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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Seasonal Plate


Three Little Ghostesses

Three little ghostesses 
Sitting on postesses, 
Eating buttered toastesses, 
Greasing their fistesse, 
Up to their wristesses, 
Oh, what beastesses 
To make such feastesse!
Plan a feastesse for Hallows Eve with Slow Cooker Olive Garden Copycat recipe Pasta E Fagioli Soup. It’s rich and hearty loaded with veggies and a good amount of protein with beans and beef, the perfect comfort soup for fall. Pair the soup with some holiday treats Cheese and Blackberry Kabobs and M & M Blondies. 

Slow Cooker Pasta E Fagioli Soup

Cook’s Notes: Pasta e fagioli means "pasta and beans” and is a traditional Italian dish. Like many other Italian favorites, including pizza and polenta, the dish started as a peasant dish, being composed of inexpensive ingredients. Add dried pasta in last 30 minutes of cooking time to avoid becoming mushy.

Ingredients:
  • 1 lb. ground beef or Italian Sweet Sausage
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup each diced sweet onions, carrots and celery
  • 3 minced garlic cloves
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (basil, garlic)
  • 2-3 cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can Great Northern White Beans 
  • 1 jar (24.5 oz.) Marinara Sauce
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp. each Italian seasoning, chili powder, parsley flakes
  • ½ tsp. sugar
  • Optional ¼ tsp. espresso powder
  • 1 cup uncooked dried pasta e.g. ditalini, small shells, elbow macaroni
Directions:
  • Brown meat with onions and garlic in a fry pan. Crumble meat, drain and pat dry of grease.
  • Add meat mixture to slow cooker with rest of listed ingredients except pasta. Mix well. 
  • Cook soup on high 3 hours or low 5 hours. Stir occasionally. Add in pasta last 30 minutes of cooking time. 
  • Remove bay leaf. May need to add more broth as pasta does absorb a lot of liquid. 
M & M Blondies
Ingredients:
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1- 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 cup combination orange, yellow and brown M & M’s, divided
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a glass 9 x 9 pan with cooking spray. 
  • Place butter and brown sugar in a medium sized saucepan and heat. 
  • Whisk constantly until sugar and butter are mixed and smooth. Cool for 5 minutes. 
  • Pour mixture into mixing bowl, adding in eggs one at a time. Stir until incorporated adding in vanilla. 
  • Add in flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder, beat until combined. 
  • Stir in chocolate chips and half of the M & M’s to batter, Mix well. 
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. 
  • Sprinkle rest of M & M’s evenly on top of batter, do not press in. 
  • Bake for 22 minutes.
Halloween Kabobs
Ingredients:
  • Blackberries or Black Olives
  • Cubed Cheddar Cheese or Cantaloupe
Directions:
Alternate on a skewer; blackberry and cubed cheese

2 comments:

  1. Tis the season of soups and this sounds like an easy one to try.

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  2. This sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party! And I love the poem!

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