Chicken soup

The chicken soup my mother cooked was delicious but always the same. It had some potatoes, some onions, some egg noodles and chicken in it. It is tasty and warming your soul when it's cold outside but this soup is not diet friendly.

This soup is different from what my mother makes for variety and better for diets. There is no starch in it so it is safe to eat if you are on a diet.

Here is my recipe - try it at home and you will love it, too!

You will need:

1 cup cubed boneless skinless chicken breast

8 cup water

1 cup chopped celery

1/3 cup sliced carrot

1 medium onion

1/2 cup wild rice or country mix

1 medium tomato, chopped
Salt to taste

Boil the water, add chicken breast, celery, carrots and onions. Add rice and cook all together until the rice is tender. Add chopped tomato, salt and cook about 10 minutes more.

Enjoy!

Comfort time, comfort food

As the temperature goes down so is my desire to have a healthy salad. I am trying hard but my body is asking for soups, potatoes, meat and bread. This is all about the change of season!

I'd really like to share with you an easy recipe today. You can make it in no time, just like I made it last night. It's called corn goulash.

You will need:
ground beef, about 1 lbs
1-2 spoons of light olive oil
1 middle size onion, chopped
some mashed potatoes
1 can of cream style corn
some shredded cheese, I used mix of Cheddar and Monterrey Jack
salt and pepper to taste
rectangular baking dish

How to:
Brown beef, add chopped onion and cook about 10 minutes. Add salt & pepper to taste. Drain the grease if any. Spray the sides and bottom of the baking dish with a cooking spray and transfer meat & onion into the pan.

While the beef is cooking cook and mash the potatoes. Add some milk, butter and seasonings to taste. Spoon it evenly on top of meat & onion mixture.

Evenly spread the cream style corn on top of mashed potatoes and add some shredded cheese on top.

Preheat the oven and bake at 400'F for about 20 minutes until the cheese is melted  on top.

You are done, enjoy!

What's for dinner?

We are celebrating spring in the garden but it is still chilly at nights.
Nothing beats comfort food in the winter. Potatoes, pasta, white breads are maybe not the best friends of your waist line but they sure taste good!

I was thinking of simple dinner the other day and then remembered of great recipe I saw earlier on Katrin's blog, spaghetti alla matriciana. Katrin lives in Italy so this dish is served pretty often on their dinner table.

The recipe is so simple to make and since this is video supported by lively Italian song it seems like fun to make. I have no idea what the song says but I do like the pasta dinner idea!

So I will make it tonight :)