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November 19, 2015

Slow Cooker Creamy Turkey Rice Soup

Keeping it short today and sharing this super adaptable slow cooker soup, just in case you’re still looking for a recipe to finish up those Thanksgiving turkey leftovers. It’s hard to go wrong with this one since it can easily be made with whatever grains and vegetables you have on hand. Justs a bit of morning prep and then dinner will be quietly waiting and warm whenever you’re ready for it. The original recipe called for wild rice, but since my kids aren’t huge fans of wild rice (yet), I swapped half the wild for short grain brown rice and used this wild rice blend for the other half. Baby steps. An abundance of vegetables– kale, mushrooms, carrots, celery, and onions– round out the soup to make it a nourishing one-pot meal. After all of the Thanksgiving feast scramble, I always feel that it’s nice to have some quieter simpler times in the kitchen. This soup is perfect for those slow post-Thanksgiving days.

November 4, 2015

Thai Chicken Forbidden Rice Soup

Several years ago we lived very near a small yet quite outstanding Thai restaurant. It probably had no more than 8-10 tables, but the service was always friendly and the food was authentic. We visited frequently and some of my favorite date nights have been at this little Thai eatery. Now that we’ve moved we have yet to discover a place for Thai that we enjoy as much, so when I find myself craving Thai I often resort to making it myself.

September 10, 2015

Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Soup

Summer may be slipping away, but luckily sweet tomatoes are still around in great abundance at the farmer’s market. I was a little teary when I went to pick up our CSA share at the market this week without the kids. Every week this past summer they looked forward to market days– they loved seeing what various fruits were available and often I would let them pick out a pastry from one of the bakery stands. Now that they’re back at school, it seemed strangely quiet without them and I missed their help with hauling back our CSA share to the car. Last week’s share included over fifteen pounds of gorgeous tomatoes. We made plenty of salsas and salads, but even then we still ended up with so many tomatoes leftover needing to be used. The remaining went into a double batch of this creamy tomato basil soup which was enough for our dinner plus more to freeze. There’s just enough cream in this soup to add a bit of richness without it becoming overly heavy. Adding pasta makes it a bit more substantial and qualifies it as a main dish while the mozzarella and parmesan turn melty and irresistible on top of the hot soup. It’s the perfect way to use up all of those end-of-summer tomatoes.