Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Pepper Risotto

Risotto is one of those things that I love but I don’t make very often.  It’s not difficult at all, but it is time consuming.  When you make risotto, it’s like a dependent child.  You have to constantly be there to give it love and attention, because if you look away for too long it […]

Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Pepper Risotto

Roasted Butternut Squash Carrot Soup

What can I say about butternut squash?  It’s delicious, good for you, inexpensive, and incredibly difficult to cut.  I did not discover how much I liked butternut squash until about 4 or 5 years ago. I had no idea what I was missing!  Now, every fall I look forward to loading up on them at […]

Roasted Butternut Squash Carrot Soup

Lighter Lasagna Soup

It has been so cold here lately, I think I have saved at least a dozen soup recipes.  I love soup this time of year.  I saw a couple of recipes for lasagna soup and it just sounded so good to me.  Since I’ve been pregnant, I’ve been craving foods with tomatoes or tomato sauce, […]

Lighter Lasagna Soup

Guest Blog: Wife Soup

Hold on to your socks, ladies… They’re about to be blown off! That’s right, you have a guest chef in your presence. I am, humbly and proudly, the husband of Cara, and she has humored me by letting me share with you one of my chefly secrets (to be honest, this recipe, as with most […]

Salsa Stoup with Avocado Smash and Whole Wheat Quesadillas

Is there a 12 step program for soup?  Because if there is, I should probably sign up.  I’ve made more soup this winter than any other winter I can remember.  I even created a soup chock full of vegetables and then got crazy one day and added pesto to it.  It. was. delicious.  I’ll definitely […]

Fake Fancy: Cheesy Quinoa Casserole with Broccoli and Asparagus

Last weekend, I asked Tim what he thought we should cook for dinner Sunday night, and he chose cornish game hens.  When I was trying to think of what to cook with them, I remembered some quinoa I bought a while back and hadn’t done anything with.  I figured I could incorporate a vegetable somehow […]

Fake Fancy: Cheesy Quinoa Casserole with Broccoli and Asparagus