The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
It’s soup season! I love me some soup on these chillier evenings, the aroma wafting through the house, and the ease at which one can create a feast without hovering over a stove. One thing however that I have had to forgo in soups were any hearty potatoes (nightshade allergy), which made my Irish heart […]
It’s getting closer and closer to the season of hot comfort foods, and with the nice cool evenings we’ve been having lately, soup has been back on the menu. I got inspired to try making an asian soup when I saw baby bok choy at the grocery store. I had never tried bok choy until […]
Nearly a month since my last post! Where have I been?? We did go on a vacation for a few days for my family’s annual vacay to the Chesapeake Bay. Did some kayaking, explored the bay on a pontoon boat, played mini-golf and shuffleboard with my sibs…even got a bit of healthy color on my […]
…Mmmm comfort food. If there’s a silver lining to the cold of winter hiding just around the corner, it’s that I get the appetite for hot dishes with lots of fixings. We’re talking mashed potatoes, steamy soup, mac & cheese, pies, meatballs, lasagna, chicken pot pie….you get the picture. ;) It should then go without […]
My hubby was raised in Pennsylvania Dutch Lancaster county and comes from family that split from the Amish community generations ago. Thus it comes as no surprise that this recipe for Rivel Soup is a major comfort food for Karl. Personally coming from a background of both my parents being full-fledged Irish, this recipe had […]
