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THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9 FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015 Local & Entertainment Homemade condensed soup and crackers saute onion, mushroom or celery in butter for 2 minutes. Add chicken base, if using, and stir until melted and combined. Add fl our, and cook and stir con- stantly for 3 minutes. Homemade Goodness Gradually By Eileen Driver add milk, whisking until smooth. Cook until It’s a brand new year thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. and a great time to resolve Season with salt and pep- to eat healthier. Yes, I can per. hear the groans! Soup can be made But eating healthy ahead and refrigerated for doesn’t only mean eating 2 days or frozen for up to salads and steamed vegeta- 1 month. bles all the time. Don’t get *for cream of chicken me wrong—I like salads soup, use onion and and vegetables prepared a chicken base, for cream of lot of different ways, but mushroom soup, use mush- I also like foods that stick rooms, for cream of celery to your ribs and help you soup, use celery feel satisfi ed. With as cold You can also use beef as it is outside that means base or bouillon for beefy soups, casseroles and gra- onion soup, or beefy mush- vies to me. Unfortunately a room soup lot of recipes for the above If you are making a include canned cream casserole or gravy, you’re of “something” soup, good to go using your which while quick, easy favorite recipe, but if a and tasty, are also full of good warm bowl of soup preservatives, lots of salt is what you crave just thin and other large words I to desired consistency can’t even pronounce let with water or milk and, if alone understand or want desired, add cooked diced to eat. But there is an easy meats and/or vegetables alternative that is much for a satisfying, warm to healthier for you, because your toes meal. of the fresh ingredients, Of course with any good and will allow you the best homemade soup you need of both worlds. some crackers to make it Homemade Con- perfect and we would not densed Soup Recipe want to ruin all our home- This will make the made goodness by add- equivalent of 1 can con- ing store-bought crackers densed soup but is easily loaded with all those pre- doubled or tripled for as servatives and big words many “cans” as you need. that we are trying to avoid. 2 tablespoons minced fresh onion, mushrooms or So here is another solution for you and once you try celery* them you won’t want to go 2 tablespoons butter back to the imitation store ½ teaspoon instant bought variety. chicken base or equivelant Homemade Cracker of bouillon, optional^ Recipe 2 tablespoons all-pur- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat pose fl our fl our 1 ⅓ cups whole milk ½ teaspoon salt + more salt and freshly ground for sprinkling pepper to taste 2 tablespoons honey In small saucepan 4 tablespoons butter, over medium high heat, chilled 5 tablespoons ice water Preheat oven to 400 degrees, arranging racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven. In bowl of a food processor, pulse the fl our, salt and honey until com- bined. Add the butter and continue to pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. With the proces- sor on, add the ice water. Continue to process until the dough begins to form a ball. This may require more ice water, if so, add a teaspoon at a time. Place dough on a well fl oured surface. (Don’t skimp on the fl our here, it would be a disaster if your dough stuck to the counter and you couldn’t get your crackers to the baking sheet.) Lightly fl our the top of the dough and roll out to no more than an ⅛ inch thick. (The thinner the cracker, the crispier it is) With a 1 ½ - inch biscuit cutter, cut out crackers or using pizza cutter make 1 ½ inch square crackers from the dough. Place the crackers on two parchment lined baking sheets. (The crackers will spread very little during baking, so it’s okay to place them close together.) With the tines of a fork, prick each cracker several times. Sprinkle the tops with salt and lightly press into the cracker. Bake 8 to 12 minutes, depending on thickness of crackers, or until lightly browned around the edges, rotating top and bottom racks halfway thru the bak- ing process. Remove from the oven and let them cool slightly on baking pans. Then remove to cooling racks to cool completely. Homemade crackers will continue to crisp and fi rm as they cool. Store in an airtight container for up to a week. I hope you will use these recipes to enjoy your favorite comfort foods in a much healthier way and if you have any questions or are looking for recipes please send your emails to eileen@thebakercounty- press.com. MayDay offers services for stalking victims January is National Stalking Awareness Month, and MayDay, Inc. in Baker City has resources avail- able to anyone who thinks they, or someone they know, may be a victim. Most stalking cases involve someone the victim knows, often a spouse, former spouse, or other intimate partner. 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