Tag Archives: Tomato Soup

Zanzetti, Now With Added Garlic Sauce!

I’ve long posted about my Aunt Buzz’s go-to no fuss dinner, Zanzetti. It is actually (I am pretty certain) a packaged foods version of Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti, which was pretty popular in the middle of the last century, and I … Continue reading

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A Perfectly Lovely Cream of Tomato Soup

I came across yet another tomato soup recipe that I absolutely had to try because… First: it was a (mostly) barefoot contessa recipe, and, even when I dive off the deep end with substitutions, I am always pleased. and… Second: … Continue reading

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Cheesy (In a GOOD Way) Tomato Basil Soup With Ranch Baked Saltines

What could be better on a cold January day than a hot bowl of tomato soup and some saltine crackers? Well… how’s about if the soup is a jazzed up version of Sandra Lee’s Semi Homemade, and the saltines have … Continue reading

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Red Clam Sauce

Last month, I came across a vintage advertisement from the nice folx at Campbell’s soup, detailing all the fun ways you could use their tomato soup with pasta. The one that caught my eye was their take on red clam … Continue reading

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Really Good (And Gluten-Free!) Creamy Tomato Soup

Martha Stewart shared a really good looking, and wicked simple t toss together tomato soup recipe and I wanted to try it, but… I also had to tweak it a bit. I mean, there was no basil called for, and … Continue reading

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Carne Asada Zanzetti

Back in the day, my Aunt Buzz would fry up some ground beef, cook a package of Kraft Mac and Cheese, add a can of Campbell’s tomato soup, heat through, and call it… Zanzetti. And it was very good. Over … Continue reading

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Dorothy Lynch Dressing, and a Nifty Dipping Sauce

I was reading a novel; it was set in Nebraska, or one of the characters was from Nebraska, and something called “Dorothy Lynch Salad Dressing” was mentioned. So, of course, I looked it up… and found, on allrecipes.com, a recipe … Continue reading

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Shrimp Fricassee!

Idunno, it just seems that any food ending with Fricassee needs a bang (!) at the end. And, in truth, this dish deserves that bit of advertising agency language excitement. First things first, back in the 1970’s the newspaper in … Continue reading

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Pretty Quick Cheesy Tomato Basil Soup

So, no. This is not “open a can, add some milk and heat” tomato soup; but it is pretty close to that; and it does make for a lovely bowl of soup on a chilly winter’s day. Based on Sandra … Continue reading

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Zanzetti

Back in the day, there was a popular spaghetti based cassserole – Johnny Mazetti Spaghetti – that was supposedly popular in the American community in Panama as well as throughout the Midwest. It is quite good, actually, and I have … Continue reading

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