Forget Chicken Noodle Soup. THIS is my Jewish Penicillin – my “cure-all” and the item I crave 4 more most in life.Yes, spicy soup. SHRIMP soup. Spicy Shrimp Lemongrass Soup – this is what does the trick for me ✨💫🌟 in life.When we add homemade noodles (rather than traditional Jasmine rice), life is grand. Tom…
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One of my besties visited me in town and treated herself and her husband to High Tea at the Glen Eyrie Castle, just a few miles up the road.The grounds are beautiful, and so is the castle itself.Never having experienced the tea service myself, she knew I’d be interested. She sent me photos of hte…
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Thai Green Curry Sweet Potato Soup Fall has been in the air for several weeks now. Other than the crisp air, brilliant color schemes, aromatic essences filling our world, and the shorter days to hunker down inside, my favorite part of the season is the reintroduction of warming soups. There’s just something amazingly wonderful about…
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It seems like spring is just around the corner. Oh, how I long for the warm sunny days, the colorful produce, the green leaves, and even the smell of spring and summer. Fresh flowers on the table every day with herbs and fresh veggies from the garden. I’m dreaming ~ lost in my own little…
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I think we can all agree on the fact that I was a strange child. An oddball ~ strange, sensitive, and both saucy and sharp. And, as I’ve grown older, or as Brian likes to refer to the fact that I’ve reached “advanced maternal age,” we can also agree that I may be continually developing…
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A good, wholesome bowl of soothing broth is welcome any time of year, really. There’s just something about a simmered savory stock that warms both the heart and soul. Especially this time of year. Broth can be and is amazingly basic. Lots of veggies and some bones (maybe) simmered down over time to create some…
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Soup season is here, for sure. And, pumpkins abound. The winter warmth that soup provides is all too important this time of year, as we nourish and feed the heart and soul. I personally adore pumpkin in any and every way – especially with a savory spin, as well as with a little bit of…
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Now that autumn is officially here, folks are going crazy for pumpkins ~ and any type of winter squash, really. Butternut this, acorn that. I love to try my hand at using the more obscure sweet squash in my recipes: kabocha, delicata, hubbard, and a newly discovered “butterkin” (I believe this to be a cross…
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I’m channeling summer days of yore and yesteryear ~ actually the summer days of just a few weeks ago. You see, after traveling for the last month, I missed the last of the garden fresh produce, specifically yellow summer squash. Traveling and living abroad was truly amazing in and of itself ~ but cooking across…
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Soup season has arrived. I’m still holding on to the last bits of summer by utilizing summer fresh produce for soup ~ but it IS time for that nourishing warmth. With a stash of both Butternut Squash Seed Oil AND Pumpkin Seed Oil, I was having difficulty deciding which item of magnificence to use. Although…
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