Your crock pot makes this Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup easy and hands-off! It’s topped with salty bacon and blue cheese, a delicious contrast to the sweet, creamy soup. This is a perfect fall meal the whole family will love! We’ve lived here in California for nearly 4 years now. California has been awesome because…
Wintergreen Soup with Split Peas and Ham
This Wintergreen Soup is a thick and hearty split pea and ham soup, amped up with extra green veggies like leeks, sweet peas and spinach! You can use a leftover holiday ham bone, or make it with a ham steak any time of year. It feels a little weird posting a hot soup, especially one…
Cheddar Cauliflower Chowder with Leeks and Mushrooms
This cheesy Cheddar Cauliflower Chowder is a warm bowl of comfort food, packed with flavorful mushrooms and creamy leeks. Let’s talk about TV today! Nick and I have very different tastes in TV shows, which makes finding things to watch together a little bit tricky. We like to wind down for the night watching a…
Lemon Orzo Soup with Turkey Mini Meatballs
This Lemon Orzo Soup with Turkey Mini Meatballs is bright, flavorful and the perfect healthy meal for a cozy fall evening. All summer we seem to eat a lot grilled foods, or foods that require minimum cooking and time in the kitchen. Who wants to be chopping and sweating over the stove when it’s 100…
Tuscan Chickpea Soup
This Tuscan Chickpea Soup is simple but so flavorful, with fresh rosemary, Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar. It’s a great healthy vegetarian meal that’s packed with fiber! This week I’m back home after a 10 day vacation that was so much fun, and frankly– a little exhausting. I covered 3 states and 4 cities in…
Tom Kha Gai – Thai Coconut Soup
This Tom Kha Gai soup is a wonderful Thai Coconut Chicken Soup, flavored with lemongrass, ginger and lime. It’s Thai takeout you can make at home! We don’t have a ton of great restaurants in our area, so we don’t eat out very often. That’s just fine by me since I like to cook at…
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
This Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili is quick to prep and does all its cooking on its own in the crock pot. It’s the perfect dinner for busy fall sports days! I have rediscovered my slow cooker! When I was working, slow cooker recipes didn’t really work. Most of them call for 6-8 hours of…
Amaretto-Kissed Butternut Squash Soup
If you are looking for a unique amaretto recipe, this Amaretto-Kissed Butternut Squash Soup is the perfect sweet and savory dish for a cold day. I’m truly amazed at how busy I’ve been since quitting my job. I still feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, so I don’t know what the heck…