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When winter winds blow,
nothing warms and soothes like a
bowl of good cream soup. And,
homemade cream soup made in
your microwave is ready in
minutes.
Use a large cooking container.
A casserole or deep bowl is fine.
But a two-quart measure with a
handle is ideal. The container gets
hot so a handle makes for safer
and easier carrying from the
microwave.
Start by precooking solid ingre
dients. Microwave them on High
until tender. In Cheese Soup, the
bacon and onion are cooked
together, uncovered, while in
Cream of Broccoli Soup, the fro
zen vegetables and onion are cov
ered to aid in fast thawing.
Stir in flour until smooth. Then
add liquid ingredients gradually,
stirring all the while.
In final cooking step, do not
cover. This is true only for milk
based soups. Milk mixtures boil
high in the microwave, and cover
ing just promotes boilovers. (I re
learned this lesson the hard way
when I made the broccoli soup. I
thought I’d cover it to speed heat
ing. Sure enough, toward the end
of cooking when I wasn’t watch
ing, the soup boiled over and I had
a creamy mess to clean out of my
microwave.)
To reduce calories you may use
skim milk, although the flavor will
be weaker.
By JOYCE BATTCHER
Cream of Broccoli Soup
1 package (10 ounces) frozen
chopped broccoli
1 cup frozen carrots
'A cup chopped onion*
'A cup butter or margarine
'A crumbled dried basil leaves
4-5 tablespoons flour
1 can (14 'A ounces) (I V* cups)
regular-strength chicken or beef
broth
1 cup milk
'A -A teaspoon salt (optional)
Vi -A teaspoon pepper
Place still-frozen broccoli and
carrots, onion, butter and basil in
microwave-safe 2-quart measure
or casserole. Cover with plastic
wrap or lid. Microwave (High) 7
to 9 minutes or until vegetables
are thawed and hot Do not drain.
Stir in flour until smooth. Gradu
ally stir in broth and milk. Add
salt and pepper to taste. Micro
wave (High), uncovered, 5
minutes. Stir well; continue
microwaving (High) 5 to 6
minutes or until soup is hot and
thickened. Makes 5 servings (1
cup each).
Hint: If substituting 2 table
spoons instant chopped onion for
'A cup fresh onion, sprinkle
instant onion in container before
adding vegetables. Moisture of
vegetables will rehydrate instant
onion. If sprinkled on top it may
bum.
For Broccoli Chowder: Add 1
cup diced cooked ham toward end
of final cooking time.
Each serving: 172 calories, 6g
protein, 12gfat, 14g carbohydrate,
427 mg sodium, 35mg cholesterol.
Campbell’s Microwave Cook
book is now available on compu
ter disk. With this “cookbook of
the ’Bos,” looking up recipes is
fast, easy and fun. The disk offers
a unique search function that
locates recipes after you simply
key in ingredients you have on
hand! The cookbook features 146
microwave recipes using a variety
of Campbell products, plus help
ful tips and information on micro
wave cooking. It can be used on
IBM-PC family, Tandy 1000
series, and MS-DOS compatible
machines. This new cookbook is
available at Waldenbooks and
B.Dalton Bookseller or by send
ing a check or money order for
$19.95 to Campbell’s Microwave
Cookbook Disk, Campbell’s,
Publications Center, Box 38K,
Ronks, PA 17573.
Baker’s Mate is waterproof
paper used like plastic wrap, but it
does not need venting. Baker’s
Mate is made in Norway and is
now being distributed in Canada.
EZ Por has developed a crisp
ing, browning paper that will soon
be tested in four U.S. cities.
Armour frozen microwave din
ners and entrees come with a heat
sensitive strip on the lid that tells
when the food is heated to the best
temperature. When the strip turns
from white to blue, food is at the
perfect serving temperature.
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determined that I would proceed
with the P-32 treatment under the
care of a radiation oncologist.
That is why the surgeon had left
catheter in the abdomen.
On May 26,1 was administered
the P-32 treatment Much prepara
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catheter into my abdomen. I was a
bit apprehensive. I wasn’t given
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time the second litter of fluid had
filled my abdomen, I was writhing
in pain and gasping for breath.
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P-32 has a half life of fourteen
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