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Delectable Chicken Noodle Soup

Delectable Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken, broth, noodles and vegetables creates a delectable Chicken Noodle Soup

This summer I prepared for the  family reunion a crock pot of simmered chicken breast with minimum seasoning.  This was to meet dietary needs of those who could not tolerate garlic, barbecue sauce, diabetic, or need for fat free foods.  I bought six large skinless, boneless chicken breasts, trimmed off any fat, and cooked them in the crock pot with one 14.5 ounce  can Swanson 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth and water to partially cover the chicken.   I cooked it in the crock pot to take and serve at the reunion.   What was left over, I drained and froze to use later in casseroles and  Chicken Noodle Soup.

Home-made Precooked Chicken Breasts and Broth.

Those precooked chicken breasts did not last long.  It was just too easy to go to the freezer and thaw one or two breasts for a quick evening meal.  The next time I prepared the chicken breasts, I seasoned them with a spice blend  Into the slow cooker I  added 1/2 cup sliced onions, 1/4 cup finely diced celery, arranged the seasoned chicken breasts on top of the vegetables and added the one 14.5 ounces can of chicken broth and water to almost cover.

Chicken Breasts seasoned with Netta Belle's Choice Flavour-Enhancer Spice Blend

Chicken Breasts seasoned with Netta Belle’s Choice Flavour-Enhancer Spice Blend

The chicken was cooked on high for about 3 hours until  meat tested 165 F.  The tender flavorful chicken breasts were frozen and the broth was put into three pint jars to store in the refrigerator.  This makes such a rich and low fat broth to use in  sauces, for risottos,  rice, vegetables or soups

Cooked chicken breasts to freeze; canned broth

Cooked chicken breasts ready to freeze; canned broth.

Chicken vegetable soup is good, but isn’t chicken noodle soup suppose to be the answer to what ails you?  So this is was the inspiration for Slow-Cook  Chicken Noodle Soup recipe.

Although I do a lot of cooking, there have been some recipes I just don’t attempt.  Noodles has been one of them.  I guess the first endeavor they turned out tough and like shoe leather or leather shoe strings.  So some years later, I thought I would try them again.  This time it was success.  Using my mother’s recipe from her cookbook recipe box, I made noodles.

Home made egg noodles.

Home made egg noodles.

Egg Noodles

1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
1 tablespoon milk or teaspoon more if needed.
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sifted flour

Beat the egg in a medium size bowl. Mix in the oil and milk.  Add the dry ingredients and blend with a fork. Work the dough into a ball. Lightly flour bread board and roll out thin. Cut into 2 inch strips, layer and cut into narrow strips. Allow to dry.

Note: My preference is a wider noodle, 1/2 inch. Drying time is about 1-2 hours before using them. What is not used, I bag and freeze. This makes a small batch of noodles.

Delectable Chicken Noodle Soup

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

Julia Ann
Enjoy a rich soup of chicken, vegetables and noodles to soothe you through the cold chill of winter.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large potato cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Instructions
 

  • Place the vegetables on the bottom of the crock pot.
  • Add the diced chicken
  • Add the broth.
  • Cook about 1 hour on low or until boiling.
  • Add the noodles, stir.
  • Continue cooking on low for about 3 hours or until the noodles are done.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

Recipe for precooked chicken breasts and egg noodles are in the Blog content.
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Turkey Salisbury Steak and Mushrooms

Turkey Salisbury Steaks with Mushrooms

Turkey Salisbury Steaks with Mushrooms

Let’s Talk Turkey!

 Turkey Salisbury Steak and Mushrooms

Browned Turkey Patties

Browned Turkey Patties

Making the gravy

Making the gravy

Thickened Brown Gravy

Thickened Brown Gravy

Turkey Salisbury Steaks with Mushrooms

Turkey Salisbury Steaks with Mushrooms

 I adapted this recipe from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

Turkey Salisbury Steak and Mushrooms

Julia Ann
Ground turkey patties smothered in mushroom gravy to make a distinctively different Salisbury Steak satisfying dinner.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Meats
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. ground turkey
  • 1/2 cup fine ground whole wheat saltines
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • seasalt to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • spice or herb blend to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon rubbed thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole dried thyme
  • 1/4 cup flour for coating the patties
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 4 oz. can mushroom slices drained
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup milk

Instructions
 

  • Mix all the ingredients together from the turkey to the thyme.
  • Make 4 thick patties with the turkey mixture.
  • Dredge in flour, set in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
  • Melt the oil and butter.
  • Brown the patties on both sides with moderate heat.
  • Remove to plate and keep warm while making the gravy.
  • Add the remaining flour to the fat in the skillet, brown.
  • Add the chicken broth and milk.
  • With wire whisk stir to a smooth and thickened gravy.
  • Add more broth or milk as needed for right consistency.
  • Fold in the mushrooms.
  • Add the turkey patties and cover with gravy.
  • Heat through.
  • Serve with mashed potatoes, brown rice or noodles.

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Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

 

 Gourmet Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

My first “gourmet salad”, Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad, big time and new idea in 1978.  Bon Appétit was probably the originator of this recipe.  At that time mixing fresh mushrooms and oranges in salad was being original.  How times have changed!  No longer do we expect  the same foods being served together.  An example:  meat loaf made with ground beef, served with white mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans with iceberg lettuce salad. Consider a new take on the same menu:  meat loaf made with ground turkey, risotto , Brussels sprouts with pearl onions and sesame seeds and pear salad.

