My husband was inspired by a similar Weight Watchers® recipe when he came up with this, but he didn’t think their recipe had enough flavor. Let’s face it, white beans and turkey just aren’t that flavorful on their own. But they’re a nice foil for the smokey flavor of the chipotle chiles (which you can find canned in adobo sauce in the Hispanic food section of your super market).
And he added corn because he loves him some one-dish meals. Is that a dude thing?
Although my family soundly refused to eat split pea soup until recently, they had no problem with lentil soup (especially if I served it with honey oat bread). I never understood that.
I always feel good about serving this soup to my family—lots of wholesome goodness, plenty of protein and fiber. Warms you from the inside.
If you’re like my brother-in-law, and you don’t like turkey, maybe you have a ham bone leftover from Thanksgiving. If so, throw it into the soup at the beginning with everything else. Just before serving remove the bone, cut off the remaining ham, and add it back into the soup.
Today is World Diabetes Day so I wanted to post a diabetes-friendly recipe. Actually, most of the recipes I post are fine for diabetics, prediabetics, or people trying to avoid diabetes.
We are now trying to limit our consumption of artificial sweeteners, but when we first adopted our healthy lifestyle these cookies really saved us. We love sweets, and chocolate chip cookies always make me think of my grandmother. We needed something to help our transition. I probably used to make these at least once a month.
Honestly, this is not one of my favorite recipes. This is a dish my husband makes, and everyone LOVES it. My father-in-law even raves about this dish—no small deal. I can acknowledge I’m the weirdo here.
This version substitutes half the ground beef with ground turkey to bring down the fat content. No one misses the beef.
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