with the baking powder and add to the butter mixture a little at a time. Blend in the cream until a stiff dough forms. Chill if necessary. Using 1 teaspoonful of dough at a time, roll into small balls. Place on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until very light golden and set.
I found a recipe in the Slow Cooker recipes for Triple Delicious Hot Chocolate. It is amazing and only takes about 2 hours to make. It is even better if you make your own whipped cream. Since you already have the heavy cream, for the hot chocolate, you can whip it up in a mixing bowl. Whip the heavy cream into stiff peaks, and then add granulated sugar. Whip until the sugar is thoroughly dispersed throughout the cream. If you make the whipped cream, wait until about 10 minutes before the Hot Chocolate is finished, for best taste.
To go with your Hot Chocolate and Whipped Cream, you can also make Finnish Biscuits. I was given this recipe from a Finnish friend. They are called, Aunt Hanna's Biscuits or Hanna-tädin piparkakut. When I finally found a recipe in English, I forgot to save the page so I put the recipe at the end of this blog. They are very simple to make and I have already made a couple more batches in the last couple of days since the first because they are just so amazing. Just remember that these are Finnish Biscuits, so they are sweet but not overly sweet. They go great with your tea, coffee, or even hot chocolate. So enjoy curling up by your fire with a warm blanket and these great recipes.
*Aunt Hanna’s Biscuits*
* Ingredients *
½ cup softened butter
½ cup sugar
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup sour cream
* Directions *
Cover baking sheets with parchment and preheated almond oven to 350F or 180C. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until blended. Mix the flour with the baking powder and add to the butter mixture a little at a time. Blend in the cream until a stiff dough forms. Chill if necessary. Using 1 teaspoonful of dough at a time, roll into small balls. Place on the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until very light golden and set.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Love of Cooking
From the beginning I have always had a passion for cooking. It is something that just makes you feel so much better, because you always know that you can get something wonderful from something so simple. You start off with just a few small ingredients, that don't seem like they have much meaning, and they turn into something immaculate.
Having a love for cooking is something that comes naturally in my family. We are a largely Italian family and this may not come as a big shock, now, but that is a pretty big clue to what I like to cook, and eat, the most. Pasta! Any type of pasta, really. Tomato sauce with ravioli and meatballs, all made from scratch...amazing.
Food is connected to our lives so immensely that we don't even realize it. Every time you turn around there is an event that encompasses food in one way or another. Whether is it going out to eat or having a potluck, there is food at every event. From dating to church events and then all the way to milestones in ones life such as; Birthdays, Graduation, and Confirmation. We, as humans, have a hankering for food and comfort. While most people, at Christmas, celebrate with Ham or Turkey my family, instead, has the ultimate Italian meal. We make; stuffed mushrooms, chopped salad, braciole, prime rib, ravioli, meatballs, Italian sausage, Italian bread, tiramisu, and even cannoli, all from family recipes that have been passed down for generations.
My family likes to make and try new things, quite often. So I am going to be cooking many different types of food; from breakfast to dessert, maybe even some new and exciting beverages, all in the next 14 weeks. So I will be sharing recipes and great new ideas for cooking. While experimenting with family favorites and some new recipes that I have not even tried, myself, I will be sharing recipe secrets and experiences.
Having a love for cooking is something that comes naturally in my family. We are a largely Italian family and this may not come as a big shock, now, but that is a pretty big clue to what I like to cook, and eat, the most. Pasta! Any type of pasta, really. Tomato sauce with ravioli and meatballs, all made from scratch...amazing.
Food is connected to our lives so immensely that we don't even realize it. Every time you turn around there is an event that encompasses food in one way or another. Whether is it going out to eat or having a potluck, there is food at every event. From dating to church events and then all the way to milestones in ones life such as; Birthdays, Graduation, and Confirmation. We, as humans, have a hankering for food and comfort. While most people, at Christmas, celebrate with Ham or Turkey my family, instead, has the ultimate Italian meal. We make; stuffed mushrooms, chopped salad, braciole, prime rib, ravioli, meatballs, Italian sausage, Italian bread, tiramisu, and even cannoli, all from family recipes that have been passed down for generations.
My family likes to make and try new things, quite often. So I am going to be cooking many different types of food; from breakfast to dessert, maybe even some new and exciting beverages, all in the next 14 weeks. So I will be sharing recipes and great new ideas for cooking. While experimenting with family favorites and some new recipes that I have not even tried, myself, I will be sharing recipe secrets and experiences.
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