RECIPES from the TQS FORUM

[Jane R.]

Quick question about the Zucchini bread recipe--Is there NO flour in it?? Is it like a cheese cake?? I have the Zucchini and would love to try the recipe but question about the flour. Thanks

[Jane R.]

I have a recipe that is creamy broccoli soup; another adapted weight watchers recipe (I changed a bit)

One full head of fresh broccoli
cut up head of broccoli (I use a potato peeler & peel off the outside of the large stems, cut off bottom of stems & then dice stems & add to soup w/broccoli flourets
2 1/4 cups of fat-free half and half (located in refrigerator section/milk area)/half cream half milk
14 ounces of (I use Swanson, MSG free chicken broth) chicken broth
12 ounces of Velveeta Light cheese (cubed) Velveeta cheese has markings on the package like butter sticks so you don’t have to worry about weighing the 12 ounces; it is on the foil that the cheese is wrapped in. It is a processed yellow cheese that comes in a block & melts on low temperatures; great for dips & such
1 fresh garlic clove or 1 tsp minced bottle garlic
1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1/3 tsp ground red pepper
Combine first five (5) ingredients in a large saucepan (I use a Le Crueset pot that works great!) ; cook, uncovered over medium head until cheese melts; 5-10 minutes. Must stirring frequently
Put flour in a small bow & gradually add 1/2 cup cold water (I use a whisk to get all the lumps out)
Add flour mixture to soup, reduce heat to medium low & cook another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat stir in red pepper to taste, it serves about eight people

It is the fastest easiest soup to make & is a very hearty soup. I serve mine with fresh bread. My DH & I make it together & it even goes faster! Enjoy :lol:

[Jane R.]

I have a recipe that is creamy broccoli soup; another adapted weight watchers recipe (I changed a bit)

One full head of fresh broccoli
cut up head of broccoli (I use a potato peeler & peel off the outside of the large stems, cut off bottom of stems & then dice stems & add to soup w/broccoli flourets
2 1/4 cups of fat-free half and half (located in refrigerator section/milk area)
14 ounces of (I use Swanson, MSG free chicken broth) chicken broth
12 ounces of Velveeta Light cheese (cubed) Velveeta cheese has markings on the package like butter sticks so you don’t have to worry about weighing the 12 ounces; it is on the foil that the cheese is wrapped in.
1 fresh garlic clove or 1 tsp minced bottle garlic
1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1/3 tsp ground red pepper
Combine first five (5) ingredients in a large saucepan (I use a Le Crueset pot that works great!) ; cook, uncovered over medium head until cheese melts; 5-10 minutes. Must stirring frequently
Put flour in a small bow & gradually add 1/2 cup cold water (I use a whisk to get all the lumps out)
Add flour mixture to soup, reduce heat to medium low & cook another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat stir in red pepper to taste, it serves about eight people

It is the fastest easiest soup to make & is a very hearty soup. I serve mine with fresh bread. My DH & I make it together & it even goes faster! Enjoy :lol:

A couple of questions -

'2 1/4 cups of fat-free half and half (located in refrigerator section/milk area)' Half and half WHAT? I'm guessing that it might have something to do with milk, but it could also be cream, butter, margarine.........(wine & water :wink: )

'Velveeta Light cheese ' what is this cheese like? we don't have it in UK. Is it a soft cream cheese like Philidelphia, a curd/cottage cheese or a hard cheese like cheddar?

[Rita C.]

Rosemary, I think half and half is 1/2 milk and 1/2 cream (I guess you don't watch Ina Garten on the Food Network as she is always using it!)Please correct me if I am wrong anyone. Velveteena seems to be a hard processed low fat cheese - like Calvita or Galtee(do you have those in the UK?).

[Sharon E.]

OOOPS, big time!! Yes there is definitely flour in the zucchini bread. So without further mistakes, here is the correct recipe.

Yummy zucchini bread.

