Dinner, Dinner, what's for Dinner.......

I have been slacking in the dinner making department lately, in fact I think they might have fired me if they had that option. I haven't had a lot of desire or enthusiasm to make much of anything. But today, after a trip to the grocery store, I decided to make a soup that I have had on my mind for awhile.

Chicken & Orzo Soup

Here is our line-up of suspects-
Here I have my kitchen slaves pulling the stems off of the spinach, muhahahaha!

(See how scared the little one is, she knows I mean business)And while they did that I took a break and ate some of these, the bottle was already almost empty when I started, I swear.
Now surprisingly the Kiddo's all gave this a thumbs up, I did suspect I might have a bit of a fight what with the spinach floating in their soup, but they all ate it right up. I must say bribing them with fortune cookies probably helped ;)

My only problem with this soup was that there were no leftovers for my lunch tomorrow :(


Chicken & Orzo Soup

Ingred.-
8c. chicken broth
1c. orzo, uncooked
1/4c. minced fresh parsley
1c. cooked diced chicken
1c. chopped spinach

Bring your chicken broth to a boil, add in the remaining ingred. and simmer for 15 min.
Enjoy, this served my Family of 6 perfectly.

Souper de Douper and a Shout Out

I have been wanting to get a soup made, with pictures, so I could enter it into the Souper Sundays. Which you can find out about here -> Kahakai Kitchen .

So today I made a yummy recipe I got from my Mommer :)

Italian Wedding Soup

1/2 Orzo
*1/2 lb extra lean Ground Burger
*1 egg, beaten
*2T. Bread Crumbs
*1T. Parmesan Cheese
*1/2t. each of dried Basil & Onion powder
6c. Chicken Broth
2c. thinly sliced Spinach
1/3c. finely chopped Carrots
Parmesan Cheese

Combine all the ingredients proceeded by a star, use this to make little mini meatballs. Heat the broth to a boil, add the other ingredients and the mini Meatballs.

Simmer for 10-20 min. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan Cheese.

Yummy, Yummy, this sure hit the spot for lunch on a chilly Montana day :) Miss M enjoyed sprinkling cheese on her own little bowl of soup.


I also wanted to give a shout out to Crystal over at Don't Try Her. She posted about how she added softened cream cheese to her brownie batter to make yummy Brownies. I have never, and I mean NEVER been able to make a good, not crunchy, Brownie. I had given up :(
I gave her suggestion a try, and my Family sends a huge THANK YOU to Crystal :) I have made perfectly moist Brownies 3 times now! Here is a picture of the dessert we made using Brownies to welcome home our Daddy last weekend.


If you haven't been to Crystal's blog you should check it out, she has some Wonderful Recipes over there!

Hurray!!!! It's Friday!!!!!!