The Last Sizzlin’ Soup - and a Free Gift for You!

February 17, 2012 By

Welcome back to Sizzlin’ Soups! It has been so much fun for me and Day2Day Joys, Christian Mommy Blogger, The Humbled Homemaker, Intentional by Grace, and The Purposed Heart to bring you so many different and delicious soup recipes.

If you have missed any of the soups so far, check them out by clicking below:

And now for our last featured soup, Simple and Delicious Potato Soup, from Mindy at The Purposed Heart. This basic potato soup comes together very easily and will please young and old alike. Dress it up with some fun garnishes to give it even more flavor!
Head over to The Purposed Heart to get the recipe for Simple and Delicious Potato Soup.

 

And now for the best part! We have compiled a free ebook with 12 delicious and nutritious soup recipes just for you!

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the recipe titles:

  • Santa Fe Taco Soup
  • Turkey Soup with Barley and Quinoa
  • Every-Changing Vegetable Soup
  • Chicken and Quinoa Dumplings

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Sizzlin’ Soups: Slow Cooker Chicken and Whole Wheat Garlic Dumplings

February 10, 2012 By

Welcome back to Sizzlin’ Soups! Day2Day Joys, Christian Mommy Blogger, The Humbled Homemaker, Intentional by Grace, The Purposed Heart and myself have had a lot of fun bringing you our favorite heart-warming soup recipes.

In case you missed them, we’ve already featured:

I’ve already tried the Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup (I made the wheat-free, dairy-free version), and my whole family loved it! These are recipes you will want to include in your regular meal-planning rotation, I promise you.
And we’re going to make it easy for you to do just that… we will have a free gift for you after our last installment that you will definitely want to take advantage of! Be sure to subscribe to one of the above blogs so that you don’t miss out on the announcement!
Now on to this week’s soup. It’s my turn, and I’ve had fun experimenting with Chicken & Dumplings in the crock pot. Can you believe, by the way, that I had never even eaten chicken and dumplings before? Not that I can recall, anyway. But it always sounded like such a delicious comfort food, and one I knew I would love.
And I was right! Delicious comfort food that I will definitely be making again and again. I started with this chicken and dumpling recipe at Goodbite.com, and modified it to make it easier and healthier. I don’t believe in sauteing things before I put them in the slow cooker, because that just adds extra work. I don’t do extra work. Keep it to the minimum! So this is simplified for anybody like me who doesn’t have time for extra steps. (I did make use of a stash of frozen cooked chicken - if you don’t have such a stash, you’ll probably want to saute your fresh chicken at least briefly before putting it in the pot.)
Speaking of saving steps, there is one thing about making soup that seems to take for.ev.er. and that is chopping up the ubiquitous celery and carrots that always end up in soup. I’ve recently discovered a trick that significantly reduces my chopping time and makes soup an even easier weeknight menu option. Here it is:
I am probably the last person in Christendom to have discovered this trick… but just in case, I’m sharing it with you. (So tell me, do you chop your veggies this way?)
Note: I used granulated garlic in the dumpling dough because I’m not a huge fan of fresh minced garlic in my baked goods. But if you prefer fresh garlic, you can just use the same amount (1-2 cloves) of fresh garlic in place of the granulated garlic.

Chicken & Whole Wheat Garlic Dumplings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked shredded or cubed chicken
  • 3-4 carrots, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1/2 cup onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6-8 cups broth
  • 1 tsp each rosemary, oregano, and parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • Dumplings:
  • 1 cup white whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt

Instructions

  1. Place chicken, vegetables, and broth in slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours or until vegetables are tender. Add herbs; add salt and pepper to taste. About half an hour before serving, stir in cream, then make dumplings. In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Beat egg lightly and stir into yogurt. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until you have a moist biscuit-like dough. Drop by large spoonfuls into the soup. Cover and allow to cook on high for 15 minutes or so, turning halfway through if desired.

