"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Totally faking this! I'm using canned cream of potato soup diluted with 2
> cups chicken stock; frozen corn. The browned crumbled bacon, at least, is
> real as are the onions. Added milk, ground pepper and some dried
> tarragon.
> Will taste for salt after it simmers a while (probably won't need any
> given
> the canned soup). I might throw some "baby" carrots in after a bit.
>

Let us know how it was. Sounds like that might be a good shortcut; if so, I
would definitely like to know. I will be eating a lot of lentil & barley
soup this week while my hubby is away in Canada this week (it's not that he
doesn't like it -- just that it's so darn good I'm going to eat it all up on
him while he's gone so I don't have to share!).

My dinner tonight was yummy -- hickory grilled mahi mahi over mashed sweet
potatoes, with a ginger-coconut-lime sauce and grilled pineapple salsa.
Sweet and sour green beans with crispy-fried shallots. A few bites of warm,
flourless chocolate waffle w/ vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel
sauces, and whipped cream. (We went out for dinner - Swee****er Tavern in
Merrifield, VA if anybody knows the place -- decent food and very kid
friendly).

Chris