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THIS ONE REALLY LOOKS AND SOUNDS WONDERFUL! HOPE YOU ENJOY!
So, I ran into this recipe recently while scouring the internet for low calorie dishes. This recipe first appeared in Woman's World magazine last year and some of the reviews I have read on it SWEARS by the soup. One lady claiming she was stuck at a certain weight for weeks, started eating this soup and dropped 1.4 pounds over night. Well, I have been eating it for a couple of days and have not gotten such results but I can tell you one thing. This soup is delicious!!! And by looking at the ingredients, really healthy for you as well. I did tweak a couple of things from the original recipe because of personal preferences, such as it calls for mushrooms and I despise mushrooms! So, here is the recipe:
Famous Fat Flush Soup
So, I ran into this recipe recently while scouring the internet for low calorie dishes. This recipe first appeared in Woman's World magazine last year and some of the reviews I have read on it SWEARS by the soup. One lady claiming she was stuck at a certain weight for weeks, started eating this soup and dropped 1.4 pounds over night. Well, I have been eating it for a couple of days and have not gotten such results but I can tell you one thing. This soup is delicious!!! And by looking at the ingredients, really healthy for you as well. I did tweak a couple of things from the original recipe because of personal preferences, such as it calls for mushrooms and I despise mushrooms! So, here is the recipe:
Ingredients
2 tsp.Olive Oil
1 1/4 lbs. of lean ground turkey (or chicken)
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 bell pepper (seeded and chopped)
4 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 jalapeno (chopped)
1 (14oz) can of crushes tomatoes
1 (32oz) bottle of reduced sodium spicy tomato juice
1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
1 (14 oz) can rinsed and drained black beans (navy or pinto can also be used)
1 Tbs. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (or to taste)
1/2 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
Directions
1. Heat olive oil and brown ground turkey/poultry. Drain and set aside.
2. Saute onion, garlic and peppers until soft (about 5 minutes).
3. Stir in all remaining ingredients (except cilantro) and cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Stir in cilantro and cover and simmer for 10 minutes longer.
Makes 12-14 cups.
1 serving = 3 cups.
Homemade flour tortillas – frugal and way more delicious than store-bought tortillas.
Homemade Flour Tortillas
One day, Mr. Gracious was gone, and I was frantically trying to get dinner on the table in time, tacos as fate would have it, with three kids hanging on my legs whining about how they were nearing starvation. And then, I realized I didn’t have any tortillas…. which makes for a pretty crummy taco dinner…. So now I had 2 choices. I could try to pack all three of my starving children into their car seats for one package of tortillas, or I could try to come up with something using what I already had.
Dreading the prospect of trying to wrangle the rugrats into the car, I chose to figure something else out, which is when I came across this amazing recipe for homemade flour tortillas from Chris at The Cafe Sucre Farine. And to her I owe my undying gratitude because not only were these homemade flour tortillas deliciously amazing, she also saved me from dragging my lovely, but kind of crazy, children to the grocery store in pursuit of the store-bought kind of tortillas. So thank you, Chris!
The recipe is delightfully simple. The hardest part for me was trying to roll these into circles, which I really don’t do well. (You may have noticed my Chicken Pot Pie recipe is in a rectangle dish…) I found it was easiest to flatten the dough with my hands as much as possible before using the rolling pin
. And even if you’re like me and most of your tortillas come out kind of oblong or misshapen, that’s okay. The shape takes away nothing from the delicious-ness.
. And even if you’re like me and most of your tortillas come out kind of oblong or misshapen, that’s okay. The shape takes away nothing from the delicious-ness.
I was a little disheartened at first as I didn’t have a stand mixer
, and the directions call for one with the dough hook attached. BUT! If you have a hand mixer
you probably havedough hooks too! They’re those little swirly pieces with hooks at the end, so this recipe works for hand mixers too!
, and the directions call for one with the dough hook attached. BUT! If you have a hand mixer you probably havedough hooks too! They’re those little swirly pieces with hooks at the end, so this recipe works for hand mixers too!
Chris also notes that these are freeze-able and you can head on over there for freezer instructions if you’d like to try it!
Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
Author: The Gracious Wife
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup warm water
Instructions
- Add flour, salt and baking powder to a large mixing bowl.
- With dough hook attachment on your mixer, begin mixing on medium and slowly add water and oil.
- When water and oil are added, continue mixing on low for an additional minute, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Your dough should now form into a ball. Transfer your dough ball onto a floured surface. Cut the dough into quarters (Cut in half and then cut each half of the dough in half again.)
- Form the quarters into balls and cut into quarters again, using the same method as above. You should now have 16 small balls of dough.
- Cover the dough balls (with foil, plastic wrap, or a clean towel) and allow the dough to rest for 15-20 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Meanwhile, begin rolling out your dough balls into approximate circles. I found that it's easiest to flatten as much as possible using your hands then finish the job with a rolling pin. Be sure to keep the rolling pin and work surface lightly floured.
- When the skillet is hot, place an uncooked tortilla into the skillet. Allow to cook for 1 minute on each side. Tortillas are done when they are opaque and you can see a few golden brown spots on each side. Repeat this process for each tortilla.
- These can be served warm or cool. To reheat, place in the microwave covered with a damp paper towel and microwave for 10-15 seconds.
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