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Two weeks of soup

On a very cold day two weeks ago, I decided that in order to simplify my life, and teach my girls to cook in an easy way, we would only have soup for dinner for the next six months. This is not meant to be a punishment to my family. In fact, part of the reason I decided to do it is because every time I serve soup for dinner, my husband says, "I just love soup. I could eat soup for dinner every night." Maybe he said it again two weeks ago, and planted the thought at the opportune moment for me.

** Update: Six months of soup ended up being only two weeks of soup. It was good during that time. Now I am going to start using this blog to record all my recipes and meals. See the label cloud or the table of contents for a directory of entries. Or use the search button to search this site or the web.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Low Sugar Pecan Pie

Crust:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup shortening (I use palm shortening b/c no trans fats)
1/4 cup chopped pecans (finely chopped)

Mix flour, salt and pecans.  Cut in shortening.  Add 3-4 Tbs cold water until it holds together, but not sticky.  Roll out and line pie tin.

Filling:
1 stick butter
1 cup dark corn syrup
2 eggs
1 Tbs vinegar
1 1/2 cups pecan halves

Melt butter.  Let cool down to lukewarm.  Mix syrup and butter (mix well).  Mix in eggs (mix well).  Stir in vinegar.  Stir in pecan halves.

Pour in shell.  Bake 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.  Cool for 30 minutes before serving.

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