Wrap It Up

On March 03, 2006 in Different Dinner Project

This is what happens when you have 15 minutes to prepare dinner; you get a low-carb version of soup and sandwiches. I found a quick recipe for Broccoli and Cheddar Soup that looked as though it could be prepared in 10 minutes flat. It was, and it was bad. The cheese coated the broccoli and left behind a vaguely creamy chicken broth. Overall a waste of perfectly good ingredients, but the cheese covered broccoli was alright. A little bit of starch (flour, cornstarch etc.) would've gone a long way to give this soup a bit of body and bring it altogether, but then it wouldn't be low-carb, would it? I could've kept adding cheese, but then it would've no longer been soup and just turned to broccoli in cheese.

The Lettuce Roll Ups weren't thought through too well, either. We didn't buy lettuce, so we tried to awkwardly roll up salvaged pieces around the core leftover from Taco Salad and it didn't go so well. I really wish I'd thought this through better. After scarfing down some cheese coated broccoli and a bunch of crackerless appetizers, I was really starting to feel the burn. Meat and cheese are not feel good foods or suitable substitutes. I popped a couple of Tums and Shannon and I took off to the movies, cursing tonight's dinner.

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razz

Ah … this picture is giving me the shivers. Your poor soup.

10:56am on Thursday, December 14, 2006
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ken_sloan

Yes, this dinner was a total disaster. Thankfully I would totally be able to pull this off a second time. The broccoli and cheddar soup at least. Ah, roux, what did I do without you? (See: this entry)

4:36pm on Thursday, December 14, 2006
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razz

Ah, the link didn’t come through for “this entry.” Aye, a good roux or beurre manie do wonders for a dish. =) Did you use clarified butter for your roux?

3:42pm on Friday, December 15, 2006
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ken_sloan

I meant this is what happens when I don’t use a roux… bad broccoli and cheddar soup :)

No clarified butter, just plain old.

12:26am on Saturday, December 16, 2006
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razz

Oh, gotcha!

I wish I could make a roux with low-fat butter substitute and whole wheat flour. Doesn’t that sound awful? I’ll try it later.

2:08pm on Sunday, December 17, 2006
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ken_sloan

I could see it working with like… olestra and maltodextrin or guar gum or something. sort of. not really.

6:46pm on Sunday, December 17, 2006
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razz

Me, too.

9:57am on Monday, December 18, 2006

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