Sausage and White Bean Soup is an easy dinner for cool nights! Packed with creamy white beans and hearty smoked sausage, this meal is sure to please just about everyone. When the weather turns chilly, nothing warms you up like a hearty bowl of soup. Sometimes though, soup can be an all day affair, but this Sausage and White Bean Soup is not only filling and ...
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Bratwurst and Potato Soup
Easy to make and delicious to eat, this Bratwurst and Potato Soup is the perfect stick-to-your-ribs fall or winter meal. What to do with bratwurst besides stick it in a bun and top it with peppers and onions, is a question that I have thought to myself on more than one occasion. I love using bratwurst as a delicious change of pace from Italian sausage. We love our ...
Ham Broccoli and Potato Chowder
The tree is up, even though it leans precariously to one side as if tempting one of the new kittens to bring it all down in a blaze of silver tinsel and glory. A small smattering of precisely wrapped and bowed packages are waiting patiently under the leaning tree tempting the children to wonder what could be in them. In the kitchen, the last vestiges of Thanksgiving dinner – ...
Rosemary Vegetable Soup
Rosemary Vegetable Soup is a humble soup with lots of warm hearty flavors to keep you warm and nourished this winter. It has been scientifically proven that trying to lose weight during the winter is futile (ok, maybe not scientifically proven, but I have tested this theory on my own) but I tend to not let this knowledge stop me from putting forth a good frustrating ...
Ham and Cabbage Soup
Ham and Cabbage Soup is a family favorite that has been passed down through the generations. Turn a leftover meaty hambone into a dish that will have you going back for another bowl. This post has been updated with new pictures and such. Whenever I see or smell ham and cabbage soup, I think about a brief moment in time (late 80’s perhaps?) when my parents dove head ...
Creamy Lentil Soup
I am a lentil-lover. It’s a hard confession to make, especially here in the South where lentils aren’t exactly one of the most popular legumes consumed. Creamy Lentil Soup isn’t a common dish on the Southern table. Some folks have no idea what a lentil is or maybe they have only read about them in the Bible or seen them in passing in the grocery store. Well, I am here to tell ...
Pork and White Bean Chili
Pork and White Bean Chili is a healthy, budget friendly and really delicious way to feed your family a nutritious meal. Start with a bag of dried beans and make yourself a dinner you can be proud of! I feel like there is a huge disconnect between man and the food that they put in their mouths. The general population that surrounds me only thinks of food as a means to an ...
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parmesan Sage Croutons
Kick off soup season with this creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parmesan Sage Croutons. It's perfect for chilly Autumn days. Don't skip the croutons! They give this soup a little extra body and a hit of salty savoriness. It seems that Fall is the only season to arrive on time this year. It's cooler ( finally!!) and kinda rainy and the leaves are just starting to ...
Alphabet Soup
There hasn't been much of a winter down here in Tennessee. Take yesterday for example. It was 64 degrees outside! In the middle of February! This weather is just crazy. We have had the odd day or two of really cold temperatures. We actually had some snow last week...briefly. I took that opportunity to make this recipe that I have been thinking about for a couple of weeks ...
Cheesy Tuna Corn Chowder
The ultimate pantry meal that also happens to be pretty delicious. Keep this one in your back pocket for those cold winter months when heading to the grocery is impossible and eating out of the pantry is a must. The South is completely frozen. We are all covered in at least a couple inches of ice. School is closed, the mail hasn't run, and we are all beginning to go a little ...
Baked Potato Soup and Hot Ham and Swiss Sandwiches
Baked Potato Soup and Hot Ham and Swiss Sandwiches are excellent on cold nights, casual get-togethers, sick days or football parties. They just go together so well! You can substitute leftover baked potatoes or cook some up in the microwave instead of the oven if you want to make this dish a little faster. Christmas has finally come and gone. The kids are slowly coming ...
Classic Beef Chili
It's cold and wet and dreary way down here in Georgia. Weather like this just makes me want to put on my sweatpants and curl up on the couch with a good book. And I would if my sweatpants were clean and my kids could entertain themselves for an hour or two. I guess laundry is high on the list of things to do today. At least the dryer will keep the house warm. Cold, wet, and ...
Chicken Stock and Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken stock is one of those basic kitchen practices that everyone should know. It's probably THE kitchen practice to know. It is liquid gold. It's a thing of beauty. It's full of flavor and it's delicious. It's also dang near free if you make it yourself. With Thanksgiving coming up, you are going to need a lot of chicken stock. I bet the average American spends $10 - $15 ...
Corn and Potato Chowder with Bacon Grilled Cheese
My blogging buddy, Heather over at Gourmet Meals for Less, has teamed up with her sister to do a series called Sister Saturdays. And this Saturday is all about soup. And I love soup. So I took the challenge to make a delicious soup worthy of Gourmet for Less. Of course the one thing that goes with soup is a sandwich so I had to make a sandwich too! And of course everything is ...
In need of some comfort…Chicken Soup with Cheddar Rosemary Dumplings
Some days... things go wrong. Some days... you get a call from your husband at 5:30 am that goes something like this, " Honey...I think you were right" me: "What?" hubby: " I have a flat tire." me: " Is this the tire I told you to replace yesterday... on your day off?" hubby: "......... yeah" me: "...... I told you so" Some days.... you are very appreciative of good ...