I do not know the 'real' name of this soup. I found the recipe in a magazine at the doctor's office and just jotted the ingredients in a note pad. But I do know it was one of Del Monte's recipes.
You will need a crock pot or soup kettle and a can opener!
1 can Del Monte Italian Beans, drained
1 can Del Monte Zucchini with Italian-Style Tomato Sauce
1 can Del Monte Peas and Carrots
1 can Del Monte Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano
1 can chicken or beef broth
Combine all ingredients in large pot. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Taste before adding since the canned vegetables have salt in them.)
I had some left over Penna Pasta in speghetti sauce with sliced Italian sausage and a couple of meat balls in the freezer. Just as the soup was warmed, I dumped the pasta, sausage, meatballs in and warmed it up. DELICIOUS!
I have made this soup with other vegetable combinations when I am unable to find the specific vegetables mentioned. It is still good and filling!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO
Sunday early AM, I woke up sick as a dog, feeling like I was dying and wishing I would! Decided to go back to bed after I fed the critters and ended up staying there all day. Missed my Sunday lunch with Johnnie and the family. Oh, how I hate to miss that! I'm beginning to think it just might be a 'sloppy' gall bladder that just strikes when it feels like it. I eat out so much when I’m here in Gatesville, trying to get in lunch with everyone! AND, usually it is hamburgers, onion rings, greasy fried stuff, Italian stuff, Mexican stuff -- all spicy and/or fried -- stuff I shouldn't be eating at all, let alone everyday! And of course, I drink more coffee here than anywhere else.
I really hate days like that. I lay in bed thinking of all the stuff I should be up and doing. But I’m glad I'm retired so I don’t have to think about getting up to go to work or be productive. I can be just as lazy and miserable as I want to be!
Monday morning I needed a sweater at 54 degrees and sunny. Felt some better than the day before but still not ready to wander from home. My diet consisted of bland mash potatoes and boiled macaroni – YUMMY! Got really brave Monday afternoon and melted a little cheese on the macaroni!
TUESDAY was another 52 degree sunny morning. I was feeling much better. Definitely time for me to get back to cookin' and makin’ soups!
I miss emailing with my sister during the day. She is off to a seminar. But she called while I was out shaking the ‘sickies’ off of me.
Was time to make a trip out to pick up some of the essentials, doggie training pads and stuff to make some soup.
Summer must have arrived. It made it to 90 degrees by mid afternoon and at 8PM it was still 88 degrees at 8 PM!
It may be Cinco De Mayo, but I think I'll stay away from the Mexican food for another day!!
Woke to 63 a sunny degrees. By mid afternoon I had the air conditioner on and was trying to push the 90+ degree heat out of this tin can I live in. I picked the hottest day of the year (so far) to do laundry! Poor planning on my part. But it is the first day I’ve felt like doing much of anything. I think I’m just about back to normal….the soup is going in the crockpot! An easy soup – just open the cans and pour it in, heat it up and eat it!
I really hate days like that. I lay in bed thinking of all the stuff I should be up and doing. But I’m glad I'm retired so I don’t have to think about getting up to go to work or be productive. I can be just as lazy and miserable as I want to be!
Monday morning I needed a sweater at 54 degrees and sunny. Felt some better than the day before but still not ready to wander from home. My diet consisted of bland mash potatoes and boiled macaroni – YUMMY! Got really brave Monday afternoon and melted a little cheese on the macaroni!
TUESDAY was another 52 degree sunny morning. I was feeling much better. Definitely time for me to get back to cookin' and makin’ soups!
I miss emailing with my sister during the day. She is off to a seminar. But she called while I was out shaking the ‘sickies’ off of me.
Was time to make a trip out to pick up some of the essentials, doggie training pads and stuff to make some soup.
Summer must have arrived. It made it to 90 degrees by mid afternoon and at 8PM it was still 88 degrees at 8 PM!
It may be Cinco De Mayo, but I think I'll stay away from the Mexican food for another day!!
Woke to 63 a sunny degrees. By mid afternoon I had the air conditioner on and was trying to push the 90+ degree heat out of this tin can I live in. I picked the hottest day of the year (so far) to do laundry! Poor planning on my part. But it is the first day I’ve felt like doing much of anything. I think I’m just about back to normal….the soup is going in the crockpot! An easy soup – just open the cans and pour it in, heat it up and eat it!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Two Quick Recipes!
