Ingredients

Soup:

1 large onion

2 or 3 cloves garlic

Olive Oil

Chicken broth

Roast chicken

2 or 3 yellow Squash

2 or 3 Zucchini

1 Carrot

2 or 3 potatoes

Salt

Pepper

Balsamic Vinegar

Dumpling Recipe from Feasts Afloat:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 T baking powder

1/2 t salt

3/4 c milk

3 T unsalted butter

Some (3) drops Tabasco

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the milk melted butter and Tabasco. Mix until moistened. Drop tablespoons of the dough about 1 unch apart on the surface of the simmering stew. COver and cook, without lifting the lid, until the dumplings are firl and puffed, about 15 minutes. Let cool. Really.

Preparation

Saute onion garlic and carrots. Add sliced squash and zucchini. Add some liquid, either veggie broth or chicken broth or water. Add Salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar. Add some fresh herbs. Simmer a while. Cut up the Roast chicken, discard skin and nasty bits. Add about half of the chicken, cut into bite size pieces. Simmer.

Dumplings:

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the milk melted butter and Tabasco. Mix until moistened. Drop tablespoons of the dough about 1 unch apart on the surface of the simmering stew. Cover and cook, without lifting the lid, until the dumplings are firl and puffed, about 15 minutes. Let cool. Really.

Serve with whole grain bread and Parmesan cheese.