You can never have too many chili recipes. I truly believe that! Although I have my go-t0 chili recipe already on here which I totally adore, I figured I would change it up a bit and make it healthier. I know. I know. Not as much fun, but I'm telling you, it's VERY good and has more nutrition, less calories and less fat than the traditional recipe. What I love most about soup based recipes is that they are so versatile. In this case, I added a ton more stuff to the chili...fresh … [Read more...]
Easy Tomato Orzo Soup with Shrimp and Spinach
Hello delicious semi-homemade meal. I'm just going to put it out there. I did not make the soup portion of this recipe. It's totally store-bought and I wouldn't have it any other way. I have a toddler and a husband that is gone 12 hours a day. I need store-bought soup sometimes. Ya feel me? Ok good. I only say this because I recently had someone make a rude comment about using canned chicken and store-bought hot sauce for a recipe. I was all like DELETE. I am huge believer that if … [Read more...]
Tomato Soup & Pesto Grilled Cheese
Why doesn't this ever get old? Ya know...the whole tomato soup and grilled cheese thing? It just seriously NEVER gets old. I've eaten this meal since I was three years old and I'm still eating it at 30. There's just something about it that lifts you up, ya know? Having a bad day? Make grilled cheese and tomato soup. If it's crappy weather, make grilled cheese and tomato soup. Not feeling well? Make a grilled cheese and tomato soup - it's the cure for everything! Although the tomato soup … [Read more...]
30-Minute Veggie Tortellini Soup
Do you like quick and healthy meals for your family? Good, good. Me, too! I am back today with yet another delicious, simple and healthy recipe for your kids with Produce for Kids! Now that I have a one-year old, food has become even more important in our house. We are not only feeding ourselves, but our little girl, too. We definitely are an 80/20 household, where we try to eat healthy and nutritious 80% of the time and cheat about 20% of the time, mostly on the weekends. This is important … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
I am SO ready for Fall. Are you? I have a serious love affair with Fall. I am truly in love with the weather, the food, the clothes, the smell, and simply the comfort of...FALL. The food...Fall food is where it's at my friends. It's cozy, warm, cinnamony, pumpkiny, fresh, so so seasonal and just down right delicious. I love making soups, pumpkin everything, chili, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, pasta...you know...all the carbs and anything WARM. Chicken Noodle Soup is obviously the … [Read more...]
Lasagna Soup
This recipe for Lasagna Soup tastes just like traditional lasagna, but is ready in under 30 minutes, very simple to make and it's so much fun to eat. You have to make this for dinner, or lunch or both! You're going to love it. I just realized that I haven't shared any lasagna recipes on the blog. This is a bit surprising since my husband is Italian and it's one of my favorite meals. I will be honest. I don't make it all that often, well like never. It's one of those meals that has quite a … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Chili
Giving away a bag of Bob's Red Mill Red Lentils and Orca Beans - directions to enter are at the end of the post! Gooooooood luck! How many different versions of chili are there? Probably thousands, millions, billions! First, I love chili because it's a one pot meal, it's comforting, it's easy to make and because there are soooo many different ways to make chili. There is no right way or wrong way either. Wahoo! Today I am sharing a Vegetarian Chili. This chili is incredibly … [Read more...]
Vegetable Corn Soup
It's time for soup. Because it's still cold! Ugh! Not even going to talk about it... I try to make soup every other week or so at our house. It's always pretty simple to make and generally healthy. We've been eating a lot of hearty food lately like meatloaf with mashed potatoes and corn, pasta, etc. Ya know...the good stuff. Do you mix your corn and mashed potatoes? It's one of those combinations that just works. I sometimes add a little ketchup because I'm a little craaaazy. Try … [Read more...]
Red Wine Slow Cooker Short Ribs with Potatoes, Carrots, and Onion
Red Wine? Short Ribs? Potatoes? Um. Yes. I'm not sure that I have to even say much more! But I will. Red Wine Slow Cooker Short Ribs with Potatoes, Carrots, and Onion. It's a mouthful, literally, and is a WONDERFUL meal. I love good 'ol traditional hearty meals ya know? This one brings me back to my Iowa days when my mom would make a roast with potatoes and carrots, except that I wouldn't eat the carrots. They were gross back then but today they are sweet bites of … [Read more...]
Healthy Kale, Bean, Pea and Ham Soup
It's cold outside... When it's cold, I want soup. Soup might be the best cold remedy out there...for both kinds of colds...the runny nose and coughing cold and the bbrrrr it's cold out. There's nothing quite like wrapping up in a blanket and enjoying a bowl of hot soup. I'm cold all of sudden... As we talk about often, soup might be the best lunch ever. It's light, flavorful, yet filling from all the protein that's packed into it. It's also incredibly healthy most of the time. This … [Read more...]
Butternut Squash Soup
I am pretty sure Butternut Squash Soup is the most popular soup ever right now. As it should be because it's so dang good and so seasonal. Butternut Squash soup just doesn't work in Spring or Summer and some may even argue Winter, too. It's definitely a Fall thing. It looks like Fall, tastes like Fall, and goes with every Fall flavor out there. So so...so Fall. It's so gosh darn pretty too. It's this bright yet calming orange-yellow color and it's so luscious (I don't know how I … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Chicken Chili
[Giveaway is closed] Well it's getting to that time of year again... Rainy, cold, and just overall dreary. It's kind of relaxing in a weird way? You agree? Curled up on the couch with a mug of coffee and a movie? Or a glass of wine and movie? Um YES. Love rainy days. Rainy cold days also mean comfort food...like Slow Cooker Chicken Chili! I grew up eating chili in good ol' Iowa. It's one of my favorite fall/winter meals to make. I have made it on the stove before, but you can also … [Read more...]