Get the latest Forgiving recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/forgiving This is my very first what's-in-the-fridge, seat-of-my-pants dinner soup. It's very healthy, as the flavor comes from dried herbs and fresh vegetables rather than salt or flavor packs. This is a very forgiving recipe; the amount of veggies and/or chicken is easily variable, especially the amount of carrots or celery, but absolutely DO NOT use canned mushrooms instead of fresh. The result is a savory, low-sodium, no-sugar vegetable chicken broth with lots of protein. Carrots will be crisp and sweet, celery just barely crisp, mushrooms firm but not crispy, and everything else well sauteed. I used canned chicken, but if you have extra pre-cooked chicken meat laying around, feel free to use that instead. I'm also curious to find how this would come out using vegetable stock and a non-meat protein substitute for the chicken...anyone want to try it? http://www.grouprecipes.com/106941/fresh-vegetable-chicken-clean-the-fridge-soup.html Combined Pear frangipane turnovers and pineapplefrangipane galette (finecooking.com) and had the fresh pears and pineapple on hand. Be a nice addition to Spring celebrations . Yellow like little chicks!! Fresh cherries would be divine with the almond flavors, sky's the limit!! http://www.grouprecipes.com/91067/pineapple-and-pear-frangipane-tart.html Beautiful decadent chocolate cake! One I adore to serve and eat! Enjoy! :) http://www.grouprecipes.com/31729/french-chocolate-cake.html Frosting baked in,travels to schools,picnics,get-togethers.Moist and flavorful.Makes alot of cupcakes.I like to double topping recipe. http://www.grouprecipes.com/24060/no-frost-pumpkin-cupcakes.html