Posted by Carole-Anne on November 29, 2007
There is nothing like a warm, steamy, creamy soup in the wintertime. Being such a soup lover, I must include celery to my Healthy Recipes site. Celery is low in calories and high in fiber content. It is also a good source of potassium and it has been known to reduce inflammation and protect against cancer. Traditionally, herbalists have suggested that fresh celery and celery seed tea will help gout and other inflammatory arthritis, as well as high blood pressure and edema. Celery contains compounds that are said to reduce the production of certain prostaglandins (www.wikipedia.com) which are chemicals in the body that are instrumental in producing inflammation. There is no proof of these suggestions, but celery makes a great soup, and the leaves of celery plant are actually the most nutritious. The celery plant is actually high in nitrates, but once cooked, braised or steamed, the nitrates are considerably reduced. Now onto the reason we are here! Creamy Celery Soup!INGREDIENTS:
1 tbsp virgin olive oil
1 chopped Spanish onion
5 sticks of celery with leaves on, and sliced
3 potatoes peeled and chopped
4 cups chicken stock
1 tsp fresh thyme
1 tsp Sea salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 cup grated light cheddar cheese
NOW FOLLOW ME:
Heat extra-virgin olive oil in Dutch Oven or slow cooker. I prefer Slow Cooker, as soup can warm in the Slow Cooker if there is any left over. Add onion and cook for until tender.
Add celery, cooking for another 5 minutes. Add potatoes, stock, thyme, sea salt and pepper. Bring to boil, cover and cook for approximately 30 minutes.
Pour soup in Blender and puree - you may wish to season with sea salt and pepper at that time as well.
Pour soup back into Crockery Slow Cooker and leave on simmer.
When ready to serve, fill your elegant soup bowl with your delightful creamy pureed soup and add light cheddar cheese that has been grated previously.
Delightful Healthy Recipe - only 15 minutes preparation time, and approximately 45 minutes to cook. It is low in calories - approximately 135 calories per bowl!
Enjoy! This recipe may be very tasty with baking powder biscuits which may be viewed in Healthy Recipes under Biscuits, Bread and Muffins.
Recipe serves 6 - 8 people.
Posted by Carole-Anne on November 20, 2007
This recipe creates 1/3/4 cups or 28 servings. The recipe follows the guidelines for eating foods that help arthritis and those diseases under the arthritis umbrella.
INGREDIENTS:
1 14 oz can artichokes drained, fat-free mayonnaise
1 1/2 ounces of grated Parmesan cheese
84 Melba rounds
FOLLOW ME:
Drain artichokes and place in medium bowl.
Stir in remainder of ingredients until mixed well.
Put in small oven-proof bowl.
Heat in microwave or oven 350F until hot.
Serve on Melba toast rounds, on a sterling silver platter.
That was so easy and artichokes are so tasty. Artichokes are a good fibrous healthly low-cal choice for you as well.
Servings 84 melba toast rounds.
Posted by Carole-Anne on
Since tomatoes come in a variety of colors, dark purple, stripes, red and yellow stripes, this is a very colorful tasty recipe to show off.
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 red, yellow and orange tomatoes
- 4 oz bocconcini or goat cheese
- ½ cup shredded fresh basil
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper
CRUST:
- 30 melba toasts
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 egg whites
FOLLOW ME:
To make the crust, use food processor. Chop
Melba toasts to make 1 ¼ fine crumbs. Then add
Butter, Parmesan cheese and egg whites.
Pulse mixture until moist.
Press mixture onto bottom and halfway up side of 9”round
tart pan with removable bottom.
Bake in center of oven until golden and firm to touch.
Let cool on rack. Cover up and store at room temp.
For 24 hrs.
Cut red, yellow, orange tomatoes and bocconcini into 1/8”
2Sprinkle 1/3 of the basil. Top with tomatoes overlapping each over the crust in a circular fashion.
Sprinkle salt and pepper and sprinkle the remainder of basil between rows.
And there it is! Grandios! May be served as a side dish, and
excellent choice for a brunch or luncheon. Healthy Recipes gives this one a thumbs up!
Serves 6 – and what a charming dish this is!
Posted by Carole-Anne on
Trust me – this is one of the best coffees’ there is – coming from a cinnamon lover and a coffee lover. Cinnamon is an ancient spice obtained from the bark of a two ancient evergreens. It has a flavor all of its own, and is a highly versatile flavoring well known for its ability to relieve flatulence. Cinnamon is carved off the trees and when ground up becomes a fine powder. It is used in a stick form or as powder form in cooking – apple pies, cinnamon rolls etc. Let’s get to the best part. Today we will make one of Healthy Recipes finest………Cinnamon Coffee.
INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup half and half cream
2 tbsp sugar or sugar replacement (Splenda)
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup good quality, strong coffee.
FOLLOW ME:
Mix sugar, cream and cinnamon stick in a small sauce pan until it forms bubbles. Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick and add coffee to four coffee cups in which the cream, Cinnamon stick, have been standing. Serve immediately! Serves 4 people – delicious, healthy, low calorie afternoon or evening drink! Please serve in one of your most elegant coffee mugs!
Recipe serves 4. I love this recipe!