Spicy Cheese and Potato Soup for 4 plus 2 refills!

After the ugly rain of yesterday, it was a gorgeous wintery day today. Took the dog for a long walk on the windy yet gorgeous beach, visited with Mom and my elderly Aunt Fran, counted my many blessings in life. After our visit, I realized all this warm and fuzzy external stuff wasn’t helping my…

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Everyone will be thankful for pulled turkey chili

Okay, I must admit, it took all of this punster’s strength to get past all of the fowl jokes and begin talking turkey, but here goes: Got leftover dark meat? Simply serve this quick and hearty pulled-turkey chili: 2 1/2-3 pounds turkey meat (white or dark, pulled off the bone and quickly shredded or cubed)…

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The Cabbage Soup Diet gets a zesty makeover

My grandmother, Memere had our entire family on the cabbage soup diet without even knowing it. She whipped up a version of this soup using garden veggies in the summer, store-bought veggies in the winter. She chopped up the veggies and simmered the soup below for just a while, she served it up steaming hot…

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Learn a new word GourGanics Garden Ragout

As school was approaching this Fall, 2011, a little lady name Hurricane Irene had better ideas about when summer would officially end. Once the electricity and cable came back on, my kids tried to become human zombies. Much to their chagrin, I implemented a no-electronics, reading and hobby day today. There was pouting.I’m pretty sure…

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Easy Queso, GourGanic style

Chile con queso is gooey, groovy and yumilicious. We serve it alongside our tacos, dip in chips—we’ve even been known to add it to hot noodles for a spicy and clever mac and cheese. But usually, this dip requires a lot of mixing of spices and extra steps that add flavor. Gour Ganics salsa is…

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Apres summer day easy salsa pepper steak

I took my cousin and her kids to Fairfield beach over the weekend. My sister picked us up in her boat and a short day at the beach turned into a long exciting thrill ride, including wake boarding and way too much sun. We got back to the house and we were starved! Instead of…

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