Author: teacher-chef

Spinach Sausage Soup

Spinach Sausage Soup

Soup may be one of my favorite meals! I love a nice bowl of soup pretty much all winter long! The other night I came home from skiing all day and needed to throw together something filling and healthy (and fast) and the result is 

2012 – a year in review

2012 – a year in review

I have a year in review for you here today…. We are going to re-visit some of the most popular recipes of the year. Then take a walk through the year to see what this year has provided and brought my way. And finally we 

Shrimp Bisque

Shrimp Bisque

When I first came across this Shrimp Bisque in my daily food-blog stroll I knew that I had to make it! It tastes absolutely divine and the layers/complexity of this soup are so unusual and absolutely delicious! There is a thickness to this soup because of the roux and then pureed shrimp which is just so filling. The flavors of the thyme and salt and the oranges and everything in this soup is fantastic – eat it & enjoy it!

Shrimp Bisque

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Cookie Exchange Wrap-Up

Cookie Exchange Wrap-Up

Are you in need a good Cookie Recipe (or a few dozen good cookie recipes)? Well no worries, bloggers from around the country have searched and searched to find their best cookie for the year in order to send out yummy cookies to other bloggers 

Molasses Snickerdoodles

Molasses Snickerdoodles

The Great Blogger Cookie Exchange was awesome! I baked 3 dozen cookies & sent them around the country and in return I received a dozen cookies from each of 3 different bloggers (more on that later). While we are all here & enjoying cookies, I 

Christmas Layered Pesto Cheese Spread

Christmas Layered Pesto Cheese Spread

One look at this layered dip/spread, and you know it is screaming HOLIDAYS at you. Then one taste of this layered dip/spread and its each man for himself. Everything about this is 100% delicious and it might end up causing this year’s family fight as everyone tries to get some of it (consider yourself warned).

Forget about the fights that might happen though, because this totally needs to be a part of your life – and the fights will just be a memory of the holidays for years to come (but its ok, because any negative memories will be overshadowed by the happy memories of this dip/spread)! And since an argument/discussion of some-sort is likely to happen when you have groups of people around why not avoid the scary topics like politics and just allow people to fight over the last bites of tasty food!

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