Title: Linda Sue's Tomato Stew
Categories: Soup Meat Vegetable
Yield: 4 Servings

3/4	c	Smoked Bacon, diced
1		Purple Onion, chopped
4	c	Vine-Ripened Tomatoes,
		Chopped or
4	c	Stewed Tomatoes
		Salt
		Ground Pepper
1/2	ts	Tabasco Sauce
5		Biscuits, broken into pieces
		Or
4	sl	Bread, broken into pieces
1	ts	Sugar

Heat a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, add the bacon and onion. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until onions are soft and bacon is lightly browned. Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce. Cook 10 minutes, stirring often. Add the broken biscuits, and cook 2 or three minutes more. Taste, and if too acid, add sugar to balance flavors. Serve hot. (This is good cold, too.)

Per Serving: Calories: 319, Protein: 6g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Cholesterol: 13mg, Sodium: (if using canned stewed tomatoes) 946mg, Fiber: 2g.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Typed by Katherine Smith

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