My Curried Vegetable Stew is warm, nourishing and absolutely perfect on a chilly night. This stew is full of hearty ingredients including butternut squash, potatoes and chickpeas, a tangy tomato broth, bursts of sweet plump raisins and big bold curry flavors and spices. This is my new favorite creation…and just in time for soup season […]
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Hearty and rich, my Minestrone Soup is full of flavor and classic ingredients including tomatoes, zucchini, onion, garlic and carrot. This soup is a wonderful late summer/early fall meal. It uses up those beautiful garden-fresh vegetables and provides a comforting meal; the meal that I’ve been waiting for. I’m ready for fall and the change
This ramen comes together really quickly and the best part is that since it’s homemade, you’ll know exactly what’s in it. You can use ingredients that you feel good about eating and serving to your family too. My Homemade Instant Ramen is filled with dehydrated ingredients such as bouillon, chives, onion, shiitake mushrooms, spices and
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This Ramen with Shiitake Mushroom, Tofu and Poached Egg is everything that it should be – rich, hearty, flavorful and totally comforting. This dish is a mainstay in my household and we eat it frequently. It’s got great complexity and hits on flavors such as sweet, sour, umami and salty. It’s so good! This recipe
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My Kale, Sausage and Black-Eyed Pea Soup is a nutritious and hearty meal that will help you restart those healthy eating habits after a few days (weeks?) of holiday eating and drinking. The black-eyed peas in this soup add a rich, earthy flavor and a buttery and creamy texture, while the kale adds heft and
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Butternut squash soup is such a perfect meal to have on a cold fall or winter night. This recipe is warm and hearty, yet dairy and gluten free. To give the soup interest, I add urfa chilies that I recently picked up from my favorite spice store, Arome. These chilies add a subtle spiciness and
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Thanksgiving is over and you’ve got a whole lot of turkey left to be consumed. For the first day or two after Thanksgiving, you happily nosh on Thanksgiving Meals #2, #3, and perhaps even #4, but at some point, you get kind of sick of turkey with gravy and all the fixins. That is where
Tomato soup is one of my all-time favorite soups. It’s a snap to make at home and is much healthier than the canned varieties. I am particularly partial to creamy tomato soups, but am aware that creamy soups do not sit well with all tummy types. So, for those of you out there that love
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This is a nice soup for those evenings when you want something light and healthy, but warm and cozy at the same time. This dish is all of those things, plus it’s full of flavor and comes together really quickly. It’s a perfect quick meal and beats greasy take-out any day.
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The rains have come back to the Pacific Northwest and it is delightfully fresh, damp and cool in the forest. You can hear the earth and animals breathe a sigh of relief. The hot, dry summer is over and fall is in full swing. The wild mushrooms are starting to pop, so it’s time to
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