Brussels Sprouts with Pearl Onions

Brussels Sprouts with Pearl Onions and Sesame Seeds

Diversity of our neighborhoods and communities have made diversity in the foods we eat and have available at our grocers and Farmer’s Market.  In my city  there are multiple Asian and Hispanic grocery stores  in addition to the chain and big box stores that offer a variety of foods to meet the needs of most nationalities and for those just wanting to learn new recipes and tastes to broaden our understanding of flavors, cooking, and even cultures.

Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

Julia Ann
A easy mixed fresh spinach-romaine lettuce salad with mushrooms, oranges, bacon and nuts.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salads
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups fresh baby spinach
  • 3 cups fresh romaine leaves and hearts torn into bite size
  • 1/2 cup fresh crimini mushrooms sliced
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 1-2 navel oranges
  • 1/4 cup toasted whole almonds
  • Seasoned Vinaigrette Dressing

Instructions
 

  • Wash and dry spinach and romaine leaves and hearts.
  • Slice the mushrooms
  • Fry the bacon crisp and drain on toweling paper. Break bacon into small pieces.
  • Cut off the peel and white pith on the navel oranges, cut in 1/2 inch slices and quarter.
  • Toast the almonds, allow to cool.
  • Assemble the greens into a large bowl.
  • Add some of the vinaigrette and mix greens.
  • Add mushrooms, bacon, oranges and almonds.
  • Mix more vinaigrette or have available for serving.

Notes

Sliced red onions and/or feta cheese are also additions to be added to this salad.
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This recipe is not exotic nor in 2015 is it very ”gourmet” or different.  It is a salad that is great in the winter time with the oranges and the current fad of bacon on everything.  This is just a reminder of ingredients with a different mix,  ago-to recipe to add to your collection. Enjoy.

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Granola 74

 

Granola 74

Granola 74

Granola 74!   What is that?

Granola 74, what a name for a cereal or snack. As the current saying  you hear too much, “it is what it is.” Kellogg’s first sold a granola in 1893 and popular in different mixes since then per Wikipedia.   Dr. James Caleb Jackson invented granola in 1863 the Jackson Sanitarium in Dansville, New York. In the 1960’s, fruits and nuts were added to make granola health food during the hippie movement. It appears every decade, the granola gets another update and version.

Always  interested in the best snack and foods for our children, during 70’s and 80’s, I was collecting recipes from anywhere.  Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office looking to see if anyone was watching to tear out a recipe or to write it down and cram into the diaper bag? Granola 74, just means it is a 1974 recipe which I got from some cookbook out of the local library.  I really think I discovered it in the late 60’s at the entrance of 2 children…yeah, the hippie era.

Granola 74

Julia Ann
An easy granola recipe from a 1974 cookbook and a good recipe to change to your own taste.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Cereals &amp, Snacks
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup whole almonds
  • 1/2 cup pecan halves
  • 1/2 cup walnut halves
  • 1/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
  • 1/4 cup wheat germ
  • 1/4 cup ground flax seed
  • 1/4 cup olive oil or vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup honey or white or dark corn syrup or maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup dried dates
  • Spray oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 250 F.
  • Spray oil in pan to be used to bake the granola.
  • Measure nuts in blender and pulse until chopped, not finely ground. (Some will be fine on the bottom.)
  • Put nuts into the large baking pan.
  • Add all the ingredients except the dried fruits.
  • Stir to mix well.
  • Put pan in oven for 15 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes for 4 times. 1 hour.
  • Remove from oven, stir in the raisins,dried cranberries and dates.
  • Allow to cool.
  • Store in plastic or glass jars.

Notes

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Granola 74 makes 6 cups

Granola 74 makes 6 cups for cereal and snacks.

 

 

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Whole Wheat Flax Seed-Apple Muffins

Whole Wheat Flax Seed Apple Muffins

Whole Wheat Flax Seed- Apple Muffins

adapted from Hodgson Mill® Milled Flax Seed

Whole Wheat Flax’n Apple Muffins

I can’t take credit for this great recipe.  This is an adaption of Hodgson Mill® recipe for terrific moist muffins. They are quick and easy to make and even quicker and easier to eat.  Muffins are a such a treat to have in the morning for breakfast. or a late evening snack.  They can be packed in school or work lunches

Flax Seed Benefits

Flax seed is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids.  A very good source for Vitamin 1, copper, manganese and fiber.  According to ” the world’s healthiest foods www.wh.org.*  there are several benefits of having flax seed in your diet.  The chronic diseases are helped through the benefits of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory in omega-3 oils, i.e. cardiovascular disease, cancer prevention, improving digestive health and post-menopausal symptoms.

Whole Wheat Flax Seed-Apple Muffins

Julia Ann
An adaption of a Hodgson Mill recipe for a moist muffin for breakfast, snack or lunch.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breads
Cuisine American
Servings 12 muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup Hodgson Mill Milled Flax Seed
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup unbleached flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups finely chopped Gala apples
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 F.
  • Grease or line muffin tins with paper cups. Use the regular size tins.
  • Mix all the dry ingredients together, blend with a whisk.
  • In a large bowl, stir together the egg, oil and milk.
  • Add the dry ingredients and blend, do not beat.
  • Fold in the chopped apples. The batter is thick.
  • Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted will come out clean.

Notes

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Whole Wheat Flax Seed-Apple Muffins

Whole Wheat Flax Seed-Apple Muffins

Suggestions for serving with

Red Anjou Pears

Red Anjou Pears

Beef Barley Soup with Toasted French Bread

Beef Barley Soup 

Baked Spinach and Zucchini Quiche

Baked Spinach and Zucchini Quiche

 

 

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