WHITE BEAN AND CHICKEN SOUP

one of the things that i love about winters is bubbling hot soups with oven toasted bread  and i like thick ,packed full of vegetables and beans ,hearty and wonderfully seasoned soups. This recipe can be made with red beans or even chickpeas but white bean looks beautiful...

INGS:

onion - 1/2  cup chopped,

garlic - 2 cloves minced

2tbsp oil

1 cup boiled, diced chicken

1 large tomato diced

4 cups broth

2 cups water

oregano - 1/2 tsp

celery dried - 1/2 tsp

dried basil - 1/2 tsp

1/2 tsp black pepper coarsely grind

salt to taste

1/4 tsp red pepper

1/2 tsp paprika

3 cups boiled and drained white beans 

1 cup elbow macaroni uncooked

1 tbsp minced fresh parsley

METHOD:

In a large sauce pan heat oil and saute onion and garlic until soft do not let them turn golden add tomato and cook for 5 min add broth water and seasonings bring to a boil and cook for 5 mins 

add beans and macaroni and again bring to a boil

Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 mins or until macaroni is tender sprinkle with parsley and serve with French bread , oven toasted bread or croûtons 

VEGETABLE KABAB

After all the hard work of a days cooking some time it hits me that i am not giving my children enough balanced  nutrition a couple of years ago all i used to do was start a course of vitamins and thats all but then once a doctor told me about the damage we impose on our children by giving them these tonics ... The external vitamins stops their system to extract energy from food by itself  they look healthy but they are getting weak !!! After that i started collecting and making recipes that contain more portions of vegetables ,pulses and fiber then spices and dont forget to hide your cooking from these little stooges because they always find some thing they dislike  in the recipe and dont forget to fool them with funny shapes and bright colors(ha ha aha)

My kids like potato cutlets a lot  and this great recipe makes them more then just cutlets do try it

INGS:

Potatoes-3 large

 carrot-1 grated,

 peas-1 cup

 salt-1 tsp,

 capsicum- 1 finely cut,

 onion-1med chopped,

 corn-1cup boiled,

 black pepper-1/2 tsp,

 mustard powder-1/2 tsp,

egg- 1 beaten

 bread crumbs-1cup

METHOD:

Boil the potatoes . peel and mash. Separately boil carrots and peas and mash . Coarsly chop the boiled corn. Mix all the ings and put in spice make sure potatoes are more then the other vegetables to assemble easily. make kabab dip in egg roll in crumbs and fry till crispy golden