The Boni Bunch: For the Love of... FOOD!!

Friday, February 15, 2013

For the Love of... FOOD!!

Linking up today for the final blog challenge for this week of love sharing

MY LOVE OF FOOD!!!

I love cooking... I love eating (just look at my belly, right!!??) I am not, however, very creative. I can't just come up with great things to cook. BUT, my husband and I are a great pair! He loves researching recipes... he has found SO many fun and delicious things for me to cook. He finds, I execute, and we both enjoy!

Some of my favorite recipes include:

Bacon Wrapped Chicken - click there to see my blog about it. BUT, it's my go-to recipe. Whenever we have people over for dinner ...people I've never cooked for... this is what I make! It's DELICIOUS! In fact, I made it for our TMOM Christmas party & the pan was licked clean...well, not literally, but there wasn't any leftover at all!! And I always make a little extra sauce to serve it over bowtie pasta... YUM!!

Chicken Tortilla Soup - I found the original recipe on the PW website, but tweaked it for our own personal tastes. Feel free to click that link to see what I did, but here's a YUMMY looking picture :

My husband is Italian... like grandparents came over on the boat... Italian! So we have lots of family recipes ...some of which I'm not allowed to share, but one in particular, I want to share here. It's called Wedding Soup! There is an "easy" way to make it... Open 1 Progresso Chickarina Soup can and 1 Progresso Wedding Soup can, plus add extra spinach & some extra pasta & chicken broth! The two soups combined are similar in style to this recipe!

I did it the "easy" way a couple of weeks ago for Xander's class (they were having a soup day). BUT, I hated doing that because the REAL way of making it is SO MUCH BETTER!! His teacher is asking for the recipe... I chuckle inside and think, "All I did was open cans," but I feel like I should give her the REAL recipe...right?? It is MUCH more time consuming to make it for the reals, but it's so worth it! Here goes...It makes A LOT!

Italian Wedding Soup

(image from my Uncle Google)

Soup:

28 Cups of chicken broth (approximately 224oz)

3lb cooked/shredded chicken (bake & add to soup OR cook right in the broth)

1 onion (chopped)

2 stalks celery (chopped small)

2-3 lbs fresh Escarole greens OR spinach
(escarole is BETTER, but hard to find in Oklahoma, so I sometimes have to settle for spinach)

1/2lb cooked small noodle pasta (pastina, ditalini, or acini di pepe)

salt & pepper

*Mix all of the above together & allow to simmer

Mini Meatballs:

1lb lean ground beef

1 egg

1/4 C bread crumbs

1/4 c water

2tbsp parsley

1Tbsp garlic salt

1/2 C parmesan cheese

1tsp black pepper.

*Mix all of above & form into SMALL balls. Cook in pan with boiling water for about 30 minutes, then add to soup mixture.

This soup is AMAZING!! It's not super difficult, but there is a lot to it!

I hope you'll give it a try and fall in love with it like I did!

We top our bowls of soup with lots of parmesan cheese. You can also top with croutons if desired!

Croutons:

7 eggs

1Tbsp flour

1tsp baking powder

3 Tbsp grated romano cheese

parsley, salt & pepper to taste

*Beat all ingredients & spread into 9X13 greased pan. Bake 30 minutes at 325 degrees (until golden brown). Cut into tiny squares.

I have SO MANY recipes I could share... but time doesn't permit! Feel free to search my blog for recipes :)

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Heather DavisFebruary 15, 2013 at 9:03 AM
I love soups and love cooking soups. YUM! THanks for posting!
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Dr. Jill E. SteeleyFebruary 15, 2013 at 9:33 AM
I got to taste your wedding soup the other day in Mrs. Lee's class. I'm excited to have your recipe.

Jill
a-little-red-wagon.blogspot.com
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Jennifer MFebruary 15, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Bacon wrapped chicken... yummmm!
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Boni LadyFebruary 20, 2014 at 8:18 PM
Author note : for the soup, you CAN use less broth. It would probably be good with 20-22 cups. Just depends on how broth-y you want it!
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For the Love of... FOOD!!

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