Battle of the Bulge - Recipe Two! - Basic Stew

In addition to soups the other basic preparation I make are stews. As with the soups, I use a basic preparation that I alter through 1) different combinations of ingredients and 2) different flavorings. I'm using a Spanish flavoring for this one. Here are the ingredients and the calories - I forgot to write down the actual weights of everything :(

• Corn - 150 calories (1 fresh ear frozen from the summer)
• Chicken - 150 calories (3 oz of my pre-cooked pre-weighed chicken)
• Olive Oil - 100 calories
• Chicken broth - 30 calories (1-16 oz can)
• Onion - 40 calories (4 oz - remembered that one)
• Zucchini - 28 calories
• Butternut Squash - 75 calories
• Corn Starch - 30 calories (1 teaspo0n for thickening)

Saute the onions with some garlic in the olive oil

My Spanish flavorings - Pimenton (smoked paprika) and Saffron

The Spanish flavorings added to the onions with thyme

I cooked down the broth to concentrate the flavor and make it easier to get thick

Corn taken off the cob and zucchini cut

Chicken - defrosted

The chicken, corn and zucchini are added and saute with the flavorings

I roast the butternut squash and will save most of it for future uses

Now add the broth, butternut, and cornstarch (dissolve in water first!)

The 287 Calorie Stew