Barbeque Bean Soup with Sausage

Colorado has seen our fair share of beautiful days over the last few weeks, but our weather is getting ready to turn. The weather people are predicting a weekend full of snow. Of course, they have been known to be wrong but predictably the grocery store was filled with folks anticipating being dumped on. Now being dumped on is a good thing if you are in the mountains and prepared to ski.

Pumpkin Chipotle Soup and I'm Glad to Be Back!

                               "Pumpkin Chipotle Soup is perfect for Thanksgiving!"




It has been a long time since I opened this blog. Opened is the correct word here; as all I've been doing is opening boxes since I last wrote. After visiting Zoe, I recovered at home for a day, before heading to Phoenix to help my parents move. I left on short notice; thought I would be there no more than a

Okra Shrimp Bisque - Who Said Okra?

Fat Tuesday is tomorrow and with all the recipes I've been posting lately, well, they are making me fat. Fatter. Forget I mentioned it. Time to switch gears a bit and get back to the basics. Not that the recipe today is basic. But it is good and maybe it is good for you. It does contain veggies and shrimp, and okra does have lots of fiber and it contains protein, too. It is also quick to make

White Bean, Bacon and Kale Soup and Dallas: Are You Working Today?

Manservant informed me for the third day in a row that he is out of coffee. He also tells me he doesn't NEED coffee. I believe that like I believe he's going to get a job offer any day now. The truth is that he doesn't want to run to the store to get coffee, because it is cold outside. Poor baby. We all know it is cold outside. Every damn channel is covering the cold, except the CNN person

Not My Mama's Chili Mac or Chili Three, Four or 5 Ways

Not My Mama's Chili Mac or 3, 4, 5 Ways Chili





My husband grew up in Texas. He loves chili.
(I don’t know if this is a Teyxas thing or not but I suspect it could be.) He
loves chili however many ways he can get it. He loves chili for breakfast,
lunch or dinner. He loves it with eggs. He loves it with burgers. He loves it in
a bowl sprinkled with cheese and onions and jalapenos. He loves

Green Posole in a Green Kitchen

Green Posole

I don’t know what has overcome
me. My, oh my. It must be in the beans. In the quest of trying to be healthier
my husband has requested a diet of more beans and less white stuff. I know you
know what I’m talking about. Because, it’s like, my favorite category of foods.
Like sugar. And pasta. And rice. Let’s not forget about bread. Oh, it pains me
just thinking about it.





But

Firehouse #10 Hot Chili and Being Thankful

Firehouse #10 Chili





 The
election is over. It is time to concentrate on being thankful. I am thankful
there are no more phone calls, political ads, signs and other rhetoric. I am
thankful I live in a country where I am allowed to vote. I just wish I felt a
bit more hopeful about where this country is going and what people really want.
I am a bit confused but that is nothing new.

Avocado Corn Soup and a Starry Night

Chilled Avocado Corn Soup

I’m feeling lazy today. It is gray outside and though it is not raining, it feels like a rainy day. 90 degrees has disappeared and now it feels like 70. Usually this tempts me into baking cookies but my refrigerator is broken and I’m too disoriented to bake. The refrigerator repairman comes tonight and I am praying it is repairable as I really would hate to buy a

Pantry Soup and The Sorcerer's Apprentices

Pantry Soup

Pantry Soup and The Sorcerer’s ApprenticesAs a mother, a wife and in the past a supplier of daily meals, I often felt like a sorcerer. That is it was up to me to conjure something to eat from whatever might be in my refrigerator or pantry that day. Sometimes it might be something as easy as pancakes, another day we might end up with chicken curry. I was never a meal planner but I