Busy Mom Lasagna Soup (original recipe by Paula Dean, tweaked a bit by Kalani)
-1 lb ground chuck -1 onion, chopped
-1 green bell pepper, chopped -3 cloves garlic, minced
-(32 oz) box chicken broth -2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
-1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce -1 Tbs Agave (optional)
-2 teaspoons Italian seasoning -1/2 tsp salt
-2 cups broken lasagna noodles -grated Parmesan cheese
-2 cups shredded mozzarella -1 chopped zucchini
-2 grated carrots
In a large Dutch oven, combine ground chuck, onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook over medium-high heat, 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until beef is browned and crumbles. Drain well. Stir in broth diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Add noodles, and simmer until noodles are tender. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Serve and top with mozzarella.
THE BEST GARLIC BREAD EVER
-1 clove garlic -1 stick butter
-1 loaf French bread
Heat the oven broiler. Unwrap room temperature butter and place in dish. Push garlic clove through a garlic press and mix into butter with a fork. Cut bread in half length wise and butter each side with a spatula. Place under boiler for a few minutes. IMPORTANT: always watch your food when it is under a broiler. Slice and sprinkle with salt.
I never have the time to cook, even though I love to do it, so when I found this recipe by Paula Dean I fell in love instantly. Not only does it combine my love for lasagna with my love for soup, it only takes me about 1/2 hour to throw together!
I did tweak it a bit to suit my fancy for vegi's, and the agave makes it suitable for my mom, who's a diabetic, to eat. We generally do it with a whole wheat pasta so's not to throw out the "healthy" label. The cheese in it is full fat parmesan but who cares with all the vegi's and fiber. I say poo-poo to the low fat freaks out there. A little junk in the trunk to fill out your jeans never hurt no one!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Busy Mom Lasagna Soup
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Sounds yummy! I found your blog at Shabby Miss Jenn's. I like your blog... I think you will like mine! I love SMJ! The only thing that I can't figure out is how to get rid of the blue background on my page elements or use the cute divider. Did your page elements have blue backgrounds?
No. That's interesting. I did have a bit of a tough time with a white background for a while. I finally downloaded a trial version of photoshop elements and had to cut it out with the lasso crop tool. It took me a lot of time to figure out. Do you have photoshop?
Thanks for the advice, Kalani. I tried a download of Photoshop 6.0, and that version is hard to use. I played around with it and never could figure it out. I have edited my elements on Photobucket, and I am wondering if it is an issue with Photobucket. I have looked at a few SMJ blogs and none of them have the blue background on the elements. I will try to download Photoshop Elements. By the way, you have two of the most beautiful children I have ever seen! They both have gorgeous eyes!
Thank you so much. I happen to agree with you. They are beautiful. Have you done a search on the internet for photoshop tutorials. I just recently switched over to mac so I no longer can use photoshop elements but I found a great program call i scrapbook. It's so much easier than photoshop was. I don't know if you can do as much but I like it just fine. I also don't know if there is a version out there for windows.
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