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African Peanut Stew (vegan)
Let me just tell you how excited I am about this recipe… African Peanut Stew is something I’ve wanted to make for years and just never got around to it. I ran across yet another recipe for it the other...
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How To: Slow Cooker Chicken Broth
For the entire month of September, I’ll be participating in the SNAP Challenge and attempting to eat on $4.50 per day. Read more here. For week 4 of the SNAP Challenge, I purchased a rotisserie chicken...
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Slow Cooker Rosemary Garlic Beef Stew
Woah. Just, WOAH. I’ve never smelled anything as lovely and drool inducing as the scent in my house the day I made this stew. It was absolutely incredible. It had me checking the clock every 15 minutes...
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Moroccan Lentil and Vegetable Stew
I get a lot of emails from readers with recipe suggestions and I love them all, but don’t get the opportunity to make many of them. Every once in a while, though, an email comes through with a recipe...
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Sweet Potato Tortilla Soup
Earlier this week I got an email from a reader, Katie, telling me about how she used my homemade red enchilada sauce in her favorite tortilla soup recipe and how amazing it was. That whole idea sounded...
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Zuppa Toscana
Zuppa Toscana… it’s one of those recipes that EVERY food blogger has made. I see it on Pinterest at least once per day. At least. I try to avoid over-hyped recipes like this but… I had a friend staying...
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Weeknight Black Bean Chili
I’m so over the cold and dreary weather. How about you? With the arrival of this latest arctic blast, I felt myself craving a warm, rich bowl of chili, but I didn’t want to spend all day in the icy...
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Smoky Tomato Soup
Ahhh, tomato soup. It’s one of the few hot soups that’s light enough to eat during the summer months (it may only be April, but we’ve definitely hit summer weather here in New Orleans). I’m so obsessed...
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Matzo Ball Soup
I kind of wore myself out this past weekend with long days and lots of exciting activity. So when I finally made it home to New Orleans, I was feeling tired, achy, and in the need of a warm cozy meal....
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Bacon Bean and Potato Soup
A few weeks ago, my friend Jenni sent me a link to this amazing looking Bean and Bacon Soup by Taste and Tell. I had actually run across the photo on Pinterest a couple days prior and it had made my...
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Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup with Tofu
So, I actually made this Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup last week, but got so busy with Thanksgiving madness that I didn’t have a chance to post it until today. But that’s okay, I figure you might need...
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30 minute Posole
During my “off” week just after Thanksgiving, I picked up a pork loin, gave it the Chili Rubbed Pork treatment in my slow cooker, and it made a TON of pulled pork. I ended up popping a few portions of...
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6 Ways to Upgrade Instant Ramen
Confession time. Sometimes I actually like instant ramen. You know, those little packets of salty noodles that are only 30¢? I don’t eat them often, like maybe once per year, but when I get that...
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Kale Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
So I broke down the other day and bought a rotisserie chicken. I feel a little guilty because it was out of budget, but on the other hand I’m not so upset that rotisserie chicken has replaced frozen...
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Curried Red Lentil and Pumpkin Soup
Hooray for easy soups! This is the type of recipe that saves the day. Very few ingredients, fast, and really delicious. Not to mention the fact that it’s super healthy and ripe for fun, customized...
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How to Make Instant Pot Chicken Stock
So last November, Black Friday to be more specific, I bought myself a little present. I impulse bought an Instant Pot, at a hefty 35% discount, I might add. What is an Instant Pot? It’s a 7-in-1...
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Thai Curry Vegetable Soup
I’m sitting here with a blank screen trying to figure out if I can even accurately describe to you how good this Thai Curry Vegetable Soup is. Maybe I should tell you that I wanted to skip the bowl and...
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Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Quick tomato soups have always been one of my favorite comfort foods, and this time I upped the game with a jar of roasted red peppers and a butter-and-flour roux to give the soup extra body and...
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Garden Vegetable Lasagna Soup
I was in the mood for lasagna this week, but it’s already in the 80’s here in New Orleans, so I decided to make a lasagna soup instead of a classic baked lasagna. Lasagna soup is great because you get...
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Quickie Faux Phở
Let me start by saying, this is not authentic phở. This is “I need something that tastes good, is fast, has noodles, and kind of tastes like phở.” AKA Quickie Faux Phở. It does the job in a pinch when...
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