Roasted Potato & Leek Soup

For Christmas, The Mother-In-Law gave me the new Barefoot Contessa book.  My normal mode of operation when getting a new cookbook is to pour over it with a pad of posties next to me marking pages of things I really want to make.  The new book was so marked with orange posties I could hardly [...]

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Barefoot! Cream of Not-Mushroom Soup

This week’s Barefoot Blogger recipe was chosen by Chelle of Brown Eyed Baker.  Chelle also participates in Operation Baking GALS, which means she’s cool with me.  As much as I wanted to like everything about her, I just couldn’t do this week’s challenge. Instead, I racked my brain with The Lovely Co-Worker to make [...]

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Sick of it.

I wrote a rant about the election last night, but I just erased it all.  I’m just sick of it.  I’m sick of a bunch of the women in this country running around screaming, “Sarah Palin doesn’t speak for me!”  Kindly, shut up.  Sarah Palin never said she speaks for the women of the country, the media did.  However [...]

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If I had a signature dish...

The Husband and I eat copious amounts of soup; but even I will admit that the thought of chili in the dead of summer is almost repulsive.  Unless, of course, it’s Green Chili with Pork and Hominy.  The flavors in this chili are so fresh and vibrant, it tastes good all year round.

Growing up Mom [...]

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Chicken Tortilla Soup

I was never a fan of soups until about two years ago when I really started to cook.  I somehow missed the fact that you could have a whole meal in a single bowl and taste heaven on a spoon.  I don’t remember the first time I tasted Chicken Tortilla Soup, but I can tell [...]

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