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 cups shredded zucchini

Beat eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla together and add cream cheese.
Mix dry ingredients together and gradually add to egg mixture.
Fold in zucchini, bake and enjoy.

bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, but watch it when it get to about 35 minutes.

Sorry about the mistake, Thanks Rita for pointing it out to me.

Have a wonderful day everyone. Sharon

[Sharon E.]

Rosemary, I think half and half is 1/2 milk and 1/2 cream (I guess you don't watch Ina Garten on the Food Network as she is always using it!)Please correct me if I am wrong anyone. Velveteena seems to be a hard processed low fat cheese - like Calvita or Galtee(do you have those in the UK?).

Don't have the Food Network - Ina Garten, who she? :wink:
We do have low fat cheeses in UK (ugh - wash my mouth out!) The last time I tried cooking with Weight-Watchers low fat cheese, it was a mess. Although I haven't heard of Calvita or Galtee either. Stilton gets used in soup recipes over here as far as I recall.

[Rita C.]

Ina Garten is 'The Barefoot Contessa' who has a cookery programme from the Hamptons. I like her cooking but she uses so much butter and cream that it's a wonder her long-suffering husband Geoffrey (who always gets dragged out of his office to try the food) hasn't died of a heart attack! For the cheese, personally, I would substitute with either a good cheddar or cheshire, or wensleydale or Stilton or any other blue cheese.

I wonder is half n half the equivalent of single cream? We only have double cream here so I guess I would just substitute half milk and half cream if I were making it.

[Lorna B.]

Half and half is equivalent to a light or single cream. In the USA we have Half & Half and Heavy or Whipping cream. Here are a couple ideas for substitutes from on-line...I haven't tested them.

For dishes that are cooked or baked, you may substitute 4-1/2 teaspoons melted butter plus enough whole milk to equal 1 cup. One cup of evaporated milk may also be substituted for each cup of half-and-half cream. http://www.food.com says to just use 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon melted butter, cooled


I'm not sure Velveeta is only cheese. It is sort of like a yellow cheddar, but sort of soft and rubbery. It melts up extremely smoothly for sauces and dips.

From Google search:
"A popular brand of pasteurized process cheese introduced by Kraft Foods in 1928. Velveeta is a blend of colby and cheddar cheeses with emulsifiers and salt." "Has a taste that is identified as a type of American cheese with a texture that is softer"

Lorna

[E.M. T.]

Lorna's right on the money, I think ! I make one very like this, but use whole milk and 2% fat mild cheddar to reduce the calorie load!

[E.M. T.]

Half and half is equivalent to a light or single cream. In the USA we have Half & Half and Heavy or Whipping cream. Here are a couple ideas for substitutes from on-line...I haven't tested them.

For dishes that are cooked or baked, you may substitute 4-1/2 teaspoons melted butter plus enough whole milk to equal 1 cup. One cup of evaporated milk may also be substituted for each cup of half-and-half cream. http://www.food.com says to just use 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon melted butter, cooled


I'm not sure Velveeta is only cheese. It is sort of like a yellow cheddar, but sort of soft and rubbery. It melts up extremely smoothly for sauces and dips.

From Google search:
"A popular brand of pasteurized process cheese introduced by Kraft Foods in 1928. Velveeta is a blend of colby and cheddar cheeses with emulsifiers and salt." "Has a taste that is identified as a type of American cheese with a texture that is softer"

Lorna

Oh good! a translator 8) It sounds as if the cheese is similar to 'Dairylea' or the french version, 'Laughing Cow', that is now available in UK.

[E.M. T.]

