Re: Thursday Night Dinner Plans? 4/24/2025

ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

What's coming out of your kitchen this Thursday evening?
Sandwiches, full meal prep, grilling, or finishing off
some leftovers?
 
It's going to fire roasted tomato soup here.  I'm
anxious to see if it's going to be better than my
favorite whole tomato recipe blended with a stick
blender after simmering.  Ingredients are the same,
with the tomatoes being the only difference and
there's just enough heavy cream left to make it
super rich.

Here's dinner.  Sorry, no picture but it was very good!

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      Title: Xxcarol's Mediterranean Chicken Tomato soup
 Categories: Xxcarol, Low cholest, Soups/stews
      Yield: 10 Servings
 
     16 oz Can diced tomatoes
     28 oz Can Tomato Puree
     16 oz Can Corn
     16 oz Can Cannellini beans
     16 oz Can red kidney beans
     32 oz Chicken broth
      1 tb Dried basil
    1/2 tb Dried thyme
      1 ts Cumin
    1/2 tb Black pepper
      2 c  Diced cooked chicken
    1/2 tb Olive oil
 
  I've been doing a lot of heart healthy cooking lately and this is a
  perfect sample!
 
  To assemble this is simple.  Open cans, add to pot.  Do not drain or
  rinse.  Add chicken, broth, spices and olive oil.
 
  Simmer on the stove to let the flavors meld for about 1 hour.  It can
  be less but will taste better with the longer simmer.
 
  It's important here to check cans for sodium content and select lower
  ones.  They may not be marked 'low sodium' and in fact most aren't
  listed as that.
 
  The closer to name brand, the more salt in them.  Avoid Hunts, Heinz,
  and Contadina unless they have come up with a heart healthy version
  that actually IS heart healthy.  I used Tuttorossa tomato puree at
  15mg per 1/4 cup.  In fact, the only item in here that was high, was
  the chicken at 176mg sodium for 2 cups, but that was split into 10
  cups so each cup so 17mg per serving.  What I ended up with was
  approximately 35mg mg total per cup.
 
  From the VB Kitchen of xxcarol: 24Apr2025
 
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