Saturday, December 7, 2013

BlendTec Recipe: HEARTY VEGETABLE CHOWDER

HEARTY VEGETABLE CHOWDER

Warm up during the holiday season with this chunky vegetarian chowder that will provide you the comfort of a cream soup without all the calories.

INGREDIENTS

FourSide Jar
or 
WildSide Jar


1 tbspbutter
1garlic clove, quartered
1/2medium onion, roughly chopped
2 cfrozen corn kernels, divided
2 cvegetable broth
1/8 tspground white pepper
1/4 tspkosher or sea salt
1/4 tspfennel seeds
1/2 tspchili powder
1 csteamed, carrot coins
1 cred potato, baked, diced

INSTRUCTIONS

Add butter to a 3-quart saucepan and sauté onion and garlic until tender. Add broth, 1 cup frozen corn, pepper, salt, fennel seeds, and chili powder and bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add soup to the FourSide or WildSide jar and secure lid. Select “Soup” setting. Transfer soup back to the saucepan and add remaining ingredients. Heat through and until corn is tender.

VARIATIONS

•To make the recipe vegan, substitute coconut oil for the butter •Garnish with a sprinkle of brown sugar •Garnish with bacon

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Servings 4
Serving Size 1 c
Calories 152
Fat 35. g 
Saturated Fat 2 g 
Cholesterol 8 mg 
Sodium 673 mg 
Carbohydrates 29 g 
Fiber 3 g 
Sugar 8 g 
Protein 4 g
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Blentec Recipes-WHITE CHOCOLATE PECAN SPREAD

WHITE CHOCOLATE PECAN SPREAD

This homemade chocolate pecan butter is a great treat for spreading on graham crackers, dipping apple slices or pretzels, stirring into your morning oatmeal or rolling bananas in to make frozen banana pops.

INGREDIENTS

Twister Jar


2 cpecan halves
1/2 cwhite chocolate morsels

INSTRUCTIONS

This homemade chocolate pecan butter is a great treat for spreading on graham crackers, dipping apple slices or pretzels, stirring into your morning oatmeal or rolling bananas in to make frozen banana pops.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Servings 7
Serving Size 2 tbsp
Calories 295
Fat 27 g 
Saturated Fat 6 g 
Cholesterol 0 mg 
Sodium 17 mg 
Carbohydrates 14.5 g 
Fiber 3 g 
Sugar 9 g 
Protein 3 g

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Homemade Bisquick Top Secret


Homemade Bisquick Top Secret

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
...
1 cup shortening

Combine all the dry ingredients.

Add the shortening and mix with an electric mixer on medium speed until all the shortening is blended with the flour.

Use the mix as you would the real Bisquick.

Store in an airtight container.

Makes 6 cups. 

Friday, December 6, 2013

Dead On This Day December 6

Check Out Those Dead On This Day December 6



Saint Nicholas-The man who became the model for Santa Claus, yes people Santa Claus is dead too, he died on this day in 343

Death is Like Taxes
We all pay the price some day
Lest All Rest In Peace

Authentic Filipino Deserts In Cebu

they make their deserts differently in the Philippines, but they are still delicious. My kids favorite thing to do was to check out the bakery and pick up another delicious sweet to see what it tasted like. This was a lot of fun for our entire family.

Good Luck In Cebu

this group of fruit and money is a way to hope for good luck in the Philippines.

Fresh Young Coconuts Cebu

they love fresh young coconuts in the Philippines. They love the milk and use the outside to make cool things. I have tried them and they are good, they have high nutritional value and taste great. The people of the Philippines use all of their natural resources to the most and get the most out of them