Week 26 Friday (7/11/14)

Recipe Review

Today’s Recipe and Location:           Easy Flatbread Pizza

         Found in: The Pioneer Woman blog

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/02/easy-flatbread-pizza/

         For all of you health nuts, here is the pizza for you! This one was created with flatbread – very different than the puffed pastry pizza presented earlier in the week.  Ree put mushrooms, tomatoes, and a choice of either zucchini, squash, or eggplant. Need I say more?  As a person who rarely eats veggies, this one is a nightmare for this meat and potatoes girl.  I’m sticking with pizzas for the Marlboro Man, sorry Ree.

  

    

Fabulous “Family and Friends” Food

Chicken and Rice Soup

(This is something I made while living in Florida)

Ingredients:

½ stick of butter

1 medium onion

1/8 cup celery, chopped very small

¼ cup flour

4 cups chicken broth

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup ½ and ½

1 – 1.5 cups chicken, cut into bite size pieces

¾ cup cooked rice

¾ cup sliced pitted black olives

salt and pepper

Directions:

In a soup pot, melt the butter. Add the onion and celery and cook it until it is cooked. Stir in the flour. Cook this for about 3 – 3.5 minutes.  Add chicken broth, cream, and broth and cook on LOW for about 20 – 25 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve it with saltine crackers.