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    • Vegetable And Pasta Seafood Soup

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    Vegetables, Grains Italian 1 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    2 cn Campbell's Chunky Vegetable Pasta soup
    1 cn Hunt's roasted garlic tomato sauce – this is a small can; ~6 oz
    1 cn Hunt's Italian seasoned tomato sauce – this; too, is a small can, ~6 oz
    1/2 lb Bay scallops; fresh
    1 cn Chopped clams; partially drained – this can is ~7.5 oz
    1 cn Salad shrimp – this can is ~7.5 oz as well
    1 tb Garlic powder
    1 tb Onion powder
    1 ts Oregano; dried
    1 ts Basil; dried
    1 ts Marjoram; dried
    1/4 c Onion; minced
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
    1 ts White pepper
    1 md Bay leaf
    6 Whole dried cayenne chiles; broken to remove seeds., up to 8

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Mix all ingredients, except for the seafood, in a large heavy pot and heat
until gently boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer until slightly thickened.
Add the seafood and simmer for 7-10 minutes. Don't forget to remove the bay
leaf. Serve with garlic bread.
This made enough for 4 healthy servings, but since I didn't eat all 4
serving I kept the remainder in the fridge overnight. I really think that
it tasted *much* better the second day.
Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by "Goslowsky, George" <gjgoslow@ingr.com> on
Apr 28, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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