HOW TO FREEZE CORN WITHOUT BLANCHING RECIPES

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 3 quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add broccoli and boil for 4 minutes. Transfer to a colander, rinse with cold water, and drain. Place broccoli in a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the mushrooms and cook until soft, about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer mushrooms to the bowl with the broccoli.
• In the same saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, for 30 seconds. Whisk in the milk and half and half. Bring to a low simmer and continue to whisk constantly until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the salt, pepper, and Greek yogurt.
• Pour the sauce into the bowl with the broccoli and mushrooms. Add the onion, egg, 1 cup of the cheddar cheese, and ½ cup of the breadcrumbs. Stir to combine. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and stir into the remaining ¾ cup breadcrumbs. Stir in the remaining ½ cup cheddar. Sprinkle breadcrumb topping over the casserole.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 15-20 minutes more, until topping is lightly browned and casserole is hot. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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• One the greatest by-products of roasting a whole chicken (which I do as a pretty frequent Sunday meal), is the opportunity to make Homemade Chicken Soup with the leftover bones & carcass.  Not sure if there is a food that feels more comforting and homey than Chicken Soup.  Just about every family and every culture has a version, and it’s one of those foods that just makes you feel good.  This Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe is not hard to make, as I’ll do with the leftover chicken(s) after the Sunday Roast (although you could start from an uncooked chicken).  I’ll show you how to make the broth from the carcass, and then put it together with the classic vegetables, and some pasta.  Of course, it’s easy to add other ingredients to make it your own.  Hope you enjoy this Chicken Soup Recipe! Recipe Overview & Keys to Success To make the best Chicken Soup, just follow these few cooking techniques: Make your own chicken broth/stock with left over bones/carcass (you can even freeze them until you have enough)  While it takes a bit more time, the essence of the soup is the broth, and you can make much better broth than you can buy Try to get the vegetables as uniformly cut as possible.  Not only will that help ensure they cook evenly, but it makes the chicken soup easier, and more pleasant to eat. If you’re using leftover chicken like me, make sure to pull the chicken meat you want in the soup, off the carcass before making the broth.  While the bones simmer and make the broth, the meat is going to give up all it’s flavor and get every dry – you won’t want that in the soup. Instead we’ll add the meat back to the soup at the last minute Note, you can freeze the leftover chicken carcasses and make the soup another day; or better yet, make the chicken broth, and freeze that.  Then you can pull it out to make the chicken soup, whenever you want RECIPE FOR HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients (for 5) 1 – 2 left over chicken carcasses (with some meat on the bone) 1/2 cup pieces of chicken meat 2 carrots diced into quarter inch pieces 1 large celery rib diced into quarter inch pieces 1 yellow onion diced 2 garlic cloves mined 1/3 cup orzo pasta (you can use traditional spaghetti or any pasta you’d like) 1 teaspoon thyme 1 ear of corn (optional) Homemade Chicken Soup From the Carcass Assuming you’re using leftover roast chicken, remove any remaining meat from the carcass and dice it for the soup If you need more chicken meat, you can certainly cook off another breast and dice it up as well Place the chicken carcass(es) in a stock pot and cover with water by 2 – 3 inches Bring the water up to a very light simmer, and continue to simmer for 45 minutes to hour to make the chicken broth Remove the chicken bones from the broth and discard. Pour the broth into a bowl, through a strainer to collect any small  bones or bits of chicken, and set the broth aside Clean the soup pot, and put it back over medium heat, coat with olive oil Add the carrots, onion, celery and garlic.  Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine Continue to sweat the vegetables until the onions are just translucent Add the thyme leaves, and the chicken broth Bring everything up to a simmer again, and cook until the carrots just soften (about 10 minutes) Add the corn, chicken and orzo pasta Cook for another 5 – 8 minutes until the orzo is tender Taste and re-season the soup if needed Serve up this delicious Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with some crusty bread and a nice salad, can you’ve got a perfect, warming, comforting meal.  Hope you enjoy it! Wine Recommendation:  Soups can make for a tough wine pairings.  I don’t really like reds for chicken soup, as the flavors are likely to drown (no pun intended) the lighter soup.  Similarly, so would full bodied or oaky whites.  I’d suggest you go with an austere white wine, like a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley in France.  The wines are generally fairly tight, minerally, and clean tasting, and should accent the sweet elements in the soup.  Hope you enjoy it!