No more Greasy Goodness

Here are recipes to keep us on track for eating other meals than those I call Greasy Goodness that you get in a bag through a take out window. We eat out so much (3-4x's wk) so this will also help save the money we are wasting as well as get us back in the habit of eating REAL food.

Follow this thread to see what recipes I find and make in the month of January =)
Recipes:
Potato Cheese Soup
from the book: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes
Ruby Tuesday

2 LG. potatos (Russet)
2 tablespoons finely minced celery (1/2 stalk)
1 tablespoon finely minced onion
1 tabelspoon grated carrot (1/4 carrot)
2 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons flour
1.5 cups of milk
1 cup & 1 tablespoon of shredded cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon shredded monterey jack cheese
2 slices of bacon, cooked
1 tablespoon chopped green onion

Steps:
1.)peel potatos and chop them into small bite size pieces. you should have about 4 cups. mince the celery and onion into the size of rice. very small pieces. grate the carrot into small pieces.. do not shred it!

2.)combine the vegetables with the chicken broth, salt, & vinegar in large saucepan over med. heat. bring stock to a boil, then turn heat down, cover pan, simmer 20min.

3.)mix the flour and milk.

4.)remove the saucepan of veggies from the heat and add the flour and milk mixture. put the pan back on simmer, uncovered, for 5 to 8 min or until soup has thickened.

5.)add 1 cup cheddar cheese to the soup and simmer until melted. the potatoes should be tender almost falling apart, if not continue to cook until they soften and the soup gets thicker.

6.)serve soup.. divide the left over cheese and sprinkle on top of soup, crumble the bacon on the cheese and then top the soup with the chopped green onion.





((Octo-dog & shells))
from: Fix it Quick one dish

4 hot dogs
1.5 cups uncooked small shell pasta
1.5 cups frozen mixed vegetables (or fresh if you have them all)
1 cup prepared alfredo sauce
yellow mustard (squeeze bottle)
goldfish - cheese flavored

1.)starting 1in. from the end of the hotdog, slice it vertically in half. do this making 4 segments. slice each segment in half creating 8 "legs" do this to all hot dogs.

2.)bring hot dogs to a boil in med. saucepan. then remove from heat, set aside.

3.)prepare pasta according to package. stirring in veggies during the last 3 min. of cooking time. drain: return to pan, stir in alfredo sauce. heat over low heat until heated through divide pasta mix onto 4 plates.

4.)drain octo-dogs. arrange octo-dog on top of pasta mixture. one on each plate. draw on a face on the head of the octo dogs using mustard. sprinkle a few goldfish through out the plate ;)