As we roll into January and the snow has finally fallen, it’s time to warm the tummy with some soup! Here are some of my favorite soups

This year the spring frost gods looked kindly on my part of the world and allowed the apple tree blossoms to do their thing without interference! That means the 3 plus neighbors around me have trees with bounty and are happy to share! So far i have made 3 batches of apple butter, supplied a
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This is a fun meal to make, less work than the real thing and you get to pop the lid of your crock pot (oh the insanity) with a chop stick! I combined a couple of recipe. and created the best option that we enjoy! I also minimized the biscuit size to make it even
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In the realm of trying all kinds of different breads, i saw this one from Dizzy Busy and Hungry and decided it would be a great option, kind of sort of set it and forget it… SO it could be useful for “warm bread” with dinner. Verdict: Fun to put all the ingredients together kind
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This recipe had been on deck for a bit, and finally the store had ham hocks, so it was time! (finally, meaning, i only do trunk pick up at the grocery story, so if the “pickers” don’t know where they are, or what they are, i don’t get them!) Since the recipe was for at
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This one had been in the list to make for a couple months. It seemed a fun recipe, easy and could quickly put it together. I decided to shift a little from the recipe – since i had whole peppers in the fridge, and had maaserated an onion the week prior and had it frozen.
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First, this was amazing and made basically 5 servings – 2 for hubby and 1 for me the first night, and then i had 2 let over lunches! I am love. Next up – funny story. So i had this recipe on deck, ordered my “fresh” tortellini and heavy cream from the grocery story and
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For years I have been “afraid” of cooking ribs. I enjoy the meat, i enjoy when others make it for me, I just wasn’t willing to risk making it myself Today was the day! As luck would have it, we got a free can of dr pepper. So I got the necessary items from store
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This is a fun and versatile recipe! It’s basically a dump and go, but you can pre-prep some or or pre-prep all! I had a bag of cooked turkey meat in the freezer so i skipped the cooking part! Everything was dump and go or rinse dump and go! This time I had a can
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I’ve had this recipe hanging around for a little while. It was a hot day so I decided to not heat up the kitchen and try it out! Verdict: This was a nice flavor and a good amount of dinner. The crockpot is a great way to make this meal.