I have a recipe that is creamy broccoli soup; another adapted weight watchers recipe (I changed a bit)

One full head of fresh broccoli
cut up head of broccoli (I use a potato peeler & peel off the outside of the large stems, cut off bottom of stems & then dice stems & add to soup w/broccoli flourets
2 1/4 cups of fat-free half and half /half cream & half milk (located in refrigerator section/milk area)
14 ounces of (I use Swanson, MSG free chicken broth) chicken broth
12 ounces of Velveeta Light cheese (cubed) Velveeta cheese has markings on the package like butter sticks so you don’t have to worry about weighing the 12 ounces; it is on the foil that the cheese is wrapped in. Velvetta is a processed yellow cheese that comes in a block. It is a soft cheese that melts well w/a little heat.
1 fresh garlic clove or 1 tsp minced bottle garlic
1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1/3 tsp ground red pepper
Combine first five (5) ingredients in a large saucepan (I use a Le Crueset pot that works great!) ; cook, uncovered over medium head until cheese melts; 5-10 minutes. Must stirring frequently
Put flour in a small bow & gradually add 1/2 cup cold water (I use a whisk to get all the lumps out)
Add flour mixture to soup, reduce heat to medium low & cook another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat stir in red pepper to taste, it serves about eight people

It is the fastest easiest soup to make & is a very hearty soup. I serve mine with fresh bread. My DH & I make it together & it even goes faster! Enjoy :lol:

A couple of questions -

'2 1/4 cups of fat-free half and half (located in refrigerator section/milk area)' Half and half WHAT? I'm guessing that it might have something to do with milk, but it could also be cream, butter, margarine.........(wine & water :wink: )

'Velveeta Light cheese ' what is this cheese like? we don't have it in UK. Is it a soft cream cheese like Philidelphia, a curd/cottage cheese or a hard cheese like cheddar?

Sorry Rosemary;

I have (hopefully) clarified the above recipe. The half & half is a half cream & half milk. The Velvetta cheese is an American yellow processed block cheese that melts well with just a little heat. We use it to make a lot of dips, etc. I am sorry I don’t know what the equivalent UK would be. I can tell ya it’s not Nutrella! We just got that in the States in our grocery stores a little over a year or so ago! Does that help?

[E.M. T.]

oh, oh, oh;

I got this recipe book in a small town in NC on vacation last year & just have to share this recipe. It goes like this

Elephant Stew

1 medium-sized elephant
2 rabbits (optional)
salt to taste
peper to taste

Cut elephant into bit-sized pieces. Coat pieces w/flour, salt & paper to taste. Add enough water to make brown gravy. Cook over large fire (465 degrees) for 4 weeks. This recipe serves 3,814 people. If more are expected, add the rabbits, but only if absolutely necessary, because most people don’t like to find hares in their stew! :lol:
I have a feeling this recipe book was put together by a women’s club & everyone was asked to submit a recipe & Ms. “Hoyte Jones” din’t have anything so she threw this in! What a hoot but only if you throw an owl into the stew, eh?

[E.M. T.]

oh, oh, oh

I have a really good (short by my standards anyway) true story to tell you. It kinda has to do with cooking. . . .

In the old days on our little Island, (And had only one stop light) when the Highway patrol came across a deer freshly killed on the highway; they would call the Fire Dept & ask them if they wanted to come out & fetch it to eat. This also saved the Highway Dept from having to come remove it, so it was economical. Well, my husband (who is the Captain of the station) got a call one night from a SC Highway patrolmen that a tourist had just hit a deer. Well the firemen went out and fetched the deer bringing it back to the station to butcher & fill their freezer with fresh venison. They hung the deer to drain on the back of the fire truck from the big ladder that sticks out the end of the fire truck & guess what happened? You can see it coming can’t ya ? ? ?

Yep, they got a call & in their rush to get to the fire they forgot all about the deer hanging off the back of the fire truck ladder. You can see what’s coming next, can’t ya? Yep, the dispatcher came over the radio & told my husband they had a few calls about their fire truck hitting a deer with their ladder & they needed to stop and see if it was still alive! Hope this doesn’t offend anyone but on HHI in those days we only had one grocery store & it was only open in the daytime so venison was a welcome food.

[E.M. T.]

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[E.M. T.]

Has anyone received a Herman Cake ? :?