Recipes
Shopping list
- Prepare crescents and begin to bake (10 minutes)
- Prepare soup and complete crescents; serve (35 minutes)
Lasagna Soup Insalata
Ingredients
- 4 oz baby-cut carrots
- 1 lb bulk mild (or hot) Italian sausage
- 1 (8 oz) package trinity mix (diced fresh onions, bell peppers, and celery)
- 1 (24 oz) jar pasta sauce
- 1 (32 oz) carton unsalted chicken broth
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomato pesto
- 1 (9 oz) package cheese ravioli
- 1 (9.25 oz) Asiago kale salad kit
- 6 tablespoons part-skim ricotta cheese
Steps
- Preheat large stockpot on medium-high 2–3 minutes. Chop carrots coarsely (½ cup). Remove sausage from casing (wash hands).
- Place sausage in pot and brown 5–7 minutes, stirring to crumble meat, until no pink remains and sausage is 165°F. Stir carrots and trinity mix into sausage; cook and stir 4 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in pasta sauce, broth, and pesto; simmer 8–10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until hot.
- Stir pasta into soup; cook 4–5 minutes until pasta is tender. Meanwhile, chop salad greens.
- Divide soup among serving bowls. Top each bowl with even amount salad greens, then sprinkle with salad toppings and drizzle with dressing. Finish each with 1 tablespoon ricotta cheese. Serve.
Cinnamon Peach Crescents
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons spreadable butter
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar
- 1 large firm peach
- 1 (8 ct) can sweet Hawaiian crescent rolls
- 1 tablespoon pine nuts
Steps
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine butter and cinnamon sugar. Peel and pit peach, then cut into 8 wedges. Separate crescents into triangles and place on work surface. Spread 2 teaspoons butter mixture on each triangle, then place 1 peach wedge on wide part of dough; roll up dough around filling.
- Place crescents on baking sheet seam-side down; bake 15–17 minutes until tops are golden and peaches have softened. Remove from pan.
- Crush pine nuts. Spread remaining 2 teaspoons butter mixture evenly over crescents; sprinkle with pine nuts and let stand 5 minutes to cool. Serve. (Makes 8 servings.)
Serving Suggestions
- Complete your meal with garlic bread, and ice cream to serve with the peach crescents.
- Use a firm, ripe peach for the crescents. This will help ensure the rolls don't fall apart during baking.
Lasagna Soup Insalata
Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 480, Total Fat 23g, Sat Fat 7g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 45mg, Sodium 1210mg, Total Carb 48g, Fiber 5g, Sugars 17g, Protein 23g, Calc 15%, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 20%
Cinnamon Peach Crescents
Amount per ⅛ recipe serving: Calories 200, Total Fat 13g, Sat Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 10mg, Sodium 280mg, Total Carb 17g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 7g, Protein 2g, Calc 0%, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 6%