Clean Eating Turkey Chili {Recipe}

Since it’s springtime and summer’s just around the corner, I’ve been trying to eat a little healthier and shed some of my winter padding. Luckily for me I have a preschool friend who’s become a Beachbody rep (the company behind P90X and Insanity) and…

French Onion Tortellini Soup Made with Only Four Ingredients

On cold, rainy dreary winter days I love to have a pot of soup on the stove. There’s something about soup simmering that feels so homey to me. Here’s a quick and easy soup my family loves – French Onion Tortellini Soup. This soup…

Simple Curried Butternut Squash Bisque

    Butternut Squash Bisque is one of my favorite soups, and luckily it’s super easy to make. I’ve been making it for about ten years now, ever since we went to spend Thanksgiving at the beach with my family and I set out to…

Cook the Collection #7: The Art of Simple Food

    (Disclosure: The cookbook links below are affiliate links and if you happen to make a purchase through them I’ll receive a small percentage of your purchase – and of course would be so grateful!) I’ve been craving potato leek soup for a few weeks…

Beef Stew

Have I posted something about beef stew before? I can’t remember right now and I’m feeling altogether too lazy to check. Something about the day today just said ‘beef stew’ – maybe it was the pouring rain and 50 degree weather? (Hello Junuary). There’s…

Bacalao a la Vizcaina

Every year on Good Friday my husband’s family prepares Bacalao a la Vizcaina, a salt cod stew with tomatoes and garbanzo beans. Once we moved back to the US I continued with the tradition. My mother-in-law isn’t sure where the recipe came from, only…

Northwest Stew with Dried Cherries

Today was the last day of a long winter vacation, spent taking down the Christmas decorations and organizing the garage (our party staging area / clutter stash-it spot for the past two months). I wanted to take advantage of some uninterrupted time in the…