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My Worst Kitchen Disaster – Baked Potato Soup

April 11, 2011 By 314 Comments
baked potato soup

The contest is now over, but I want to thank you so much for your comments and fun stories!  I have the best readers ever and I am so grateful for you.  I did not win, but had fun playing and that is all that matters right? When The Pampered Chef asked me to retell my worst kitchen disaster for their Spill It! contest, I did not even have to think about which story that I would tell.  I have disasters all the time, but this one always makes me laugh in the retelling. About 8 years ago, I … [Read more...]

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Vegetable Pistou

April 7, 2011 By 26 Comments
vegetable pistou recipe

This vegetable pistou may not look like much, but I assure you, it is so flavorful.  I needed a soup to bring to our school for a teacher luncheon that was completely vegetarian for Lent.  I wanted to make something a little different and was having a hard time coming up with something.  I asked my sister and without hesitation she recommended that I make this vegetable pistou soup from one of her favorite cookbooks, Country Cooking of France by Anne Willan.  This book is gorgeous and will … [Read more...]

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Tortilla Soup

January 18, 2011 By 47 Comments
tortilla soup recipe

I love soup.  I could eat soup for every meal.  Soup is incredibly easy to make and you can use whatever you have around to make something wholesome, filling, and nutritious.  This tortilla soup is just like that, it takes minimal effort and the reward is great.  This not a traditional tortilla soup by any means, but that does not make me like it any less.  I like to make a vegetarian version of this soup, but sometimes I will add some leftover chicken to the bowl if I have some.  The … [Read more...]

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Nigella’s Chocolate Chip Chili

November 29, 2010 By 43 Comments
nigellas chocolate chili recipe

When the weather starts to get cold, all I want to eat is slow cooked and hearty meals. This chili recipe is one of my favorites.  I watched Nigella Lawson make it on the Today show years ago and it has been my go-to chili recipe ever since.  While the title may alarm you, you cannot tell that their is chocolate in the chili.  It just adds a little something that you cannot put your finger on. I love this recipe because I can put it together in minutes and then it goes in the oven (or you … [Read more...]

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Matzo Ball Soup – The Hybrid Version

November 3, 2010 By 15 Comments
matzo ball soup recipe

If I had to list my Top 5 favorite foods, matzo ball soup is high on that list.  It is my ultimate comfort food.  When I am sick, I want matzo ball soup.  When I am happy, I want matzo ball soup.  When I am grumpy, I want matzo ball soup.  You get the idea.  When my oldest son was born, my mom came to stay with us for a few days and she offered to make me anything that I wanted.  Anything at all.  Matzo ball soup is what I wanted.  And lemon bars. I have to admit, sometimes I … [Read more...]

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