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Better than P.F.Chang's: Hot n'Sour Soup

This is an update to this post because we were so pleased with the results of this recipe that we have already made this recipe two more times since I originally posted it on February 12th.  We love it so much that I want to include it in Tidymom's second annual soup extravaganza, Soupapalooza (Feb. 28-Mar. 5)

Come join SoupaPalooza at TidyMom and Dine and Dishsponsored by KitchenAid, Red Star Yeast and Le Creuset:

Better than P.F.Chang's: Hot n'Sour Soup...

If I don't SAY so myself...I know that DH agrees with me...he says "it's perfect!"

For some time now we have been toying with the idea of trying to create our own version of Hot n'Sour Soup here at the Love Shack.  It's one of our favorite things on the menu at P.F. Chang's...along with their lettuce wraps...yummy! 

Then last week we were watching Dr. Oz and he had Chef Ming Tsai on the show to share his Shitake Hot and Sour Soup recipewhich is suppose to help boost your immunity.  We felt like Chef Ming Tsai's recipe was the best that we have seen, when it came to the fresh, organic ingredients and that he made it looks so quick and easy to make.  So after picking up the ingredients at Trader Joe's on Friday, we decided to try our own version today.  That would be with chicken breast in lieu of tofu...just not a fan of soybeans...and sans the carrots since I'm allergic to them ;}

Top 30 Worst Foods Restaurant Foods You Must Avoid and...How to Make Better Choices

Oh my...after being on the road for over 25 days last month and by the end of it all feeling like what we call "food-ed out" {the state we are in when we are forced to eat food prepared out of our home ;} I am really glad that we made an effort to make better choices when we ordered off the menus.  I just found this list today and HAD TO share it with you and basically re-post it here on my blog so that I have it close at hand at all times.  All of these items are loaded with so much fat, sugar, and sodium that eating any of the foods in this article on a daily basis could destroy all of our hard work and best intentions of eating healthy. 

1. Worst Meal in America

Carl’s Jr. Six Dollar Guacamole Bacon Burger with Medium Natural Cut Fries and 32-oz Coke

1,810 calories - 92 g fat (29.5 g saturated, 2 g trans) - 3,450 mg sodium

Of all the gut-growing, heart-threatening, life-shortening burgers in the drive-thru world, there is none whose damage to your general well-being is as potentially catastrophic as this. A bit of perspective is in order: This meal has the caloric equivalent of 9 Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnuts, the saturated fat equivalent of 30 strips of bacon, and the salt equivalent of 10 large orders of McDonald’s French fries!

Poogan's Porch, Charleston, SC

If you are ever in Charleston, SC and are looking for a unique place to eat...head on over to Queen Street and get in line at Poogan's Porch...there is a reason why the locale's all gather there...GREAT FOOD and even better prices ;)