CROCKPOT ZUPPA TOSCANA

Submitted by: Morena Barnard

Author: Jessica, AllSheCooks.com

 

 

 

Ingredients:

1/2 pound bacon, chopped

1 pound hot Italian sausage

1/2 cup onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves (pressed, crushed or finely chopped)

3 medium (or 2 large) russet potatoes, sliced

4 cups chicken stock (I use homemade stock, you could also use broth.)

2 cups water

3-4 cups chopped kale

1 cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste

 

 

Instructions:

1.  Brown bacon and sausage over medium high heat.  While cooking, break up into small pieces.

     Add onion and garlic once meat is mostly cooked, and allow flavors to blend.

 

2.  Add meat mixture to crockpot once cooked.

 

3.  Add potatoes, chicken stock and water to crockpot.

 

4.  Let cook on low for 3-4 hours.

 

5.  Add chopped kale, heavy cream, salt and pepper.  Let cook an additional 1-2 hours and then turn

     down to warm to serve. 

 

Serves: 8





  MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Submitted by: Deborah Parks

                                     Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina Garten

Photo: Quentin Bacon

4 split (2 whole) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
Good olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups chopped onions (2 onions)
1 cup chopped celery (2 stalks)
2 cups chopped carrots (4 carrots)
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
2½ quarts chicken stock, preferably homemade
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes in puree, crushed
2 to 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
¼ to ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
6 (6-inch) fresh white corn tortillas

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the chicken breasts skin side up on a sheet pan. Rub with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until done. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, and shred the meat. Cover and set aside.

Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the onions start to brown. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes with their puree, jalapenos, cumin, coriander, 1 tablespoon salt (depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock), 1 teaspoon pepper, and the cilantro, if using. Cut the tortillas in half, then cut them crosswise into ½-inch strips and add to the soup. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 25 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and season to taste. Serve the soup hot topped with sliced avocado, a dollop of sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and broken tortilla chips.

 

Serves: 6-8 

SALVATION ARMY SOUP

Submitted by: Christine Clark

 

 

Ingredients:

 

1 lb. ground beef

1 quart or large can of tomatoes ( two 15 oz. cans of diced tomatoes)

1 quart water + 2 more cups

2 potatoes, cubed

5 carrots, diced large

1/2 head of cabbage, cut in long strips

2 zucchini squash, cubed and unpeeled

3 stalks celery, chopped

1 large onion, cut in chunks

4 beef boulion cubes

1 Tbsp. sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

1 small bay leaf

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 tsp. curry powder

1/4 tsp. basil

 

Directions:

 

Brown and drain ground beef, then dump it into a large pot.  Add the rest of the ingredients.  Simmer until potatoes and carrots are tender (about an hour).  Remove the bay leaf.  Serve with grated cheese and sour cream.

 

Serves: 12



CHEDDAR CHOWDER

Submitted by: Lorrie Williams

 

 

4 cups water                                                            1 stick butter

5 potatoes, cubed                                                     1/2 cup flour

4 carrots, cut up                                                       3 cups milk

1 onion, chopped                                                      3 cups cheddar cheese, shredded

2 tsp. salt                                                                   3 cups ham, cubed

1/2 tsp. pepper

 

Combine water, salt, pepper and vegetables; bring to a boil until vegetables are soft, then turn off the stove.  In a separate pan, combine milk, flour and margarine, until melted.  Add cheese and stir to melt.  Then stir in cheese mixture and ham to undrained vegetables.  Heat, but do not boil.

 

Serves 10-12



THE CONSTITUTION - A HEAVENLY BANNER

Submitted by Kim Knecht

 

The Constitution - A Heavenly Banner

By: President Ezra Taft Benson

The central issue in the premortal council was: Shall the children of God have untrammeled agency to choose the course they should follow, whether good or evil, or shall they be coerced and forced to be obedient? Christ and all who followed him stood for the former proposition - freedom of choice; Satan stood for the latter - coercion and force. The war that began in heaven over this issue is not yet over. The conflict on the battlefield of mortality. And one of Lucifer's primary strategies has been to restrict our agency through the power of earthly governments.

The second basic principle concerns the function and proper role of government.

The third important principle pertains to the source of basic human rights. Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as a part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.

The fourth basic principle we must understand is that people are superior to the governments they form. Since God created people with certain inalienable rights, and they, in turn, created government to help secure and safeguard those rights, it follows that the people are superior to the creature they created.

The fifth and final principle that is basic to our understanding of the Constitution is that governments should have only limited powers. The important thing to keep in mind is that the people who have created their government can give to that government only such powers as they, themselves, have in the first place. Obviously, they cannot give that which they do not possess. By deriving its just powers from the government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.

Our constitution, "said John Adams (first vice-president and second president of the United States), "was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other"

Will we be prepared? Will we be among those who will "bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction" ? If we desire to be numbered among those who will, here are some things we must do:

We must be righteous and moral. We must live the gospel principles - all of them. We have no right to expect a higher degree of morality from those who represent us than what we ourselves are. To live a higher law means we will not seek to receive what we have not earned by our own labor. It means we will remember that government owes us nothing. It means we will keep the laws of the land. It means we will look to God as our Lawgiver and the source of our liberty.



DINNER IDEAS FOR FOOD STORAGE

Submitted by Suzanne Walters

 

Click on the links below to download the guides:

 

Food Storage Guidelines

15 Dinner Ideas for Food Storage

HOMEMADE CLEANING SUPPLIES

Submitted by Mona Crompton