As I prepare to close out 2020, I wanted to share a simple and comforting recipe with you. It doesn’t have much of a back story other than I tried making it for the first time and loved it. Which I guess is a good story in and of itself. […]
Tag: Fall
Puff Pastry with Leftover Halloween Candy
2020 turned out like nothing we’d ever imagined or hoped for. I remember seeing all these posts on social media towards the end of 2019, about 2020 and all the holidays that would fall on the weekend. Including Halloween. Now, not to say that those posts didn’t age well… But […]
Creamy Sausage and Potato Soup
Today I want to share with you a very simple recipe for a very comforting, delightful dish – Creamy Sausage and Potato Soup. I planned on calling it “Creamy Sausage and Vegetable Soup” as it also has onion, garlic, carrots, and spinach in it. But Creamy Sausage and Potato just […]
Carrot Soup with Crispy Prosciutto
I originally shared this recipe in May of 2019. When I revisited it recently, I decided to change it up a little bit. It is still the same delicious carrot soup, with the same delicious crispy prosciutto. I only made a minor change in the prep work stage that allows […]
Pumpkin Soup with Cilantro, Pomegranate, and Orange Zest Gremolata
I’ve found that I absolutely love creamy, pureed soups, unless of course it’s Borsht – the recipe for which is coming soon! But other than that, I just love the process of making and, subsequently, enjoying pureed soups. Tomato, carrot, she-crab, butternut squash… I wouldn’t say no to any of […]
Charlottesville, Anniversary, and Wine
November 11 marked 2 years since my husband and I got married – for the second time. We married before deployment, in a quiet ceremony on a really cold and snowy day, and two weeks later he shipped off. Our second wedding was when he got back from deployment, on […]
Hot Apple Cider
Last year, I was determined to have a really fun, memorable fall. Our summer went by way too fast and not too happily. So, I decided that the fall would make up for it. And it did! We did a lot of fall stuff, cooked a lot of fall stuff, […]