Willow House Baby Carrot Soup recipe

Smoky adobo sauce gives this creamy soup a subtle touch of heat.

Prep Time: 10 minutesOther Time: 35 minutesYield: Makes 5 cups (serving size: 1 cup)

Ingredients

• 1  (7-oz.) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 1  small sweet onion, chopped
• 1  tablespoon  olive oil
• 1  (32-oz.) container low-sodium fat-free chicken broth
• 1  (16-oz.) package baby carrots
• 1/3  cup  half-and-half
• 1  teaspoon  salt
• Toppings: chopped fresh chives, chopped dried chile peppers, reduced-fat sour cream

Preparation

1. Remove 2 tsp. adobo sauce from can; reserve peppers and remaining sauce for another use.

2. Sauté onion in hot oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes or until tender. Stir in broth, carrots, and 2 tsp. adobo sauce; cover, increase heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer, partially covered, 15 to 20 minutes or until carrots are tender. Remove from heat, and let cool 10 minutes.

3. Process carrot mixture in a blender or food processor 1 minute or until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Return carrot mixture to Dutch oven. Stir in half-and-half and salt. Cook over low heat 2 to 4 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve with desired toppings.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

105

Fat:

4.9g (sat 1.6g,mono 2.2g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

2.5g

Carbohydrate:

13.4g

Fiber:

3.4g

Cholesterol:

6mg

Iron:

1mg

Sodium:

967mg

Calcium:

59mg

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Showcase your style!

There’s no need to take the term “bookcase” literally. A bookshelf can also be a beautiful place to showcase small treasures and decorative items. Here are a few of our favorite tips for dressing up a bookcase:

• Use pretty books as risers for vases or bowls.
• Add a seasonal touch with shells in summer, pretty flowers or branches in spring, gourds in autumn and pinecones or berries in winter.
• Cover the back of your bookcases with custom backgrounds that can be changed out each season – just measure your space and cut foam core board to fit. Cover the board with the fabric or wallpaper of your choice and slide it into the space.
• Let a vase or hurricane filled with pretty floral accents stand in for a bookend.
• Display books according to color – it instantly makes your bookshelf look more organized, and you can play off the colors with vases and other accents.
• Add a small mirror to the back of your bookcase, or stand it up on a shelf using a plate stand. The mirror reflects light from the back of shelves, which tend to be dark on their own.

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Ten favorite ways to use our Willow House French Wire Tiered Stand

We don’t like to play favorites, but, if we did, our French Wire Tiered Stand would be near the top of our list. It exemplifies our goal of Simply Good Design, and it’s customizable – you can adapt it to your daily needs. Check out our top ten favorite ways to use it, and feel free to add your own – let us know about your ideas by posting on our Willow House Facebook page or messaging us on Twitter @Willow_House!

• Separate all three tiers and use them as serving trays for snacks on family movie night, or use them to accent serving dishes for special occasion meals on Easter, Passover or Thanksgiving.
• Create a stand that coordinates with your color palette by looping ribbon around the loops of the stand, tying a bow onto the top loop, or creating customized liners (see liner instructions below).
• When used with a liner, our stand makes a fantastic fruit display – and, since it’s customizable, you can use it with one, two or three tiers depending on how much fruit you have on hand. (See liner instructions below.)
• Flip any tier upside-down to create a riser for a stack of plates or linens. (Tiers are not designed to support weight when used upside-down, so be careful not to overload them.)
• At tea time, use the small tier with its handle as an elegant way to display teabags.
• Tie small labels onto the tiers using pretty ribbon to help guests identify their favorite items on a buffet.
• Tiers are spaced far apart so you can use the stand as a spice AND condiment caddy – store everything from a mason jar to a honey bear to a small bottle of olive oil on the lower tier.
• Design an easy holiday display by grouping seasonal treats and color-coordinated accents on the tiers.
• Creating a cupcake tier has never been easier – just bake them in pretty wrappers and stack them on the tray! (Try this with muffins, too!)
• Add height, interest and easy servability to a buffet by adding linens, flatware or small serving bowls to the stand. Or add it to the center of a circular table as a sculptural element.

Create your own liner for our French Wire Tiered Stand

1. Choose a pretty paper – we like scrapbooking paper, wrapping paper or wallpaper. *Optional: To make sure your liners lay flat, you can use spray mount to attach them to poster board as reinforcement.
2. Separate all three trays and trace a circle of each tier size onto the undecorated side of your paper – trace inside the outer ring of the tray so your liner will sit easily inside. If you’re using the stand as a set of trays only, you can stop here!
3. Use a circle punch to make a hole at the center of each circle, or use scissors to cut a round hole at the center of each liner.
4. With scissors, cut one line from the outside of each circle to its inner circular hole – this line will allow you to fit your liner around the center post of the stand, but it will “disappear” once the liner is attached.
5. Insert your liners and enjoy!

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Willow House Recipe: White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée

Prep: 15 min., Cook: 3 min., Bake: 55 min., Cool: 25 min., Chill: 8 hr., Broil: 5 min., Stand: 5 min.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 2  cups  whipping cream
• 4  ounces  white chocolate
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 5  egg yolks
• 1/2  cup  sugar, divided
• 1/2  (15-oz.) can whole-berry cranberry sauce
• Ice cubes
• Garnish: Sugared Cranberries and Mint

Preparation

1. Combine 1/2 cup cream and white chocolate in a heavy saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and remaining 1 1/2 cups cream.

2. Whisk together egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thick and pale yellow. Add cream mixture, whisking until well blended. Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl.

3. Spoon 1 1/2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce into each of 6 (4-oz.) ramekins. Pour cream-and-egg mixture evenly into ramekins; place ramekins in a large roasting pan. Add water to pan to depth of 1/2 inch.

4. Bake at 300° for 45 to 55 minutes or until edges are set. Cool custards in pan on a wire rack 25 minutes. Remove ramekins from water bath; cover and chill 8 hours.

5. Sprinkle 1 1/2 to 2 tsp. remaining sugar evenly over each ramekin. Fill a large roasting pan or 15- x 10- x 1-inch jelly-roll pan with ice; arrange ramekins in pan.

6. Broil 5 inches from heat 3 to 5 minutes or until sugar is melted and caramelized. Let stand 5 minutes. Garnish, if desired.

White Chocolate-Banana Creme Brulee: Prepare recipe as directed through Step 2. Slice 2 bananas into 1/4-inch-thick slices; toss bananas with 1/3 cup sugar. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bananas, and cook 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Line bottoms of 6 (4-oz.) ramekins evenly with banana slices. Pour cream mixture evenly into ramekins; place ramekins in a large roasting pan. Add water to pan to depth of 1/2 inch. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Why join Willow House in August??

This summer, Southern Living at HOME and Entertaining at HOME are merging to form a New – Forward Thinking Brand for the Future! (Willow House-Simply Good Design) You have the Rare Opportunity to join a proven company with a loyal following poised for explosive growth using cutting edge technology and innovation!

I am currently looking for fun, energetic people that would like to join my team and become a Founding Consultant!

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Willow House Design Consultant
813-758-8029willowhousedesign@yahoo.com
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