Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1-1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1-1/4 cups uncooked medium egg noodles
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Directions

• In a large saucepan, saute the carrot, celery and onion in butter until tender.
•  Stir in the broth, chicken and seasonings; bring to a boil. 
• Reduce heat. Add noodles; cook for 10 minutes or until noodles are tender. 
• Sprinkle with parsley.
  
• Yield: 6 servings.

Recipe and Photo Source:  Taste Of Home

Extra Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing

Making your own salad dressing is an awesome idea!  While it is so easy to pick up a bottle of premade Blue Cheese Salad Dressing, which is my favorite, the blue cheese flavor is always a bit too strong for me and I usually end up mixing it with mayonnaise.  Can't wait to try Mr. Food's recipe so I can control what goes into the dressing!

This recipe is part of a series of 31 homemade salad dressing recipes on Mr. Food's website.  The link is at the bottom of the page!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (4-ounce) package crumbled blue cheese
• 3/4 cup sour cream

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except the blue cheese; whisk until smooth.
    
2. Add blue cheese and stir to mix well. Serve, or cover and chill until ready to serve.

Source:  Mr. Food ~ Salad Dressing Recipes

Merry Christmas

From our family to yours

Merry Christmas!

May your day be happy, festive

and full of love :)

Dole Whip . . . like at Disney World!

Back in the day when JR and I went to Disney World at least once a month, we so loved the Dole Whips at the Magic Kingdom that we would sometimes take a quick trip to there, get a Dole Whip and proceed to another park.  They are so special and I have not seen them anywhere else!

Can't wait to go to Disney World with The Captain and introduce him to all the little things I love there . . . starting with a visit to the Dole Whip stand in Adventure Land at the Magic Kingdom!

Someone posted this photo on Pinterest, but did not include the recipe . . . so I went in search of a recipe . . . and I found two that would work for me since I don't have an ice cream maker.

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• 2/3 cup pineapple chunk , partially frozen
• 1 cup real vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice (sweetened or unsweetened)
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• Directions:

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   Variation: 2 tablespoons frozen pineapple concentrate plus 1/4 cup or so water can be substituted for the pineapple juice.
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   Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Please feel free to add or decrease the amount of juice/ice cream to get a consistency you prefer.
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4. Source:  Food.com
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INGREDIENTS

2 cans (20 oz. each) DOLE Crushed Pineapple
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/3 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries, mini marshmallow or mini chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Drain crushed pineapple; reserve 2 tablespoons juice.  Set aside.

Place crushed pineapple, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar and reserved pineapple juice in blender or food processor container.  Cover; blend until smooth.

Stir in cherries or marshmallow or chips . . . if desired.

Pour into two 1-quart freezer zipped bags.  Store bags flat in freezer.  Freeze about 1-1/2 hours or until slushy.

Gently stir pineapple slush into whipped cream until just blended, in large bowl.  Return to freezer until completely frozen, about 1 hour.

Serve!


Source:  Dole