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Show -NEWS- Spanish Fork Dealing with gas prices Soup warms body and soul Covering what matters most A6 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008 Ready or Not Dawn Van Nosdol Staff writer Christene Choate asked people around town what changes they've made in their lives to deal with increased fuel costs. Here are some of their answers. Janet Raymond "! try to make all of my trips consolidated. I only leave the -house when I have too." Shayla Sperry "There aren't many places I can walk to, but when I can I choose to walk." Shantel Carter "I walk, when I can." Ali Greenwood "My friends and I take turns driving." Trevor Carter "Pretty much, I no longer have a social life." Tana Clarke "My friends and I carpool together." Ma I lory Kelly "My parents and I share a car." Chade Carter drive a motorbike to work." Yes, I know that it is summertime, but I'm going to give you soup recipes anyway. I like soup a lot; it is filling, it feels good as it warms your stomach up and it is also a comfort food, especially when you are sick. Fall would be a more appropriate time to share this, recipe, but the purpose behind this article is to get you prepared before you need something. AH of the items below are food storage friendly items, especially the water (two gallons, per person, per day, for a two-week period). Sooo, I'm thinking that it would be a good thing to start looking for the following ingredients on sale, or even better yet, grow and dry the items that you can — like the onions, garlic, basil and thyme, and then buy and store the rest. Cream Soup Base Mix Mix together- the following ingredients: 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk 2 tablespoons cornstarch (stir in with the dry milk beforehand so that the comstarch won't go lumpy) 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon (or low sodium chicken bouillon) 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon basil 1/4 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon white pepper (and of course I use black because that is what I have) 9 oz. (1 cup + 2 tablespoons) cold water, give or take Heat to a boil and stir frequently. Unless you are dried parsley a single person making a 1 small, unpeeled zucchini, single serving, I think that I diced (fresh or frozen) would double, triple or qua- 2 ribs celery with leaves, druple the recipe. Also, the finely chopped OR in a trick to a good cream soup pinch add celery seeds or base is the dry milk that you celery salt to taste use. If the powdered milk 2 small carrots, peeled and tastes bad to drink, it won't diced (you can use canned taste any better in the soup. — not as desirable, or froPowdered milk should taste zen — better choice) like a good quality skim 1 small onion OR 1 teamilk (yes, there is such a spoon dried onion flakes thing — my son doesn't 1 can (14 1/2 oz.) diced toagree, but there is). matoes OR 1 quart home, If you want to have: bottled stewed tomatoes Cream of Mushroom: add (my preference) 1/2 cup mushrooms (fresh, 3 tablespoons butter or marbut canned is more than ac- garine ceptable). Cream of Celery: 2 1/2 cups water add 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/3 cup uncooked elbow OR celery seed or celery macaroni (or any squiggly salt. Cream of Chicken: add type pasta you might have 1/2 cup diced or shredded in your food storage) chicken (canned works real- 1/2 cup beef bouillon or toly well). Cream of Broccoli: mato juice add 1/2 chopped up broccoli' Salt to taste — you have al(fresh, frozen or pre-cooked ready added salt, possibly in leftovers)... and etc. a couple different places, so don't overdo it. Let your imagination run wild. Rice would taste Mash the beans, just a really good in it, and then little, in the bottom of a large possibly pour it over toast. soup pan. Stir in garlic, salt, Again, I'm thinking com- pepper, oil and parsley. Then fort food. add the zucchini, celery, carrots (add now if you are The favorite soups in using fresh, add at the end if my family are the Cream of Mushroom, Cream of they are canned or frozen), Chicken and Minestrone. onion, tomatoes, butter or This is one of the Mine- margarine and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, strone soups that I make: stirring occasionally. ReMinestrone 1 can (16 oz.) kidney beans, duce heat and cover. Simmer about an hour (I never drained 1 clove of garlic OR 1/4 wait that long). Add macateaspoon dried granulated roni and the beef bouillon or tomato juice. Continue garlic simmering until macaroni is 1/2 teaspoon salt tender. Serve hot — maybe 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil (you you could even serve it with can use any vegetable oil, the Five Minute Bread you but olive oil is tastier and made last week. healthier) Everything in that reci1/4 cup chopped fresh pars- pe is food storage friendly ley OR about 2 tablespoons also? Too easy. GIVE THE GIFT YOUR PRECIOUS DAUGH WILL NEVER FORGET Luxurious Townhomes in Salem starting at $184,900 DAY Choose from many options • Fully landscaped • Stucco and stone exterior • Solid surface countertops and surrounds • Jetted tubs in master bath • Attached garages • Raised panel cabinets • Several floor plans CAM ©R, AUGJ&ST 4fTH — AUGUST 1 1TH fcTIES AND OFFICIAL GRADUATION PER GIRL PETR-WEEK Rrfr SB? BBS J ' FOR SPA DAY CAMP INFORMATION, CALL Model now open! 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