• No Bean Pork Chili Recipe

    This no bean pork chili recipe is easy a versatile, easy-to-make comfort food! I’ve made chili dozens of ways, dozens. Ground beef, beef cubes, lots of veggies, hardly any veggies, thinner, thicker, but never any beans. Except once, right after I met my husband. It’s when I found out he doesn’t…

  • How to Make Homemade Soup

    Simple ideas for making homemade soup year round staple, rather than just a savory winter treat! Guest Post  Summer Soup’s On! If you think of soup as a cold-weather comfort food, it’s time to think again. Soup can be just the thing for light, healthy summertime eating. Some are cold…

  • Slow Cooker Black Bean Chicken Chili

    Black bean chicken chili is a great alternative to the traditional beef recipe! Crisp mornings, busy afternoons and chilly evenings — perfect for the slow cooker. We’re big fans of chili in this house, but sometimes it’s nice to very from traditional ground beef chili. One of my favorite recipes…

  • Musings: Feel Better Food

    Are you sick and tired of me talking about being sick and tired? ME TOO. There’s really nothing good about being sequestered to a couch for days on end, except: Reading Movies Soup And, speaking of soup, when I wasn’t able to make my mom’s party last weekend, she sent…

  • Shrimp & Sausage Jambalaya

    Always one for a good slow cooker recipe, but quick to get tired of chili, beef stew, or a roast, I wanted something different one holiday when I was hosting a family gathering. I stumbled upon a recipe for gumbo that led me to another recipe for jambalaya, which ended…

  • Slow Cooker Chili With a Texas Twist

    This slow cooker chili has a mouth-watering Texas twist! September is officially up and running, and now more than ever I’m starting to crave those comfort foods that depend on cooler weather: beef stew, apple pie, potato soup and—one of our fall favorites—chili. My chili recipe has taken several years to…