Mother nature has a bizarre sense of humor. Just last week I was debating on unpacking my warm weather clothes and planning my spring herb garden. This week I’m bundling up in blankets and wearing sweaters and long socks. Mentally I had moved onto warm sunny spring weather but mother nature slapped me back to reality....
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Getting tired of beef stew? Substitute lamb and you have a completely different taste. This a lowfat variation of a classic lamb stew that has lots of super tender chunks of meat and veggies. Leeks can be pretty dirty so make sure you clean them well before you put them in your stew. This recipe is easy but it takes...
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Making vegetable stock is so simple that now I wonder why I never tried it before. Since the weather has turned cold, soups and stews are showing up on our table more and more often. I was prepping a soup recipe a few weeks ago and started reading the ingredient list on store bought vegetable broth. It contained...
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It’s amazing what you can come up with when there’s too much snow outside to get to the grocery store. This should probably more accurately be called “clean out the veggie bin and pantry” lentil soup. Lentils are a great blank canvas. Toss them in with any aromatics and a good flavorful liquid...
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Who doesn’t like a big bowl of hot soup this time of year? In Nashville, this winter is starting out to be one of the coldest since my time here. Of course Nashville cold doesn’t compare to Buffalo NY or Washington D.C. cold, but by our standards it’s pretty frigid. On a cold afternoon, soup has a way of...
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