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[Angelfire]

Nope, not the least bit guilty

That stew recipe sounds good, it's going in my collection.

[Rosaboobie]

That Beef Stew sounds scrummy yummy!!

[Caroline]

Well that was interesting. I had to google portobello mushroom and kitchen bouquet sauce to make sense of the beef stew recipe. We don't have kitchen bouquet sauce here but the big mushrooms are just called field mushrooms. I've never bought them - only the white cultivated type although I see there are all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes coming onto the market nowadays. Thanks for posting the recipe draclvr, I agree with everyone else, it does sound nice. Especially the fresh bread and the roaring fire and someone else to cook it...

What I'm looking for now is a new and interesting recipe for pumpkin soup. Usually I just add onions or leeks but does anyone do it differently that my menfolk might like? As Sophie said, it's almost winter here and perfect for this sort of food.

[draclvr]

Kitchen Bouquet is a browning sauce made of caramel coloring and a base of onions, carrots, garlic and an bunch of other sutff. It's the same thing as Maggie in Europe. It's mostly for coloring and is not a critical ingredient in this stew.

Here's a definition I found:

A browning and seasoning sauce for meats, gravies, and stews. It's ingredients include caramel coloring, mixed vegetable stock, salt and parsley.

[Sophie]

CG your choice of Pumpkin Soup is a good one for the bleak days ahead. Here is a basic recipe

PUMPKIN SOUP
1 kg pumpkin, peeled and cut into chunks
1 large potato peeled and cubed
2 onions, peeled and quartered
2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
2 teaspoons green herb stock powder
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
4 cups water
Method
Bring all ingredients to the boil in a big saucepan. Cook until the vegetables are tender, (15-20 mins - depending on size of pumpkin chunks). Puree in batches until smooth. When serving, dilute the thick soup with milk and or cream or coconut milk and season to taste.

I tend to tweak around with my soup and a favourite is to add curry powder if liked.
This freezes very well BUT don't add milk until ready to use.

[Melia]

That pumpkin soup sounds delicious. I have several cans of pumpkin that I didn't know what to do with. Oh yeah!

[Madea]

Hi all

I haven't been here for awhile, but its nice to be back. I've got a really nice summer recipe. This has become a favorite with family and friends.


Summer Corn and Peas (don't let the veggies fool you, they are good!)

1 Cup each of frozen corn and frozen peas, defrosted or quickly dipped in boiling water and then in cold to stop the cooking. (you can also use fresh and blanch them before adding to the recipe)

2 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 small sweet white onion (any will do), finely chopped.
A couple of green onion tops, finely chopped.
1 bell pepper, finely chopped. (Use a third each of a green, yellow and red pepper for the color combo.
2 cooked chicken breasts, very light on the salt. I Use Mrs. Dash® Tomato Basil Seasoning Blend.
1/2 cup of good mayo (you can go light mayo on this if you want to)

Drain the corn, peas and tomatoes well. Mix all the ingredients together, chill and serve on a bed of mixed greens.

Don't add any salt or pepper to this. It doesn't need it, the sweetness of the corn and peas are supposed to be the dominant taste and man does it taste really good.

Can you tell I really like this salad?

[draclvr]

Holy cow, Madea, you need to come back more often! This sounds absolutely wonderful with all my fresh veggies now growing out in the garden. It will defintely by on my "A" list as soon as possible. Thanks!

[Rosaboobie]

This recipe sounds scrumptious - My taste buds are tingling!

[Angelfire]

Thanks Madea, that sounds perfect for hot summer days, I may try it this weekend

[Sophie]

Madea, we are into our Winter season but I am going to try this lovely dish this week-end.

[dragonqueen]

Somebody asked me to post my parents Sangria recipe on here. As soon as I get the chance, I will look it up and, using my travel drive, get it to a public access computer to post it on here. Hopefully it will be today or tomorrow.

[LadyKestrel]

Mmmm. I'm looking forward to it, Dragonqueen.

[Melia]

Woo hoo!

[hawkavonpuka]

Slurp!!