OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <5n1Ve.18036$dm.8495@lakeread03>,
> Faux_Pseudo > wrote:
>
>> _.-In rec.food.cooking, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote the
>> following -._
>>> V-8 is an actual name brand of vegetable juice mix.
>>> It's a mix of 8 different juices.
>>>
>>> Let's see, I do have a bottle in the 'frige right now.
>>> I like to use it for marinades and recipes in general,
>>> It's also delicious as a quick savory snack, and VERY
>>> nutritious:
>>>
>>> Juices of:
>>>
>>> Tomato, Carrots, Celery, Beets, Parsley, Lettuce,
>>> Watercress, Spinach
>>>
>>> Also contains salt, Ascorbic acid (vitamin C as a
>>> preservative) flavoring and citric acid.
>>
>> And in a dissapointing twist they add sugar to their low
>> sodium version.
>>
>>> V-8 juice is also FABULOUS served hot as a soup!
>>
>> A few months ago we had the urge for tomatto soup but
>> had none. We did have a big tin of V-8. So I hit the
>> net in search for a recipie for tomatto soup that
>> required V-8 and not much else. I didn't have much
>> luck. Sure there were lots of V-8 to soup recipies but
>> most of them wanted to add carrots, onions and the
>> kitchen sink.
>>
>> Eventually it came down to basil, oregano, and cayenne
>> pepper. It came out too salty though. Anyone got any
>> better ones in the 5 ingrediant or less theme that are
>> good and don't taste like liquid salt?
>
> Buy the no salt version, or do what I have done in the
> past. Thin it out with home made chicken stock.
> You CAN shell out for low sodium chicken broth, but the
> price is assinine. I generally store bone stock in the
> freezer so it's available when I need it.
>
> It can also be thinned out with some tomato juice.
> Several brands of canned tomatoes now make them with "no
> salt added". Toss them into the blender juice and all to
> make a thick tomato juice to add to the salted V-8.
>
I also take the opportunity to clean the "musgo's" out of the vegetable
crisper. Broccolli, celery. onion, garlic, cilantro, most any vegetable is
fair game. Chopped fine or run through the blender with spiced V8 (or the
house brand vegetable juice) it makes a very tasty soup that's low cal and
quite satisfying when you're dieting.
--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
http://www.bigoven.com/~promfh
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