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Since you don't like these recipes how about something for "other" members of the family:

Homemade Dog Biscuits

3 ½ cups unbleached flour

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 cup corn meal

½ cup skim milk powder

1 tablespoon dry yeast

3 ½ cups lukewarm chicken or beef broth

Mix both flours, corn meal, and milk powder in large bowl. Dissolve yeast in warm broth. Let sit for 10 minutes, then fold in flour mixture. Roll out on floured surface, adding flour as needed to keep from sticking. Cut out dog biscuits then brush tops with one egg beaten. Brush on lightly for a shiny glaze. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes. Turn off oven and leave on baking sheet in oven overnight. Makes 60 biscuits.

Maybe this one will sound good to you. One of my daughters wanted me to make Potato Leek soup this weekend and the other daughter wanted me to make a Califlower soup that she saw on TV recently. After much discussion we decided to combine the two ideas together, and came up with our own soup recipe that turned out absolutely delicious. Here is our recipe:

Potato, Leek and Califlower Soup with Bacon

1/2 pound of bacon, chopped into small pieces
2 leeks
About 2 quarts of chicken stock
8 medium size russet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
1/2 head of califlower, broken into small flowerettes
1 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste
Fresh chopped parsley and or chives for a garnish

Saute bacon in a large dutch oven. Add in the leeks and saute with the bacon for a few minutes. Add in the potato and califlower and cover with the stock, scraping all the brown bits off of the bottom of the pan for added flavor. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes and califlower are fork tender. Put about 1-2 cups of the soup in a blender and puree it, and then add it back to the pot to thicken the soup a little. (You could puree all or just part of the soup as we did, and either way would be delicious) Add about 1 cup of cream just before serving.

This soup turned out great, so much so that I don’t think there will be any leftover for my lunch tomorrow and we made a large pot of soup!