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I’m at a loss this year. My sister and I haven’t even started talking about it except the fact that my grandmother needs to order a turkey. (We get a Greenberg turkey every year, out of Tyler, TX)
We’ll be doing some of the baking the weekend before.
Any new ideas/recipes/suggestions? I’m tired of the same old crap every year.
I’m going to attempt to try to talk Jess into going to Penzey’s on Monday during our lunch and shopping extravaganza. I LOVE this place — it gets me motivated to cook/bake, but as soon as I get home that motivation is nowhere to be found. I’ve got to stock up on some spices for Christmas, and some regular things that I’m out of (shout out to Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle) and some new things I want to try (rojo taco seasoning!). This place is fun, and the ladies that work there are so nice and know so damn much about everything in there — who knew there were one million kinds of cinnamon and vanilla and salt and stuff? Sign up for the catalog – it’s excellent, and I spend way too much time reading it.
I love cookbooks. I probably have 200 of them – seriously. I collect them. I use them. I read them over and over again. I can never have enough cookbooks.
These are some new ones that I don’t have but feel that I need – in no particular order
I’ll be making this this weekend, and it will last me all week! I’ll try to remember to take a picture of it, I know how you “food blog” people are with your pictures!
Aunt Toni’s Spicy Tortilla Soup
½ cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3 medium zucchini, sliced
4 cups chicken broth
16 oz. can stewed tomatoes
15 oz. can tomato sauce
12 oz. can corn, undrained
1 tsp. ground cumin
½ tsp. pepper
Tortilla chips
½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Saute onion and garlic in oil in a Dutch oven. Add zucchini, chicken broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, corn, cumin, and pepper; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, simmer 15-20 minutes. Spoon soup into individual soup bowls; add tortilla chips and shredded cheese.
Serves 4-6
*** I usually add squash, black beans, extra corn, and shredded chicken — I LOVE this stuff! I’ve added hominy before too — everything is good in it ***
