Soup with a twist and a secret ingredient…I LOVE secret ingredients!  I’ve never heard of BBQ Chicken Soup until I had it at SODO Kitchen, a lovely restaurant located in the Seattle Starbucks Headquarters building. The food is fresh from local Farmers and the staff is lovely! The Catering Manager was nice enough to share this recipe…
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Slow Cooker Sausage, Mushroom and Orzo Soup
Spring is in the air in Seattle (well as much as Spring can ever be in the air in Seattle), so I thought I’d get soup out of my system until fall! This can be prepared stove top or slow cooker. Slow cooker works a little better because the sausage has time to marry with the…
Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup
I love secret ingredients! Something that makes a recipe really different and stand out. The secret to this soup is… a bottle of beer! Beer instead of broth, now that’s my kind of recipe! (especially if you throw this together in the morning and take a little taster before dumping it in the pot..who doesn’t like…
Top Fab 4 Fall Soups!
The top 4 favorite soups of the last year! Â
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
I know, another soup recipe! But I got a hankerin’ for some soup. It’s fall and we had a longer than normal summer and I’m ready for winter food!   I’ve been making this soup for years, it’s adapted from an old Cooking Light recipe.  ( FYI: old Cooking Light recipes are the bomb…new ones?… not so much). The…
Clean Eating Soup!
“Clean Eating Soup” – Okay, so the name doesn’t roll off the tongue like say…’Succulent Stuffed Pork Chops smothered in a decadent demi-glaze’,  but sometimes (mostly on Sundays after a weekend of really good-bad food), you have to do something healthy for yourself and I do believe this soup may be the ticket! I was given…
Gnocchi, Sausage and Spinach Soup
This Gnocchi Sausage Soup will quickly become your fave soup!  We started calling this ‘shut up soup’, because we took one bite and said “Oh shut up!, that is so good!”. I am a soupateer, a soup savant, a master of the broth!….(you could say, I love soup 🙂 and this soup is a 5 spoon…
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup! A yummy take on an old classic. This recipe truly is the BEST tortilla soup you’ll find! I know, I know, there are hundreds of variations of this recipe, all just a little different. But I think what knocks mine out of the park is to saute chopped up tortilla’s with the onion…it…
Taco Braid
What is a Taco Braid? Pizza dough stuffed with taco seasoned beef, cheese, sour cream and tomatoes. Â A simple criss-cross of store bought pizza dough makes it look so fancy but it could not be easier! Makes a great appetizer or main meal with a side salad. This Taco Braid comes together in a flash…
Broccoli Casserole Recipe
Broccoli Casserole in an easy to make velvety cheese sauce.  No canned soup! Fresh ingredients that come together in a flash!  Broccoli, milk, cheese and a crispy panko crumb topping.  In the oven and on the table in less than an hour! This fresh and easy to make Broccoli Casserole requires no prior cooking of…
Autumn Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Maple Cider Vinaigrette
Autumn Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Maple Cider Vinaigrette! Using mostly prepped store bought ingredients, this salad is a breeze to make and will feed a crowd! How to Make a Fall Salad with Maple Cider Vinaigrette! Crisp apples, toasted pecans, blue cheese crumbles, bacon and roasted sweet potatoes!  All mixed together in  a…
Broccoli Cheddar Pinwheels
We love simple, easy and kid friendly snacks in our house and these Broccoli Cheddar Pinwheels hit every mark. Store bought crescent dough is wrapped around a broccoli cheddar mixture. These bake up quickly for an easy snack or appetizer everybody loves! There is something about broccoli and cheddar as a combination that is so…
Greek Orzo Salad
This Greek Orzo Salad is the perfect easy to make pasta salad for all occasions! Â Perfect as a side dish or add shrimp and chicken and make it a whole meal! We stuffed this orzo salad with spinach, peppers, artichokes hearts, cucumber, olives and even tossed in some celery for crunch! Â Clean out your veggie…
Greek Meatballs
Sign me up for anything Mediterranean; These Greek Meatballs are filled with feta cheese, spinach, and Mediterranean spices for a unique, restaurant quality Greek style meatball. Greek Meatball Ingredients: Ground meat: You can use any type of ground meat that you like, chicken, beef, turkey, or pork would do well. We used ground chicken….
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Who doesn’t love a bowl of delicious clam chowder? Manhattan Clam Chowder is an easy, healthier version of classic clam chowder that uses a red tomato base, with mirepoix, clams, clam juice, and potatoes. It’s like if minestrone soup and clam chowder had a baby. Dip rustic sourdough for the perfect finish! Originally called Coney…