Monthly Archives: January 2015

Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern Beans

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By Jodee Weiland

It’s that time of year when everyone enjoys a delicious bowl of hot soup. There are a wide variety of soup recipes out there to choose from when making soup, so you have to decide a few things before choosing the recipe that’s right for you. Are you a clear broth soup eater or do you prefer a cream soup? I have a tendency to choose the clear broth soups because they are usually healthier and for the most part, lower in calories. I also love a soup that has lots of vegetables. So when I put together my latest soup combination, I came up with my Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern Beans and best of all, it is done in a crock pot!

https://learnfromyesterday.comThis wonderful crock pot soup has cut up boneless chicken breasts with a pound of sliced mushrooms. I love the rich flavor that mushrooms add to any dish and in soup, they are delicious. By using only chicken breasts, this soup is lower in calories and healthier. In addition to mushrooms and chicken breasts, I’ve added carrots, celery, and onions. These three vegetables with fresh garlic added always make a clear broth soup better tasting. Finally, adding the right seasonings to all of this help enhance the overall flavor of the soup, while making this soup a sure winner!

https://learnfromyesterday.comSavory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern

  • 2 to 4 boneless chicken breasts without skin cut up
  • 1/8 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 large onion cut up
  • 2 to 3 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 and 1/2 cups carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 1 cup celery sliced
  • 1 pound sliced mushrooms
  • 64 ounces vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • Optional: Serve with fresh lemon juice or dash of hot sauce

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Put the olive oil in the bottom of the crock pot. Cut up, slice, and prepare your ingredients. Then throw in the onions, garlic, carrots, celery, sliced mushrooms, and cut up chicken breasts. Add broth and seasonings next. Cover the crock pot and set to cook for 6 to 8 hours. When done, serve your soup.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern Beans is both delicious and healthy! The savory flavors in this soup will have you wanting more every time. If you like a little something extra for flavor, add a little fresh lemon juice or dash of hot sauce.  Serve this wonderful soup with a loaf of crusty multigrain bread and a glass of red wine. We chose a Chianti, and it paired well with this soup. However you decide to serve your soup, you are going to love the rich flavors the mushrooms give this delicious clear broth soup. It’s hearty and will warm you up on a cold winter day, so enjoy!

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Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme

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By Jodee Weiland

There are so many wonderful ways to cook a sweet potato, but around this time of year everyone is thinking about eating healthier. An oven roasted sweet potato is a great way to have a healthy sweet potato with your meal. These sweet potatoes are so delicious, you won’t miss the brown sugar, butter, or marshmallows at all. Sweet potatoes are definitely sweet enough on their own, so why not roast them with a few seasonings and have my Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme!

https://learnfromyesterday.comIt doesn’t take much to make a delicious oven roasted sweet potato. All you need is some extra-virgin olive oil and the right seasonings. Thyme is an excellent seasoning to add flavor to a sweet potato. Add some garlic and onion powder as well, and the flavor is outstanding! Lightly use some sea salt, but ever so lightly, and ground pepper to taste, and the result is perfection!

https://learnfromyesterday.comDelicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme

2 to 4 sweet potatoes peeled (depending on the number of people and size of the potatoes)
Extra virgin olive oil
Garlic powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Onion powder to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Ground thyme to taste (1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon)
Sea salt lightly and black pepper to taste

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These are the basic seasonings, but you can add any other seasonings you may like. Preheat your oven to 475 degrees. Prepare your baking sheets with parchment cooking paper. Cut the each potato in  ½” slices to create your oven roasted sweet potato slices just before you are ready to cook. You may do this sooner and leave in cold water, but I prefer to do it just before baking.

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Put the slices in a large bowl and pour some olive oil over the slices. Toss the slices until all of them are coated with some olive oil. They do not need to be drenched, but just coated. Once coated in olive oil, season the slices with the above seasonings to taste. It does not take much of any of the seasonings to add flavor, so add seasonings carefully. Place the slices evenly on your baking sheets. You may add any additional seasonings you may like, but if serving guests, I suggest you always ask about preferences as some people may not like or tolerate well certain seasonings. When done seasoning, place the baking sheets in the oven for about 16 to 20 minutes or until fork tender. Watch them carefully when baking so that you do not burn them.

https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Delicious Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Slices with Thyme are so good, you will want to eat sweet potatoes like this forever! Not only are they delicious, but they are healthy as well. What more could you want? We love these sweet potato slices, and we are seriously considering doing the sweet potatoes this way next Thanksgiving as well. Give them a try and see what you think! Enjoy!

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Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta

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By Jodee Weiland

Lately, I have been making more chicken dishes with a Mediterranean flavor. Recently, I did Greek Style Chicken with Spinach, Artichoke, and Feta that was a stuffed boneless chicken breast and definitely delicious. When I decided to make this new chicken dish, I wanted to make it a little easier to do for those busy days. This new dish does not have any spinach, but still has all the great flavor of my Greek style chicken, but with a lot less preparation time needed. The end result was my Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta, and we loved it!

https://learnfromyesterday.comTo begin with, this chicken breast was not split and stuffed. Because it is not stuffed, it has no spinach, and it also is easier to make when you need to get a great tasting dinner on the table fast. With this recipe, you just put your chicken breasts in a baking dish, add olive oil and fresh lemon juice, some seasonings, and finally, the toppings of artichokes, olives, feta cheese, etc. This does not take long to do. Once done, you just put the baking dish in the oven and cook your dinner. While the chicken is baking, prepare a  vegetable for a side dish. If you want potatoes, add cut up red potatoes to the baking dish and bake them along with the chicken. It doesn’t get much easier than this!

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  • 2 boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 to 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (or to taste)
  • Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts
  • 1/3 cup pitted Kalamata olives (more or less to taste)
  • 1 small tomato sliced or 8 to 10 grape tomatoes
  • 1/8 cup crumbled fat free feta cheese
  • 6 red potatoes cut up (optional)
https://learnfromyesterday.comhttps://learnfromyesterday.comPreheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish. Put olive oil and fresh lemon over the top of the chicken breasts. Season to taste with sea salt and ground black pepper. Then sprinkle the minced garlic, artichoke hearts, olives, tomato, and feta cheese over the top of the chicken breasts. If you decide to add the optional red potatoes, place them along the outside edges of your baking dish. Cover the baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. Then remove the cover and bake for 5 minutes longer or until done.
https://learnfromyesterday.comMy Lemon Chicken with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives, and Feta is both delicious and healthy! Serve this dish with a vegetable and a white wine. You have the option of adding some red potatoes to this dish, if you want a potato side as well. Whatever you decide, you will love this dish, and it really is easy to do. You get all the great flavor with less work here. So give it a try, and enjoy!