Cooking for others makes my heart sing.It’s my jam, how I roll, and what gets me up each morning.Truly. Cooking and nourishing with tasty food is my love language.The people closest to me in my life know this well.I think my dear hubby may know this too well! 🤩🤩🤩 I just want to provide for,…
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I actually only made this soup because I had a zillion other things going in the kitchen on this particular day, and figured, “why not?”I’ve been cooking meals for a friend and her hubby weekly, and often times that means three or four big meals going all at once on the food prep day, in…
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What can I say? When you are inspired to cook for a friend and her family, you simply pour your heart into it, dance in the kitchen, and witness your soul smile. It’s just what you do – or, it’s what I do, anyway. Smoky Maple Sage Tempeh Sweet Potato Soup with Maple Sage Taffy…
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We had guests for dinner again. Can you believe it? Neither can I! I actually had just planned to bake the yummy Black Walnut Bread and whip up some fancy butter for Matt and Cari – you really can’t go wrong with fresh bread and butter with the two of them. But Brian insisted on…
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The term “wedding soup” comes from the Italian language phrase “minestra maritata (“married soup”),” which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/”marriage” of greens and the broth. The modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Italian and Spanish forms, which contained more meats than just the meatballs of…
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I’ve been dying to use up the roasted and peeled chestnuts I picked up over the holidays. It saddens me so when things so delicious and delicate are only available for purchase a few short days of the year. I covet them…and then I somewhat hoard them. This time I’ve decided to relinquish my grip…
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Originally I was not going to blog this quick and easy soup recipe. It was made in sort of an “emergency” situation, in that we needed a quick meal before heading out the door for the day. It was awfully cold that day – thus a warming soup was definitely on my mind, as were…
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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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