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This little bundle of joy is the secret to awesome soup. Fresh thyme, parsley and bay leaves wrapped in cheesecloth simmer quietly in chicken broth to flavor your soup with the perfect seasoning blend. Add cream, dry sherry and wild rice and you have a chicken soup that is so good that you’ll wish illness …
We have gotten to be pretty pampered when it comes to chicken noodle soup; between canned soup, boxed stock and dried egg noodles from the pasta aisle at the store. Today I set out to do homemade chicken noodle soup the old fashioned way, use vegetables from the garden, homemade stock and even …
This recipe is my hat tip to Vermont. We live on the eastern side of NY, which puts us in reasonable driving distance to Vermont. We don’t get there very often, but whenever we go we have a good time. One of those times we attended one of my friend’s weddings at Stratton Mountain Resort. …
My two year old daughter reviewed this meal tonight without even being asked. About halfway through dinner she shouted out “Yummy in my tummy!” Toddlers are a notoriously difficult crowd to please, so I take any positive comments about the food I put in front that kiddo very seriously. Needless to say, this meal gets …
If you are in need of comfort food, this is it! This chicken and rice soup is creamy, flavorful, and mmm, mmm, good. Make it once and you’ll say good-bye to Campbell’s. Obviously, this is not going to be as easy or as quick as popping open canned soup. Bear with me here. I did …
In August (I know, who eats chowder in August?), I had a surplus of fresh corn and decided to search for a corn chowder recipe. Presenting a hot steamy dish of chowder in August without getting a round of complaints from the family was going to take pure magic. This chicken and corn chowder recipe …
Weeknights are pretty chaotic around here. Putting dinner on the table while wrangling a hungry toddler so that we can get our fifth grader off to the evening activity is a challenge. Being this busy can make eating a healthy, home cooked meal difficult but it’s not impossible. All it takes is some planning and …