Chili's Southwestern Vegetable Soup

Chili's® Southwestern Vegetable Soup
If you like a soup that's packed with veggies,
that's low in fat, and has some of that Southwestern
zing to it, this is the one for you. Just toss all the
ingredients in a pot and simmer. Garnish with some
shredded cheese and crumbled tortillas, and prepare to
take the chill off.
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6 cups chicken broth (Swanson is best)
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, with juice
1 cup water
1 cup canned dark red kidney beans, with liquid
1 cup frozen yellow cut corn
1 cup frozen cut green beans
1 4-ounce can diced green chilies
1/2 cup diced Spanish onion
1/2 cup tomato sauce
6 corn tortillas, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
dash garlic powder
Garnish
1 cup grated cheddar/jack cheese blend
1 cup crumbled corn tortilla chips
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1. Combine all the soup ingredients in a large saucepan or soup
pot over high heat. Be sure to mince the corn tortillas into
small pieces with a sharp knife before adding them to the soup.
2. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 45
minutes to 1 hour, or until the soup has thickened and tortilla
pieces have mostly dissolved.
3. To serve soup ladle 1 1/2 cups into a bowl. Sprinkle a heaping
tablespoon of the grated cheddar/jack cheese blend over the top of
the soup, and then a heaping tablespoon of crumbled corn tortilla
chips over the cheese.
Makes 6 servings.

Chevys Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Chevys® Garlic Mashed Potatoes
This easy-to-clone dish comes with many of the tasty
entrees at the restaurant chain or can be ordered up,
pronto, on the side. It's a nice clone to have around
since it goes well with so many dishes, Mexican or otherwise.
Just give yourself the time to bake and cool the potatoes.
Be here at TSR next week for a big clone request from the
same "always fresh ingredients" Mexican food chain. It's
for that muy delicioso salsa, baby! Si, si, si. See you then.
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4 medium/large russet potatoes
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic (3-4 cloves)
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
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1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Bake the potatoes by first rubbing them lightly with oil
and then baking them in the preheated oven for 1 hour until
they are tender. Cool.
3. Mash potatoes and remove about half of the skin. You want
to leave the rest in.
4. Melt the butter in a large suacepan over medium heat, then
add garlic and saute for 5 minutes.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and cook for 5-10
minutes while stirring often until garlic mashed potatoes are
very hot.
Serves 4.

Boston Chicken Stuffing

Boston Chicken Stuffing
Yield: 8 side dish
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10 oz Can sliced carrots; undrain
4 oz Can slices mushrooms;undrain
14 oz Can chicken broth
2 Ribs celery; cut 4-5 pieces
1 tb Rubbed sage
12 ts Poultry seasoning
1 tb Chicken bouillon powder
3 tb Bottled liquid margarine or
-melted butter or margarine
3 English muffins; cut into
-1/2" cubes with crumbs
8 oz Bag unseasoned croutons
1 tb Dry parsley; minced
2 tb Dry minced onion
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When you open the can of carrots, run the blade of a
paring knife through them right in the can so that
you've reduced them to tiny bits without mashing them.
Empty it then into a Dutch oven. Add the mushrooms;
set aside. Empty the cam of broth into the blender and
add the celery along with the sage, poultry seasoning,
bouillon powder and margarine. Blend a few seconds on
high speed, only until celery is finely minced.
Meanwhile, add the English muffin cubes, (crumbs too),
croutons, parsley and onion to the Dutch oven. Pour
blender mixture over and stir to combine with rubber
bowl scraper until completely moist. Cover with a lid
and bake at 350~ about 45 minutes to an hour or until
piping hot. Refrigerate leftovers to use within a
week. Freeze to use within 4 months.

Boston Chicken Squash

Boston Chicken Squash
Yield: 6 servings
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2 Butternut squash; halve
-long, remove seeds
Margarine or butter
Salt
1/2 c Brown sugar; packed
1/2 c Honey
1/2 ts Ground ginger
1 ts Pumpkin pie spices
4 tb Butter or margarine; melted
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Preheat oven to 400 . Place squash cut-side down on
Pam-sprayed shallow baking pan. Bake uncovered about
45 minutes or until fork tender. Wipe cut surface with
a little butter and sprinkle with salt. Return to bake
cut-side up about 10 minutes longer or until browned
and soft. Scrape out the meat into a mixing bowl. Add
sugar, honey, ginger, pumpie pie spice and butter.
Beat with electric mixer at med speed until smooth.
Return to oven, ocvered in foil, just to keep warm
until time to serve, 325 for 30 minutes. Refrigerate
leftovers for about a week or freeze up to 4 months.

Boston Chicken Creamed Spinach

Boston Chicken Creamed Spinach
Yield: 4 servings
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1 tb Flour
4 tb Butter, margarine or canola
-oil
1/2 ts Garlic salt
Salt and pepper
20 oz Frozen chopped spinach; cook
-and drain
1 sm Onion; diced
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In a saucepan, on medium heat, stir together with wire
whisk soup, flour, butter, garlic salt, salt and
pepper until smooth and piping hot. Combine with
spinach and onion. (MY NOTE:I'd substitute fresh
minced garlic for the garlic salt).