PINK STUFF
1 small package Jello "red" gelatin
1 small container Cool Whip
8-oz cottage cheese
1 (8-oz can) crushed pineapple
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Optional - miniature marshmallows
Fold Jello packet into Cool Whip. Drain the pineapple VERY WELL and fold into Cool Whip mixture along with the cottage cheese and nuts. Cover and store in refrigerator until cold and set.
I have also made “orange stuff’ with mandarin oranges and orange Jello.
FROG EYE SALAD
1 small package vanilla instant pudding
1/2 box ancini de pepe
1 lb. can pineapple
1 lb. can fruit cocktail
1 small can mandarin oranges
Maraschino cherries
Cool Whip
Optional -- marshmallows, coconut
Mix pudding with 1 3/4 cups milk. Set aside. Cook acini de pepe. Drain, cool. Drain pineapple, fruit cocktail and oranges. Mix pudding and 1 cup Cool Whip. Add fruit and cherries. Add acini de pepe. Chill.
1 small package Jello "red" gelatin
1 small container Cool Whip
8-oz cottage cheese
1 (8-oz can) crushed pineapple
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Optional - miniature marshmallows
Fold Jello packet into Cool Whip. Drain the pineapple VERY WELL and fold into Cool Whip mixture along with the cottage cheese and nuts. Cover and store in refrigerator until cold and set.
I have also made “orange stuff’ with mandarin oranges and orange Jello.
FROG EYE SALAD
1 small package vanilla instant pudding
1/2 box ancini de pepe
1 lb. can pineapple
1 lb. can fruit cocktail
1 small can mandarin oranges
Maraschino cherries
Cool Whip
Optional -- marshmallows, coconut
Mix pudding with 1 3/4 cups milk. Set aside. Cook acini de pepe. Drain, cool. Drain pineapple, fruit cocktail and oranges. Mix pudding and 1 cup Cool Whip. Add fruit and cherries. Add acini de pepe. Chill.
April 25 - May 1 HAPPY MAY DAY!
Sunday April 25 Woke to 60 degrees and sunny; not too humid; not too windy! How did I luck out! Lunch with Johnnie and her family, then off to the Laundromat. Back to the Lunch with Johnnie the Laundromat routine for Sundays!
I'm thinking of getting an internet radio (not satellite). From what I've read, I'll need my own wifi or something. I need to talk to a computer guru. It all sounds ‘foreign’ to me. But I am definitely a radio person. Sometimes I can't even remember to turn on the TV for the news!
Monday was another sunny day. 54 degrees, still having to drag out a sweater in the morning! But sometime in June, July, August, I'll wish it was cool enough to drag out a sweater in the morning.
My closet rod fell. I hadn't been in the closet since I got here, had plenty of clothes out to wear so didn't need to open the closet door. When I went to put my laundry away, the whole rod, all the clothes, on the floor. That shelf is just not sturdy enough to support a rod that long. I had put some extra support hooks in, but they pulled out. The shelf above isn't much thicker than paneling and the supports hook into that shelving. In the meantime, my clothes are all on the bed. Doesn't give Li'lBit, Holly and me much sleeping space so I really needed to get that taken care of right away.
Didn't take much to fix it. Just standing on my head to get the screws in! Added a support board. I used my battery operated drill to pre-drill the holes and a ratchet screw driver to screw them in, now, just how lazy is THAT! I'm such a handy-man!
BUT, I'm still carrying way too many clothes. Will take some time to sort some out and give them to Brenda, she can always find someone that can use them. I don't "dress up" much so one pair of slacks and a nice shirt is all I need! I guess I'm just a social butterfly with jeans & t-shirt folks.
I do need to figure a place for my towels. I had them in one of those hanging things that goes across a closet rod and that was a lot of weight on the one end. Time to dig out a couple of those plastic drawers I have stashed in the ‘basement.”
Met Brenda for ice tea at Dairy Queen. She had a patient cancel this afternoon so we met for a visit! Nice treat after being cramped up in the closet.
Wednesday, 61 degrees and sunny! YIPPEE!! Happy Birthday Helen. I’m tellin’ ya – if I knew I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself! Famous Last Words!
