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Mushroom Soup with Focaccia BLT
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Mushroom Soup with Focaccia BLT
4 servings
25 minutes total
  • Preheat oven; and begin soup (10 minutes)
  • While soup comes to boil, prepare BLT and begin to bake (10 minutes)
  • Complete soup and assemble BLT; serve (5 minutes)

Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 cup frozen diced onions
  • 2 teaspoons roasted garlic
  • 1 (8-oz) package sliced baby portabella mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
  • ½ teaspoon white pepper
  • ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1 (14.5-oz) can reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 (14.5-oz) can beef broth
  • ⅓ cup sherry
  • 1 cup reduced-fat milk
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup water

Steps

    1. Preheat large saucepan on high 1–2 minutes. Combine oil, onions, and garlic in saucepan; cover and cook 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms; cover and cook 5 minutes.
    2. Combine in small bowl: onion powder, seasoned salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. Add to mushroom mixture: chicken broth, beef broth, sherry, milk, and dry spice mixture, whisking constantly. (Add ingredients in this order to prevent milk from curdling.) Simmer uncovered 8–10 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until boiling.
    3. Mix flour and water in small bowl to form a creamy paste. Add ¾ cup broth from soup in ¼-cup increments, stirring after each addition, to make a thin paste. Add paste to soup slowly while whisking continuously. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve. (Makes 6 servings.)

Focaccia BLT

Ingredients

  • 2 personal-size pizza crusts
  • 8 slices precooked bacon
  • Olive oil cooking spray
  • ⅛ teaspoon Montreal steak seasoning
  • 4 teaspoons mayonnaise
  • 1 premium tomato
  • 4 lettuce leaves

Steps

    1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Stack crusts and cut into quarters, then place stacked crusts on half of baking sheet; arrange bacon on other half (wash hands). Spray top crust with cooking spray and sprinkle with steak seasoning; bake 4–5 minutes until bacon is crisp.
    2. Slice tomato thinly. Remove pizza crusts from oven and set top crusts aside. Spread remaining crust quarters with 1 teaspoon mayonnaise. Add 2 bacon slices, 1 tomato slice, and 1 lettuce leaf to each. Top with remaining crusts. Serve.

Serving Suggestions

  • Complete your meal with cheesecake
  • Shortcuts and Tips
  • For added flavor, substitute shiitake mushrooms for part of the portabella mushrooms.

Mushroom Soup

Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 170, Total Fat 6g, Sat Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 5mg, Sodium 750mg, Total Carb 17g, Fiber 1g, Sugars 6g, Protein 5g, Calc 4%, Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 1%, Iron 6%

Focaccia BLT

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 280, Total Fat 10g, Sat Fat 2.5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 15mg, Sodium 600mg, Total Carb 37g, Fiber 1g, Sugars 2g, Protein 9g, Calc 6%, Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 40%, Iron 10%