4 intense dried Recipes

prebaked prepared pizza crust (boboli), sun-dried tomato pesto, sun-dried tomato packed in oil, drained and sliced, shredded mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese (or more, if you like ), sliced black olives (optional), cooked crumbled bacon (optional), mushroom (optional), roasted eggplant (optional)

dried great northern beans, bacon, chopped, white onions or 1 large yellow onion, chopped, jalapeno peppers, chopped (no need to remove seeds), tomato paste, brown sugar, rich-tasting molasses (i use blackstrap for the most intense flavor), cayenne pepper, fresh ground black pepper, kosher salt, bufalo chipotle hot sauce (or a similar brand), bourbon (optional), vegetable broth

chicken carcass or you could use a turkey carcass, along with all the left over meat, bones and trimmings., use whole chicken. i like to use the left overs from a rotisserie chicken, aromatics: *2 cups chopped celery, chopped onion, minced garlic ., herbs and seasonings, nice size bay leaves, ground or rubbed sage, or 2 tbsp fresh chopped, ground pepper , or peppercorns, crushed dried or 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme, dried crushed basil or 1 tbsp chopped fresh, curshed oregano, chopped dried rosemary or 1 tsp fresh ., stock pot or other very large pan ., enough water to fill stock pot. can use chicken or turkey broth to increase intensity of flavor, ingredients : for creamy broth, chicken broth, cornstarch or flour...or...2 envelopes of chicken or turkey gravy mix dissolved in 1 1/2 cups broth, not hot broth. or 1 can cream of chicken soup., this is now your broth for the soup., taste of broth and adjust seasonings., add vegetables to the soup, potato per person eating plus 2 for the pot, carrot per person and 1 for the pot., use baby carrots instead of peeling and slicing ones., stalks celery cut into bite size pieces, any other veggies your family likes .