Oh the weather outside is frightful, and a bowl of soup is so delightful… Is that how the song goes? It’s finally feeling like winter here in Phoenix, with nighttime temperatures dipping below freezing. This time of the year, I always realize I don’t have any real winter clothes in my closet. A few light sweaters, some scarves and one coat. There’s not really a point in buying heavier items…
Just in case you aren’t tired of turkey yet, I wanted to share with you what I did with our leftovers. This soup came together in a flash, and can be thrown together with whatever you have on hand (would be great with chicken too). I happened to have a can of fire-roasted tomatoes, some frozen black beans (from a pot of dried beans I had cooked a couple weeks…
It’s Saturday morning, the air has a hint of coolness to it, and I am sitting here pretending that it will feel like fall today. The windows are open, a breeze is blowing through the house, and tomatoes and garlic are roasting in the oven. I probably have another hour before I have to close the house up again and turn on the air conditioner. Today’s Bountiful Basket haul was…
So I was on Facebook the other day and noticed a post from Half Assed Kitchen (tagline: Eh…it’s edible) talking about a recipe from the original Moosewood cookbook for an open-faced sandwich with butter, apple pie, cashews or walnuts and cheese heated under the broiler. An apple pie sandwich? Yum! I didn’t have any apple pie hanging around, but I did have a table full of apples. So I put…
Remember when we steamed our first batch of artichokes last week and restrained ourselves from eating the hearts? As hard as it was, we saved them for a good cause, a big pot of beef and artichoke stew. I used organic, grass-fed stew meat, tons of veggies and a splash of good local beer. The stew was hearty but not too heavy with amazing flavor. The artichoke hearts were my…
Lately, I have been on the hunt for lentil recipes. After picking some up at Sunflower Market last week, I realized just how easy, filling and economical they can be. And with my organic Bountiful Basket overflowing with veggies this week, I didn’t want any of them to go to waste. This soup turned out to be the perfect combo! Lentils are legumes that cook up relatively quickly and absorb…
The perfect quick and easy meal to warm you up on a cold fall day. Seriously, this is so easy! Easiest Chicken Tortilla Soup with Tortilla Crispsinspired by Sam the Cooking Guy Ingredients: -4 cups fresh salsa -4 cups low-sodium chicken broth -1 rotisserie chicken, skin removed, de-boned and coarsely chopped -1/2 cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped plus extra for topping -4 flour tortillas -2 t. olive oil -1…