Chicken and Dumplings

My Grandma used to make this all the time when I was a child. It was one of the first things she taught me to cook. I love it. I made this the other night for my husband's grandma. I love soup. This one is hearty and a meal in itself with the dumplings.

You can add any other veggies you want.

Ingredients
3 chicken breasts
3 boxes of chicken broth
1 can of peas
1 can of corn
1 can of green beans
1 small bag of baby carrots cut in half (they cook faster, you can use regular cut small)
1 tsp basil
1 tsp rosemary
1 tsp thyme
salt and pepper to taste

Dumplings -
2 1/4 cup of bisquick
2/3 cup of milk


1. Pour 1 and 1/2 boxes of chicken stock into a pot with 3 chicken breasts bring to a boil, reduce and simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.
2. Take chicken out of pot and set aside to cool.
3. Add the rest of the broth.
4. Drop chopped carrots into pot for 10 minutes. Then add drained cans of peas, green beans and corn (you can use frozen, just put them in at the same time as the carrots)
5. Add all the seasoning to the pot
6. Shred the cooled chicken with a fork and drop into pot.

7. Mix bisquick and milk in a small bowl. Dough should not be dry but slightly sticky.
8. Wait for soup to boil and then drop bisquick into pan by the spoonfuls.
9. Dunk them under the water with a spoon, then reduce heat and let simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Easy Chili

When I first moved in with my husband I made him what I considered chili. He called it bean soup. I grew up with that bean soup and I loved it. I always go over to grandma's for it and take a big tupperware container home for me. Nevertheless, I never made it for him again.

Then he asked me after we got married to make some chili for him. I asked if he wanted me to make mine again, and he said no, try something else. So I scoured the internet for a recipe, and found this one. It seemed simple enough. Instead of soaking and cooking my own beans - like I do in mine, I decided to just go easy and use canned. This was really good and it reheats well. You can mix up the beans - pinto, kidney,black and/or chili beans - whatever you like. I decided to stick with what I know and went with all pinto beans.



Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 (16 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained
16 oz can diced tomatoes
16 oz can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon ground cayenne
1/4 cup chili powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
salt and pepper to taste

1. In dutch oven or a large saucepan, over med heat, cook beef, onion and garlic until beef is no longer pink, stirring occasionally, drain.
2. Add beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices
3. Cover; simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionallly.
4. Serve immediately. You can your favorite toppings on top or serve plain.

Weight Watchers Garden Vegetable Soup

Let me just say - I love vegetable soup. I love homemade soups - canned soups, not so much. The weight watchers version has 0 points, probably more if you eat a lot of it. I ate this soup every day for lunch, sometimes for dinner and I still had bunches left. Next time I make this, I will definetly cut this recipe down.

The soup was good, a lot of veggies, pretty filling.

Ingredients
6 cups broth
carrots - peeled and diced
1 large onion - chopped
4 teaspoons garlic or 4 garlic cloves - minced
1/2 cabbage, chopped
1 can green beans
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 large zucchini, diced
1 large yellow squash, chopped

1. Saute the onions, garlic and carrots for 5 minutes on medium high
2. Add all the remaining ingredients except for the zucchini and squash and bring to a boil.
3. Cover, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for about 15 minutes

4. Add the zucchini and squash and cook until they are tender.

Nutritional Information
Per Cup: 61 Cal (3% from Fat, 24% from Protein, 73% from Carb); 4 g Protein; 0 g Tot Fat; 0 g Sat Fat; 13 g Carb; 3 g Fiber; NetCarb10; NetCarb10; 52 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 701 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers - 0 points