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New Favorite - Chicken Tortilla Soup - Who knew?
OK, since I couldn't away my new toy, I used the Instant Pot - BUT really didn't need to. I just used the Sautè setting and used the...
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Winter is Coming
So Rip saw his first snow yesterday, and just as quickly as it blew in, the sun melted it off today. (See left and right above.) What he...
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Let Me Count the Ways. . .
It's time to have a really serious conversation about the ways that cauliflower has saved my life. Going low carb means that this...
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Cold Snap Split Pea Soup
Not sure why this recipe isn't on the blog yet. I fell in love with Laura Calder and all her French recipes on "French Food at Home." An...
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Butternut Squash Soup Revisited
"I'm so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers." ~ L.M. Montgomery Just returned from Houston to watch my Yankees lose the...
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Homemade Pho
Often when I have leftover anything I wonder what I can do with it. In this case, it was leftover bones from a roast. "Surely," I...
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Tomato Basil Soup/Marinara Sauce
Like the quiche at La Madeleine, I set out to make their soup which they now jar and sell. I was even inspired by their low calorie...
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Butternut Squash Soup
In Switzerland, I was briefly a part of a supper club. But it fell on a night when I had dorm duty, and I quickly had to opt out. Betta...
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Robert's Clam Chowder
As kids, Robert and I made two trips a year: Winter Park, Florida for Christmas to see my grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins and the...
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Loaded Potato Soup
This was the first recipe I remember making habitually. It’s like a book I’ve read a hundred times; each time I see something different....