I happen to love love love a nice hot tomato bisque with some buttery crunchy grilled cheese and the best I've ever had happened to be at a little cafe in town that closes down last year. However one if my very close friends worked the kitchen at said cafe and gave me the secret to their fabulous bisque was nothing but pizza sauce and heavy cream topped with a little cheese. Amazed at the thought that this wonderful dish I'd loved for years was soo very simple I thought I would take it upon myself to come up with my own recipe with my very own twist :) I've made this three times now and my very picky three year old loves it, as well as Mr healthy guy!! Its a big recipe, makes enough for a very hungry family of 4 or 5 to have at least two bowls each! But I love making big batches of this because I love having some extra to heat up and eat the next day and through the week :) but if you don't want as much just cut it in half.
2 family size cans Campbell's tomato soup
1 family cambells tomato soup can full of chicken stock and 1 full of water
2 cans tomato sauce
2 tsp oregano
2 tsp basil
1 1/2 tbsp black pepper
2 tbs minced garlic
1/3 cup shredded Colby jack cheese
1 small carton of heavy cream
Combine all ingredients except cheese and cream into a large pot and heat through on medium high heat. Stir in and melt cheese, continue to stir occationally while you make the grilled cheese or whatever you want to serve with the bisque. Or if you just want the bisque let it cook on high simmer for about 20 mins
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Pesto Sandwiches
There is this creative and superbly delicious sandwich that my mother used to make me for dinner when I was a kid. She has no idea where the recipe came from and I've been looking for a copy of it online for years, but I've never been able to yet. So I came up with my own version and I thought I would share it for others to enjoy as much as I did as a child, as much as my friends have enjoyed it whenever I made it over the years, and as much as my 3year old enjoys them now :)
Ingredients:
Pita pocket bread (comes four in a pack)
Spread butter (this is part of my extra delish but not so much as healthy version...so its optional of course)
Pesto
Thinly sliced deli ham
Thinly sliced deli turkey
Thinly sliced deli chicken (for all of these I usually get the small packets of Budding deli meats. 1 package of each will make one sandwich)
Swiss cheese singles
Tin foil
And an oven preheated to 400
Instructions:
Carefully bend the pita pocket along its perferated middle to split it in half then carefully open each pocket to make sure the sides aren't stuck together. Spread the insides of both halves with butter first if you like and then generously with pesto, then set aside. Layer pieces of deli meat together to sort of make it look like a vin diagram. I like to put down 5 or 6 pieces of meat then a slice of cheese and a dollop of pesto and repeat until you've finished all three packs of meat. (But that's part of my not so healthy but super delish version, so if you aren't worried about keeping your figure please by all means enjoy this recipe to the fullest!! However if you're like me and live with a man that wants to stay healthy and eat right, I'd suggest only putting one piece of cheese between each type of meat, thus only giving 2 pieces of cheese on said sandwich. But still add as much pesto as you want! Its healthy and its sooo delish I can't get enough of the stuff!!) Then carefully pick up your stack of cheeses and meats and slide one side of the stack into one half of the pita pocket, (don't be afraid to "stuff it in" it makes for a nice beefed up sandwich when you do that.) Then place the other pita half over the remaining half of the meat stack and place it on a foil square. Tightly wrap the foil around the sandwich to keep it together, and place then in the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until the cheeses are melted through. Run a pizza cutter down the middle (or I just use my chefs knife) and enjoy!!
When I was a kid one of these bad boys was waaay more than enough to fill me up but if you want to serve a side with it, some chips would go great lol obviously, its a sandwich. Or if your like me and live with healthy guy, a verge side keeps them pretty happy :)
I really hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do. And its also a great one to make with the kids! My shorty loves cooking with me :)
And I apologize for the lack of pictures, I'll add some in here next time I make them. This recipe has made my mouth water so much I would get up and make them right now if it weren't 11:30 at night lol best think I should go to bed now :)
Ingredients:
Pita pocket bread (comes four in a pack)
Spread butter (this is part of my extra delish but not so much as healthy version...so its optional of course)
Pesto
Thinly sliced deli ham
Thinly sliced deli turkey
Thinly sliced deli chicken (for all of these I usually get the small packets of Budding deli meats. 1 package of each will make one sandwich)
Swiss cheese singles
Tin foil
And an oven preheated to 400
Instructions:
Carefully bend the pita pocket along its perferated middle to split it in half then carefully open each pocket to make sure the sides aren't stuck together. Spread the insides of both halves with butter first if you like and then generously with pesto, then set aside. Layer pieces of deli meat together to sort of make it look like a vin diagram. I like to put down 5 or 6 pieces of meat then a slice of cheese and a dollop of pesto and repeat until you've finished all three packs of meat. (But that's part of my not so healthy but super delish version, so if you aren't worried about keeping your figure please by all means enjoy this recipe to the fullest!! However if you're like me and live with a man that wants to stay healthy and eat right, I'd suggest only putting one piece of cheese between each type of meat, thus only giving 2 pieces of cheese on said sandwich. But still add as much pesto as you want! Its healthy and its sooo delish I can't get enough of the stuff!!) Then carefully pick up your stack of cheeses and meats and slide one side of the stack into one half of the pita pocket, (don't be afraid to "stuff it in" it makes for a nice beefed up sandwich when you do that.) Then place the other pita half over the remaining half of the meat stack and place it on a foil square. Tightly wrap the foil around the sandwich to keep it together, and place then in the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until the cheeses are melted through. Run a pizza cutter down the middle (or I just use my chefs knife) and enjoy!!
When I was a kid one of these bad boys was waaay more than enough to fill me up but if you want to serve a side with it, some chips would go great lol obviously, its a sandwich. Or if your like me and live with healthy guy, a verge side keeps them pretty happy :)
I really hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do. And its also a great one to make with the kids! My shorty loves cooking with me :)
And I apologize for the lack of pictures, I'll add some in here next time I make them. This recipe has made my mouth water so much I would get up and make them right now if it weren't 11:30 at night lol best think I should go to bed now :)
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