Venison Chili

Venison Chili

So I used the 2nd package of venison that my custodian had given me (remember the awesome venison meatballs I made last month!?) to make Venison Chili this week. In all honesty, I was really hoping for a more gamey flavor – but I guess 

Chicken (soup) n Dumplings

Chicken (soup) n Dumplings

Today is another one of those snowy days (Snow Day #6 by my count). I used to love having random snow days (skiing, sledding, etc) – but this year I am just so over having “snow storms” which amount to about 3-6 inches each time 

Pasta Fagioli

Pasta Fagioli

“Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.” – so: take a lazy, cold day to play and have fun with something you might normally think of as work!

Comfort on a Plate

Comfort on a Plate

After making French Onion Soup for the first time a few weeks ago, Rich told me that I HAD to make it more often. I wanted to make a nice comforting soup for dinner the other night but knew that a hardy bowl of soup 

Butternut Squash Bisque

Butternut Squash Bisque

Quick and Easy – the hardest part of this recipe is peeling & chopping the squash up before cooking it (I didn’t want the roasted flavor of precooking today). AND the hardest part I got out of doing this time since while making breakfast I 

French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup

I have really had a craving for French Onion Soup – and in all honesty, I figured since I have become a better chef over the past few months (years) – why not just create it myself! I was amazed when I found this recipe