Sweet Potato Cashew Chowder

I must be channeling the East Coast, because everything about me has been craving a course of chowder lately. Chowder in a slightly different way than you may believe. Rather than the uber heavy and creamy seafood chowder we all associate with New England this time of year (and any time of year, for that…

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Green Chile Chicken Chowder

I’m not one to be over the top in love with green chile any time of year. However, when the Hatch green chiles are ready in Colorado, it’s time to go all-in…meaning roasted green chiles in and on everything! Today I bring you Green Chile Chicken Chowder. With a side of homemade cornbread, it’s delicious!…

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Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup

Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup Fall has been in the air for several weeks now. Other than the crisp air, brilliant color schemes, aromatic essences filling our world, and the shorter days to hunker down inside, my favorite part of the season is the reintroduction of warming soups. There’s just something amazingly wonderful about…

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Pear Parsnip Soup

Fall is in the air. Actually, it’s HERE. Physically here. Fall is my very favorite season, as you know, other than the fact that it stands as the forerunner and sure sign of the bitter cold to come. Aside from all that, the winter produce and shift from light summer delights enthralls me. As does…

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Lemon Parsnip Butterkin Squash Soup

I was so looking forward to a garden full of squash this year. Alas, my less than green gardening thumb elicited only a few carrot sprouts, a pitiful summer squash bouquet, and a boatload of tomatoes and potatoes. Needless to say, I’m a bit disappointed, but willing to search the cellar for last year’s leftover…

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Spaghetti Squash Soup with Sage Brown Butter

Now that autumn is officially here, folks are going crazy for pumpkins ~ and any type of winter squash, really. Butternut this, acorn that. I love to try my hand at using the more obscure sweet squash in my recipes: kabocha, delicata, hubbard, and a newly discovered “butterkin” (I believe this to be a cross…

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