OT: Almost Can Opener Soup

I have printed that off. I am going to have a go with some minor adjustments with the ingrediants we cant get here.Thanks.

And I was thinking we could make an adjustment or two and turn it into real can opener soup. A handful of frozen chopped onion would be faster and there's such a thing as canned carrots. They're probably not as crisp or tasty as fresh but we're going for easy and/or speed here. Polly

Frozen sliced carrots would work better than canned...

Howdy!

Y'all are really grossing me out, starting w/ "canned enchilada sauce" (whatever the hell that is). Please, call the pizza man, ask for delivery. Or give up eating & go to the quilt shop. Surely SOMEone has some UFOs for you to Finish quilting. 8->

R/Sandy -- wondering if we'll be able to see the canned quilters behind their piles of salt *snirk*

Now, now, Sandy. There is no pizza man in the Swamp ( the gators say they taste like chicken) and there is no quilt shop. Precious memories. Polly

"Sandy Ellison" Howdy!

Maybe that is a so cal thing. That is what is used here. I learned to make enchiladas from my mexican friend's family. I have fond memories of her mama making flour tortillas and they were gone as quick as she could make them. There may have been home made enchilada sauce but they used canned when I was around. Same with SIL.

I don't do canned veggies, but frozen can sometimes be a better than fresh alternative. I figure I am doing all right on the cooking around here. DH just got really great results on his blood work and weight is down. Woohoo!

Some of us are stalling on not so fun projects. I am dying in the ultrasuede project myself!

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!

I made this soup for supper tonight and it was a winner! I doubled the batch so I will have some to go into the freezer.

Yeah Boca. Thanks for being the first to confirm how good it is. It's actually a Weight Watchers recipe, so it's even healthy.

I am cooking it now. Since I do not have a crockpot, I just put it in an oven safe pot and put that in a low (250) oven. It should be done by the time I get home from kendo class.

I used frozen carrots, though. Originally I tried to figure out how much was equivalent to 2 carrots, but I decided to use the whole bag. I was going to be lazy and use the frozen onions, but I could not find them, it is not that difficult to cut up an onion though.

There is a typo though. You did mean to type "1 tbs (as opposed to tsp) Chili Powder," didn't you. There is a recipe for homemade Chili Powder on the FoodNetwork site that was on the show "Good Eats," that is better than what you buy in a store, but I did not feel like buying a bunch of dried chilis, etc, and making the chili powder.

Brian Christiansen

I vote for frozen carrots. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Most grocery stores have canned enchilada sauce in the taco section, our Wal-mart has it also. I have made quick enchilada's.

1 pkg beef and bean burritos (frozen section) 1 can enchilada sauce grated chese

Spray baking dish with Pam (non-stick cooking spray.) Put burritos side by side in dish. Pour enchilada sauce over the top, sprinkle cheese over the top. Put lid on or aluminum foil and bake for about

18 to 20 minutes. Remove lid and bake for additional five minutes, you can add more cheese if ya want to. Take out and serve!

My kids love it! I usually buy the mild to medium enchilada sauce....if you like spicy then get the hot. Launie, in Oregon

Around here there isn't any gators but we don't have pizza man here either....although we are lucky enough to have a quilt shop. It opened a couple years ago. I've learned how to make pizza dough in my food processor....easier than pie! Speaking of pie, my oldest didn't know you can make pie crust from scratch until she saw my friend/neighbor, Grandma Ginger making it a few years back....the look on her face! lol I've always bought Pillsbury Already made pie crust....

Launie, in Oregon

We do homemade pizza here because take out is full of fat and other bad stuff. I do my dough in the bread machine and it is pretty easy. Any pie crust coming out of the kitchen here is done fresh. I am really good at pie cooking but again eating less fat definitely means less pies. Years ago I called mom and she said she was busy making apple pies. She told me she was using the ready made pie crust and dad was peeling and cutting all the apples for her. I always laugh when I think of that story. Not sure what there was left for her to do. Kind of too bad cause mom made good pie crusts from scratch.

Has any> Around here there isn't any gators but we don't have pizza man here

My niece was staying with us (this was 35 years ago) and was all excited when she found out the evening menu was hamburgers and French fries. She was in the kitchen when I started peeling potatoes....."Oh ick, I hate potatoes!" The look on the face of little "Miss Fast Food" was priceless when she found out what French fries really were.

Val

Howdy!

Uh, no, thanks.

"canned enchilada sauce" just won't EVER come into my household, never. Not ever. I have my standards (low they may be).

Also-- Wallyworld does not exist in my shopping world. As a corporation: they suck. Worse than canned enchilada sauce.

How hard is it to stock a few spices, like cumin, garlic powder, something like Jess Hall's seasonblend pepper

, a little chile powder (very little)and some tomatoes or tomato paste or tomato sauceor Rotel-type goodie (in a can, btw)? But "canned enchilada sauce" : ******shudder******

Gringo version:

What the neighbors taught me when I was growing up: Back to the Christmas Quilts of North Texas.. the tree looks so good w/ just lights on it... but I'm beginning to miss the decorations. ;-D

Cheers! R/Sandy--sometimes REAL food is worth the effort, as I showed my mom when she pulled the pkg of "taco seas> >> Howdy!

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I use a recipe from an OLD (1950s) Betty Crocker Cookbook - uses oil instead of solid shortening.... you roll it out between two sheets of wax paper (instead of a floured board.) I use canola oil and it always comes out flakey and tasty. (also very little mess to clean up ) Interested in the recipe?

I don't do home made ketchup, tomato sauce or enchilada sauce. I do more home made than most people but these work in my world just dandy. I don't ever get complaints about chow so I must be doing things passably well

I have a friend that doesn't much cook. Mostly can >

My Weight Watchers leader had a recipe this morning that called for a can of 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup and a package of dried onion soup mix and some chicken and some other stuff that I don't remember; it made 6 servings. I commented that that was not a recipe for someone who is trying to reduce sodium intake and we chatted about that for a bit. When I got home, I went to the Campbell's soup website and checked out the nutrition values. Campbell's has 5 varieties of cream of mushroom soup, with varying calorie count, fat content, and sodium content. The store brands and generics often have more fat and/or sodium and/or sugar than the brand name products in order to make up for the flavor difference.

I seldom use canned cream soups. Instead I have a homemade sauce mix that I always have on hand. Unless I'm really short of time, instead of reaching for a can of soup, I add water (and maybe a few drops of Kitchen Bouquet if I need a bit more color) and cook in the microwave for a few minutes, until it thickens and boils. It's lower in fat and sodium than most of the cream soups.

Julia in MN

I make my own red sauce but I do buy the green. Love enchiladas with the green sauce :-)

marcella