Weekend Cooking- Healthier Recipes from Marlene Koch

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One of goals for 2018 is to eat healthier, so with that in mind, I pulled out my Marlene Koch books, Eat What You Love and Eat More of What You Love to look for some new recipes.

It's been colder, so I turned to the soup section. One for Chicken Pot Pie Soup caught my eye. I'm trying to get more vegetables in our diet, and soup is a good way to do (hide) that.

I made a big pot of soup and although I made the soup more for my husband, I absolutely loved it! I ate it for dinner one night, had leftovers for lunch the next day, and then dinner again. We had a side salad (with Koch's Green Goddess salad dressing) and I had a banana that was getting soft so I made a banana bread to go with dinner too.

It was so creamy and flavorful, you would never guess that it was low fat. The recipe for Chicken Pot Pie Soup is on Marlene Koch's website here.

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Green Goddess Dressing

by Marlene Koch January-27-2018

Marlene Koch's Green Goddess Dressing from her Eat More of What You Love cookbook.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Light mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/3 cup 1% milk
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives
• 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1 tablespoon white wine or cider vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon anchovy paste (optional)

Instructions

Combine all the ingredients in blender and blend briefly just until smooth.

Details

Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 1 cup

 I'll keep you posted on our journey to eat healthier and my quest to find more lowfat soup recipes. Let me know in comments if you have any great recipes.