Soup

Hot, Steamy, Brothy and COMFORTING The Secret to the BEST CHICKEN SOUP is EASY! This Chicken Soup will have you cuddled up on the couch sipping away!

Thick, Creamy, Comforting and the perfect balance of flavors! This Roasted Butternut Squash soup is the silky cold weather favorite around here! 

Hot steamy soothing canned chicken noodles soup! If it just had something that made it a tiny bit better! Today I’ll show you how to make canned chicken noodle soup better!

This Pinto Bean Soup is Rich, smoky a little bit spicy and super filling! It will have everyone banging the table for more! You’ll be kitchen rockstaring it on into fall with this one!

In a comfort food show down what would win? I’m pretty sure Homemade Chicken and Drop Dumplings would be right at the top of the list for “creamy from scratch chicken goodness”.

Since the snow hit two weeks ago, I’ve totally been in the mood for winter. Except, of course, the last 3 days where the air feels bitter and biting and I have to actually wear a heavy coat when I go outside. I much prefer the type of winter where snow lingers, the sun is …

Today, we, (meaning sweet hubby [Mr. Loaves and Dishes] and I ) are on day 8 of what we could lovingly call “a cold” but for these writing purposes, I’ll just call it “THE snotty coughing death”. And while I had some lovely recipes planned that included a new spaghetti dish as well as a …

We are on a budgeting adventure at my house! It is a real challenge. We are experimenting with living without cable TV and some other things previously considered necessities (like fewer gigs of phone data). It is definitely a new adventure. Now, mind you, we aren’t going without TV type entertainment, oh no. We have …

Eat the soup! EAT THE SOUP!!! For years I have said, “But, I don’t like Chicken Noodle Soup!”  You know the kind I’m talking about, the weak broth, the stringy worm-like little nothing noodles and the tiny pieces of stringy overcooked chicken that are something akin to wet burlap. Yuck. I don’t like it. However, …

Can we talk for a minute? Isn’t it a shame that comfort food takes such a beating? I mean, here we are on the cusp of one of the greatest comfort food holidays of the year and folks get so judgy. I mean, think about it, we could potentially be faced with mounds of heaping, …

I know, I know – in a world of respectable accomplishments, like the ones you people are doing every day, this seems like the itty bittiest of things to be excited about. However, in MY life, this is a BIG THING. It is HUGE! I have pulled off a dog-gone close recipe for a Pumpkin …

A few years ago, I entered a chili contest and I LOST! I DID! To say I was devastated is NOT an exaggeration! I have a reputation to uphold! I am nearly famous in my (own mind) ( – errrr – I mean…. )  tiny town for my annual Halloween Party in which I serve …

What is better in the cool fall air than a hearty stew? Nothing. Nothing is better! I know you – my audience – will look at this list of ingredients and say “WHOA” too many ingredients. But I promise – you WON’T be sorry! Most of these ingredients are herbs and seasonings. The actual stew …

  Hello beautiful people! Before I tell you about the Best Potato Cheese Soup in a bread bowl, please let me tell you to make sure to read all the way to the end. The sweetest and best dessert awaits you there. Maybe you should have dessert first – as my mother in law demands! …