Roast Vegetables for Soup

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Today’s Zippy Tip comes to us from Irene, who lives in South Bend, Indiana. She used to add frozen veggies to her soups, but one day she tried roasting them instead. Her result? The flavor of her soup was “SO much better”!

Roast Vegetables for Soup

Choco-Chili Chicken Wings

Choco-Chili Chicken Wings

Every Sunday evening, my S.O. and I have “splurge night”, where we allow ourselves to have something a bit (OK, maybe a lot) more decadent than our usual weekday fare.

So why Sunday, you may ask? Well, we have tried putting splurge night on Friday or Saturday, […]

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PB & J Pumpkin Soup

PB & J Pumpkin Soup

Just as I thought I had exhausted my use of pumpkin for the season, along came an idea in my noggin for some pumpkin soup.

It’s smooth, it’s creamy, it’s comfort in a bowl!

But I knew I didn’t want to use cream, and I […]

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Chili Con Fixin’s

Chili Con Fixin's

There’s a tradition in our family during the fall and winter months, where we all gather down at my grandma’s house and eat chili. I am in charge of bringing the chili, and everybody else brings the “fixin’s”.

What are fixin’s?

Well, that depends on […]

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Thai Ginger Coconut Chicken Soup

Thai Ginger Coconut Chicken Soup

I love soup, but I’m not crazy about the canned variety. Most commercial brands leave me parched from the enormous salt content (Who needs more water retention?!), while the “healthy” ones are pretty darned tasteless, if you ask me. I’ve tried combining the two, but something was still lacking–freshness, maybe? Yeah, that’s it. So […]

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