Came in from Johnnie's last nite and there was a nice card on my steps under a flower pot. Brenda's mom had stopped by and left it. She never forgets. Guess that is just one of those "mother' things!
Alissa called, my only niece. I’m soooo proud of her. Her birthday is April 21 – so we are almost ‘twins’ – separated by about 39 years!
Met Lou Bright and his wife for a late lunch at Ranchers. Love their hamburgers on sourdough buns. Then, about 5:30, Brenda and her nieces and daughter took me to my favorite Mexican place for supper. They even supplied a chocolate birthday cake and a funny birthday card. Leave it to the girls! When I opened it there was a recording of dogs barking Happy Birthday. Just doesn't get much better than that! It’s always a good birthday when you don’t have to bake your own birthday cake!
April 29th, dreary, windy, gusts to 50 mph -- glad I’m not on the road towing this 5er! At least we had some rain to settle the dust and the pollen. A good day to stay inside and mess with the computer!
Picked up my repaired computer yesterday and spent most of Thursday reinstalling some smaller programs I use like the weatherbug and my print-key program. Also the anti-virus and MS office programs. So that kept me busy for awhile!
Put a brisket in the crock pot. I'm so hungry for brisket but don't want to get out the grill. The crock pot is the lazy way out! I was heart-broken when I pulled back into Gatesville and found that my favorite BBQ wagon was gone! The owner retired. The Nerve Of HIM! He left me without my favorite BBQ and beans!!!
The last day of April, 74 degrees, windy, dreary. Been quite windy for a couple of days. At least it is blowing the pollen out of the air, but stirring up the dust. A little rain would settle the dust. Have the dehumidifier going, 88% humidity today!
Didn’t sleep too good last nite. Kept waking up smelling that brisket in the crock pot; hungry all nite!
Saturday May 1 – HAPPY MAY DAY! Some great childhood memories of making May baskets out of the old wall paper sample books, filling them with flowers and sweets and taking them to friends. I remember the May Pole dance at school. Fun Times!
Had another storm (but no hail) come thru last nite. Just lasted a couple of hours. This morning the air is 'heavy' but cool and the pollen and dust have been washed out again! YIPPEE. Last storm my hanging baskets were really battered by hail. Hope they come back...if not, I'll replant them when I get to Iowa.
Finally got my 'automatic' roof vent to work. It's such a pain in the butt, 'cuz I have to bring in the ladder so I can get up close enough to the ceiling to push and pull the buttons and switches. Now that I have it set, it's good for the summer, I can control it by the thermostat. I hate climbing on ladders...just too old, too fat and the knees don't work.
Cindy stopped by with a horribly sinful chocolate cake. I think it is 90% dark fudge frosting filled with pecans! A spoonful at a time is enough for a ‘chocolate high!’ AND, some Pink Stuff. I absolutely love Pink Stuff. Never heard of it ‘til I moved to TX but the fluffy salad with pineapple is so yummy!
Ran into some difficulties with getting oxygen thru Lincare - or maybe the problem continues to be VA since they work with a local oxygen supplier. Guess I'll just wait until I get to Iowa and see what I can work out up there. GEEZ, if it wasn't for the weather and medical garbage, I wouldn't have anything to bitch about! Life is Good and I AM Blessed!
I'm thinking of getting an internet radio (not satellite). From what I've read, I'll need my own wifi or something. I need to talk to a computer guru. It all sounds ‘foreign’ to me. But I am definitely a radio person. Sometimes I can't even remember to turn on the TV for the news!
Monday was another sunny day. 54 degrees, still having to drag out a sweater in the morning! But sometime in June, July, August, I'll wish it was cool enough to drag out a sweater in the morning.
My closet rod fell. I hadn't been in the closet since I got here, had plenty of clothes out to wear so didn't need to open the closet door. When I went to put my laundry away, the whole rod, all the clothes, on the floor. That shelf is just not sturdy enough to support a rod that long. I had put some extra support hooks in, but they pulled out. The shelf above isn't much thicker than paneling and the supports hook into that shelving. In the meantime, my clothes are all on the bed. Doesn't give Li'lBit, Holly and me much sleeping space so I really needed to get that taken care of right away.