This is not as QUICK as many slow cooker recipes, because there’s the added step (sorry, couldn’t eliminate that one) of making the dumpling dough. However, you can set the soup going in the morning, then make the dumplings about half an hour or so before dinner-time - that will still save you some dinner prep.
It is very EASY. The only thing to be aware of is not to add too much liquid to the dumpling dough, or you will have a mass of dough that never quite cooks through covering up a delicious pot of chicken soup. Not that I would know from experience or anything.
This is a good CHEAP dish. Soups are so good for using up odds and ends of meat and vegetables, and this is no exception. (If you have corn, peas, or green beans instead of the veggies I used, go ahead and throw ‘em in the pot!) The dumplings take the place of the pasta typically found in a chicken noodle soup with very little extra cost.
I love my HEALTHY changes to this recipe, namely the use of whole wheat flour. You can use buttermilk in place of the yogurt (which is what the original recipe called for, and is just as healthy), but I usually have yogurt on hand, and I found it made the perfect substitute. These dumplings are SO much better for you than the typical canned biscuit recipe most people use. And I think they taste a lot better, too!

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Sizzlin’ Soups: Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup

February 3, 2012 By

Welcome back to Sizzlin’ Soups-a 6-week series sharing cozy, wholesome soup recipes! I have to admit, the weather in my neck of the woods has been more spring-like than wintery, inspiring thoughts of gardening and fresh salads more than soup. But according to Punxsatawney Phil, we have 6 more weeks of winter, so let’s not put away the soup pots yet!

So far, we’ve warmed up with

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This week Erin at The Humbled Homemaker is bringing us her favorite soup recipe!
This soup can be classified as the comfort of all comfort foods: Creamy, frugal and filling, it’s the perfect addition to any cold winter night. Check out the recipe for this Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup over at The Humbled Homemaker!

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Sizzlin’ Soup: Sweet Potato Soup

January 27, 2012 By

Welcome back to our Sizzlin’ Soup series! Christian Mommy Blogger, Day2Day Joys, The Humbled Homemaker, Intentional by Grace, The Purposed Heart, and I are all taking turns bringing you some fresh inspiration for these cold winter nights that just beg for soup. I’ve been perfecting my recipe to share with you all in a couple weeks, but today it is Nikki (aka Christian Mommy Blogger)’s turn to bring you her favorite soup recipe.

Nikki says, “This soup has a sweet and savory balance: sweet potatoes, spinach, homemade broth and sausage combine to give you a nourishing meal that warms you from the inside out!” Curious? Check out Nikki’s recipe for Sweet Potato Soup!

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Rachel @ Day 2 Day Joys
Nikki @ Christian Mommy Blogger
Erin @ The Humbled Homemaker
Leigh Ann @ Intentional by Grace
Mindy @ The Purposed Heart

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Sizzlin’ Soup: Sausage and Kale Italian Zuppa

January 20, 2012 By

I am so glad we’re doing this soup series now! For one thing, I am freezing my tail off even inside my apartment (I am no engineer, but I’m seriously beginning to wonder if that earthquake did some damage to the building structure! When it’s cold outside…. it’s cold inside!). Soup is just the thing to warm me up. For another, I have been in such a soup rut - potato soup and chicken noodle soup have been taking turns on my menu rotation for a while. Time for some inspiration!

Rachel from Day2Day Joys will be sizzlin’ up some Zuppa this week. What is Zuppa? Click here to find out and to get the recipe for this Italian favorite. It’ll be sure to spice up the sizzle in your soup recipe stash!

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Rachel @ Day 2 Day Joys
Nikki @ Christian Mommy Blogger
Erin @ The Humbled Homemaker
Leigh Ann @ Intentional by Grace
Mindy @ The Purposed Heart

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Sizzlin’ Soups: Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Chowder

January 13, 2012 By

It’s that time of year when the big stock pots come out, the broth starts simmering, and the mouths start watering. It’s soup season!

When the temperature starts dropping, I start putting “soup” on the menu once a week. It’s comforting and warming, and can be incredibly nutritious.

I’m so excited that for the next 6 weeks, a few lovely ladies and myself will be bringing you a whole bowl full of sizzlin’ soup recipes! Each soup will use good, wholesome ingredients! At the end of the 6-week series, we will have a surprise for you. *hint: it’s FREE*

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Now without further ado, Leigh Ann at Intentional by Grace brings us this week’s soup: Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Chowder. The added bonus? It only takes twenty minutes to prepare!

 

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