It has been COLD in the desert this winter. With temps reaching a highs of 50s last week, we were freezing! We live in the Valley of the Sun and are used to triple digit temps for at least half the year. It was a nice change to feel a little nip in the air, but I am grateful that we are back to our baseline winters of 70 degrees. I like warmth and sunshine. :)
During that cold front that flew through here, all I wanted to do is make warm soup for dinner and have hot cocoa for dessert. I only know a handful of yummy soup recipes and keeping them healthy is never easy for me. I like creamy soups. You know the goodies like baked potato, corn chowder and any other cream based soup... yummy! Since creamy soups are totally loaded with fat and carbs, I was on the search for something a little more broth based with beans and veggies. These are a couple that I found, tried and LOVED!!! They are my "go to" soup recipes now and so I thought I'd share!
I am totally not the greatest cook and could never come up with my own recipes from scratch. I just don't have it in me. I still manage to cook my family a hot meal for breakfast and dinner every day of the week. We rarely eat out around here, mainly because Kam thinks fast food is "too greasy" and Owen won't eat anything if it doesn't come out of the produce section of the grocery store. My kids also won't eat cereal or "quick" breakfasts.. they like eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, french toast... you name it. So, I have learned to cook and so I am always open for new recipes or ideas.
My go to sites for recipes are allrecipes.com and thepioneerwoman.com. YuM! I can usually find what I want to make on one of these sites, but I do venture off to other sites or hit up family for recipes. The three soup recipes I have made several times and they are crowd favorites around here.
Enjoy!!!
2 comments:
We love white chicken chili here along with chicken tortilla soup. Very interested in the sausage soup. Yumm!!! It was a high of 5 degrees here this morning. I would have loved for it to be 50 degrees. ;) I also cook all meals and we hardly ever eat out. It's pretty gosh darn rare.
I would LOVE to live where it's warm. Right now it's 9 degrees... yes that's right single digit temps. It SUCKS.
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