Everyone loves a Cobb salad and this is a great recipe. It makes plain old, shredded iceberg lettuce shine. Bacon, hard boiled eggs, chicken, tomatoes, blue cheese, avocado, green onion and dressing.
This chowder is like a bacon-topped baked potato in a bowl. On cold winter days, my family is thrilled to see this meal on the table. --Jacque Manning, Burbank, South Dakota
Shepherd's pie is adaptable to almost infinite variations. Here, the basic browned ground beef and potato combination is baked with canned French-style green beans and tomato sauce.
'A good friend who runs a bed-and-breakfast game me this creamy potato soup recipe that's become a winter favorite,' recalls Kristi Teague of Southside, Tennessee. 'A dash of hot sauce a little basil give it special flavor.'
'We first sampled this chili-like soup at a church dinner,' writes Glenda Taylor of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. 'It's a warming dish on a cold day, and since it uses packaged seasonings and several cans of vegetables, it's a snap to prepare.'
Savory herbal flavors of rosemary and thyme infuse Swanson(R) Stock, succulent chicken and tender vegetables in this delectable version of a classic French homey favorite.
A rich potato soup that also has carrot, onion and celery. The chicken base also contributes to it's complex flavor. Chicken base is a strong reduction of chicken stock that is normally sold in a resealable plastic jar and should be kept refrigerated.
A quick, no-fuss version of chicken tortilla soup! All you do is put everything into the slow cooker, and turn it on. Then garnish with baked corn tortilla strips!
'My husband, Bob, and I operate a bed-and-breakfast, omelets are our 'friends',' confirms Massachusetts field editor Charlotte Baillargeon of Hinsdale. 'Omelets are sort of the 'stew' of eggs - you can add almost any leftover vegetable or meat into the filling. This is one of our favorite combinations.'
