Dining Smart Healthy recipe ideas for friends and family..

1 large onion — finely chopped

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

3 cans mild green chiles — drained, seeded,

– and finely chopped, — (4-oz each) 4 cans plum tomatoes — drained seeded and

– finely chopped, (14 — 1/2-oz each) 4 packages cream cheese — cut into bits (3-oz

– each) 2 cans chicken broth — (14 1/2-oz each)

3 cups half-and-half

8 teaspoons fresh lemon juice — or to taste

cayenne pepper — to taste salt — to taste julienned tortilla strips — finely chopped green onions — chopped monterrey jack cheese — grated

Cook onion in butter over moderately low heat in a saucepan, stirring occasiona lly until onion is softened.
Add chiles and tomatoes.
Cook mixture 8 to 10 mi nutes over moderate heat until liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally.
Stir in cream cheese. Maintain moderate-to-low heat until cheese melts.
Stir in ch icken broth, half-and-half, lemon juice, cayenne, and salt.
Heat soup over mod erate heat until hot, but do not boil.
Sprinkle tortilla strips, green onions, and Monterrey jack cheese over individual servings.

Makes 8 cups.

Girl2Di4

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Diane’s Traveling Newletter - Issue 9

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By SuzyWert@aol.com on Jul 5, 1998.