Jake Dowell visits Meijers in Orland Park

On February 25th, 2011 Jake Dowell visited Meijers in Orland Park to cook Thick N’ Hearty Chicken Cheese Soup, which is a Wisconsin favorite, and signed autographs.  If you don't know Dowell is from WI.  Troy Murray, who is the Hawks radio color analyst, was the host for the event.  He talked to Jake, Maribel, and the fans.  Nice thing about this one was that there weren't too many people there compared to Hjalmarsson....probably cause Patrick Sharp had a signing at the same time.  I got to sit and watch the whole time which was nice.  Here is the recipe:

Thick N’ Hearty Chicken Cheese Soup(Serves 6) recipe provided by Meijer
1 cup carrots, matchstick or shredded- NuVal score 99
¼ cup green onion, sliced- NuVal score 100
3 tbsp. Smart Balance margarine- NuVal score 6
¼ cup Meijer all purpose flour
2 cups Meijer 2% milk- NuVal score 55
1 (10 ¾ oz.) can Meijer fat free, reduced sodium chicken broth
1(12.5 oz.) can Valley Fresh white chicken in water- NuVal score 27
1 cup Meijer shredded sharp cheddar cheese- NuVal score 20
½ tsp. Meijer Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp. Meijer ground pepper
    
     1. In a medium saucepan, cook carrots and green onion in hot margarine or butter about 10 minutes or until tender but not browned. Stir in flour. Slowly add milk, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper.
     2. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in chicken and cheese. Cook and stir
over low heat until cheese melts. Serve hot.

Nutrition Information (per serving):
238 calories, 12g fat, 4g saturated fat, 51mg
cholesterol, 572mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 22g protein

Serve with: Dole Green Salad and Whole Grain Crackers

Jake Dowell arriving early for the event

Tommy Hawk arriving late for the event

Freakin' confetti

Troy askin' Maribel what she's doing

Overall, I had a GREAT time!!  Meet a lot of cool people at the event...especially everyone sitting around me.....made time go by faster!  Jake ended up getting their a half an hour early but the show started on time.  Jake be lookin' FINE that day!  No lie.  It was cute that this one lady drove from Wisconsin Dells to have his college jersey signed that she had.  Troy asked this one boy who his favorite player was and the boy said....Patrick Kane.....then Troy goes who's your fav player that's here and the boy was too cute.....Tommy Hawk!  :-)  BTW...surprisely Im in a photo gallery for the Orland Park Prairie for this event.  You should check it out....i would provide a link....but it's a bad pic of me.  Had a fun time overall!