Didn't take much to fix it. Just standing on my head to get the screws in! Added a support board. I used my battery operated drill to pre-drill the holes and a ratchet screw driver to screw them in, now, just how lazy is THAT! I'm such a handy-man!
BUT, I'm still carrying way too many clothes. Will take some time to sort some out and give them to Brenda, she can always find someone that can use them. I don't "dress up" much so one pair of slacks and a nice shirt is all I need! I guess I'm just a social butterfly with jeans & t-shirt folks.
I do need to figure a place for my towels. I had them in one of those hanging things that goes across a closet rod and that was a lot of weight on the one end. Time to dig out a couple of those plastic drawers I have stashed in the ‘basement.”
Met Brenda for ice tea at Dairy Queen. She had a patient cancel this afternoon so we met for a visit! Nice treat after being cramped up in the closet.
Wednesday, 61 degrees and sunny! YIPPEE!! Happy Birthday Helen. I’m tellin’ ya – if I knew I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself! Famous Last Words!
Came in from Johnnie's last nite and there was a nice card on my steps under a flower pot. Brenda's mom had stopped by and left it. She never forgets. Guess that is just one of those "mother' things!
Alissa called, my only niece. I’m soooo proud of her. Her birthday is April 21 – so we are almost ‘twins’ – separated by about 39 years!
Met Lou Bright and his wife for a late lunch at Ranchers. Love their hamburgers on sourdough buns. Then, about 5:30, Brenda and her nieces and daughter took me to my favorite Mexican place for supper. They even supplied a chocolate birthday cake and a funny birthday card. Leave it to the girls! When I opened it there was a recording of dogs barking Happy Birthday. Just doesn't get much better than that! It’s always a good birthday when you don’t have to bake your own birthday cake!
April 29th, dreary, windy, gusts to 50 mph -- glad I’m not on the road towing this 5er! At least we had some rain to settle the dust and the pollen. A good day to stay inside and mess with the computer!
Picked up my repaired computer yesterday and spent most of Thursday reinstalling some smaller programs I use like the weatherbug and my print-key program. Also the anti-virus and MS office programs. So that kept me busy for awhile!
Put a brisket in the crock pot. I'm so hungry for brisket but don't want to get out the grill. The crock pot is the lazy way out! I was heart-broken when I pulled back into Gatesville and found that my favorite BBQ wagon was gone! The owner retired. The Nerve Of HIM! He left me without my favorite BBQ and beans!!!
The last day of April, 74 degrees, windy, dreary. Been quite windy for a couple of days. At least it is blowing the pollen out of the air, but stirring up the dust. A little rain would settle the dust. Have the dehumidifier going, 88% humidity today!
Didn’t sleep too good last nite. Kept waking up smelling that brisket in the crock pot; hungry all nite!
Saturday May 1 – HAPPY MAY DAY! Some great childhood memories of making May baskets out of the old wall paper sample books, filling them with flowers and sweets and taking them to friends. I remember the May Pole dance at school. Fun Times!
Had another storm (but no hail) come thru last nite. Just lasted a couple of hours. This morning the air is 'heavy' but cool and the pollen and dust have been washed out again! YIPPEE. Last storm my hanging baskets were really battered by hail. Hope they come back...if not, I'll replant them when I get to Iowa.
Finally got my 'automatic' roof vent to work. It's such a pain in the butt, 'cuz I have to bring in the ladder so I can get up close enough to the ceiling to push and pull the buttons and switches. Now that I have it set, it's good for the summer, I can control it by the thermostat. I hate climbing on ladders...just too old, too fat and the knees don't work.
Cindy stopped by with a horribly sinful chocolate cake. I think it is 90% dark fudge frosting filled with pecans! A spoonful at a time is enough for a ‘chocolate high!’ AND, some Pink Stuff. I absolutely love Pink Stuff. Never heard of it ‘til I moved to TX but the fluffy salad with pineapple is so yummy!
Ran into some difficulties with getting oxygen thru Lincare - or maybe the problem continues to be VA since they work with a local oxygen supplier. Guess I'll just wait until I get to Iowa and see what I can work out up there. GEEZ, if it wasn't for the weather and medical garbage, I wouldn't have anything to bitch about! Life is Good and I AM Blessed!
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