Healthy Soups, Stews, and Chilies for the Everyday Kitchen

By Karla Meehan

Soups are a great way to eat healthy. A lot of vegetables can be thrown into a large pot along with a little meat and a few fresh herbs to make a quick and satisfying meal with very few calories. What is better than a steaming hot bowl of soup on a cold winter night? Fresh herbs add tons of flavor but if none are on hand dried will always do. When fresh vegetables are out of season, frozen can work just as well.

The recipes in this book range from light, creamy soups to hearty and spicy stews. For a quick week night meal, prepare the “Easy and Delicious Tomato Pesto Soup”, or for a touch of spice try the “Quick and Easy Chili”. Add a slice of freshly toasted artisan bread, cornbread, or crackers, prepare a quick garden salad, and a meal is on the table. I hope this collection will inspire you to stay in and cook as well as experiment with some of your own recipes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781105524035

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Healthy Soups, Stews, and Chilies for the Everyday Kitchen

Healthy Soups, Stews, and Chilies for the Everyday Kitchen

Karla Meehan

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Equivalents

Chicken Soups

Tortellini Soup

Green Chicken Tortilla Soup

Chicken Chili Barley Stew

Home Style Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken and Dumpling Stew

Mini Meatball soup with Israeli Couscous

Roasted Poblano and Chicken Corn Chowder

Vegetable Soups

Butternut Squash Soup with Sage

Gingery Carrot Soup

Lentil Barley Soup

Broccoli Cauliflower Cheese Soup

Light Zucchini Bisque

Mushroom Barley Soup

Garlic Leek Potato Soup

Succotash Chowder

Easy and Delicious Tomato Pesto Soup

Navy Bean Soup

Spicy Bean Chili

Asian Dumpling Soup

Fish

Spanish Style Fish Stew

Clam Chowder

Oyster Stew

Cajun Stew

Beef

Slow Cooker Beef Paprika Stew

Slow Cooker Beef Chili

Old Fashioned Beef Barley Stew

Mediterranean Meatball Soup

Quick and Easy Chili

Pork

Black Bean and Sausage Soup

Yellow Split Pea and Ham Soup

Cabbage Sausage Soup

Green Chili Pork Stew

Tuscan Style Bean and Kale Soup with Italian Sausage

Posole

Volume Conversion

1 teaspoon = 5 ml

1 tablespoon = 15 ml

1 cup = 237 ml

1 ounce = 30 ml

1 quart = 1000 ml or 1 liter

1 pound = 454 grams or .45 kg

Equivalents

3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon

4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup

5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup

8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup

10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup

12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup

16 tablespoons = 1 cup

2 cups = 1 pint

4 cups = 1 quart

4 quarts = 1 gallon

16 ounces = 1 pound

32 ounces = 1 quart

8 ounces liquid = 1 cup

1 ounce liquid = 2 tablespoons

Chicken Soups

Tortellini Soup

Serves 6-8

1 9-ounce package dried tortellini noodles                     

1 pound ground turkey                                          

1/2 onion chopped                                              

1 stalk celery chopped                                         

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