01.10.09

Southern Maryland Crab Corn Chowder

Posted in Southern Maryland Specialties at 12:01 am

This is a simple yet delicious Crab recipe that I came up with to use some of the corn and crab meat I had prepared this past season. The corn was so sweet this year that I knew I had to use it in some way with the fresh crab this year.

Southern Maryland Crab Corn Chowder:

1 cup crab

2 cups frozen corn kernels

2 bay leaves

4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth

1 cup cream or half and half

Salt and ground black pepper

1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves

In a large saucepan, combine crab , corn and bay leaves. Pour over broth and set pan over medium-high heat. Simmer 5 minutes. Stir in milk and simmer 2 minutes, until hot. Remove bay leaves and season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with chopped fresh parsley.

I hope ya’ll will give this a try and let me hear from ya’ll.

See ya’ll real soon.

01.08.09

Quick and Easy Chicken Soup For When You Have a Cold or Flu

Posted in chicken at 9:26 pm

This is a recipe that I just came up with recently as  Tim and I have both either had a bad winter cold or a bout with a flu type virus. I just have not had the energy to cook but I wanted a fabulous chicken soup. To me Chicken Soup is just what you need when you have a cold or the flu. It is so simple but so comforting at the same time.

I hope ya’ll are feeling well and that know of ya’ll have caught any of these wicked winter ailments.

 

 

QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN SOUP

4 cups chicken broth

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 carrot, diced or thinly sliced

1 rib celery, thinly sliced

1/2 cup uncooked egg noodles

1 cup cooked chicken, cut in small cubes

1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed

1 small onion chopped

chopped fresh parsley

Preparation:

Combine chicken broth, pepper, carrot,onion and celery in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; add noodles and boil for 5 minutes. Add chicken, peas , boil for 5 to 10 minutes longer, or until noodles are tender and peas are cooked. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley just before serving.

 

 

This is a recipe that even the older kids can make if moms down and out with the flu. So give this quick and easy recipe a try and let me hear from ya’ll.