Soup, Stews & Chili

Lamb and Soaked Lentils

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This dish was so appreciated after a long day; I just wanted to curl up with my kiddos and relax without spending over an hour in the kitchen trying to make them something healthful. I wanted something easy but also very comfort food-ish without spending all day preparing it. With a little forethought this is a very effortless meal to prepare that even your little ones will enjoy.

I will admit that I have never honestly cooked with coriander and fenugreek before and I’m really not sure why. I have only ever seen them in a couple of recipes and it’s a shame. They bring a certain mellowness to the dish that is really hard to describe unless you try it yourself. I wasn’t sure how much to use them so I didn’t measure the amounts and rather just sprinkled it in. If I had to guess I would say around 1/4-1/2 of  a tsp. Feel free to experiment starting with less and them build from there. Your mouth will thank you! [Read more...]

Perfect Rainy Day Stoup

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This Pure Homemaking Blog entry is participating in Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s Real Food Wednesday. Check out some of the other recipes over there!

I was in no mood today. No good mood anyways. I am SICK of the rain here in Frederick. So, I didn’t have anything prepared for dinner because I was too busy brooding about the lack of spring. Is it just me, or is thing spring not very “springy” so far. I digress. [Read more...]

Lentili

This is another name chosen by my faithful hubby. Because it’s like chili meets lentils. Lentili. I thought it was clever.

So, this was a recipe that I adapted from something that I found on the Passionate Homemaking Blog. I wanted to do it in the crockpot because I was going to be running errands during prime time dinner cooking time and really wanted to avoid the temptation of drive through. So, I pulled out the crockpot and thought for a while about what I wanted to make. I remembered I had made this before in the crockpot so decided to whip it up because I remembered it being really good! And it is really good. Like comfort food to the max. Especially in the winter. [Read more...]

Split Pea Soup with Ham

Soups always get me going. It’s somewhat hard to get the perfect medley of flavor and really the smallest thing can either make or break them. At least that’s how I view them. A lot of people look at soups like crock pot meals, just throw it in there and cook it. I think it’s more delicate than that.

This was my first time in a LONG time making split pea soup and did take a bit of tweaking but I think I ended up with a pretty darn good soup if I don’t say so myself. [Read more...]

Knock your socks off White Chicken Chili

White Chicken Chilli

Ok. This is the first time I have ever made white chicken chili. Not really sure why because it’s super easy and so good you want to do a little dance. I’m not joking. My friend gave me the recipe that she got from somewhere and I did my own thing and the result was off the hook. For real [Read more...]

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