These two recipes were posted some time back, and had been removed for inclusion in my soup cookbook (which is still in the throes of obscurity behind several folders and other projects).
Recently I’d been asked for my favorite hamburger soup recipes, so I thought I’d bring them out again.

This is by no means as odd as it sounds, though twenty-one years ago, the pregnant me would have had a few words to say on the matter.

Even with the weather still being a pain in the backside, folks around here have already fired up their grills, and declared barbecue season open!

I’ve been making some changes in the kitchen the last few weeks, and I’ve tweaked some of our old favorites and made them new. Small steps, but steps… know what I mean?

We’ve all done it before, overestimated the amount of potatoes to cook for a dinner or two, and we end up with leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge.
St. Patrick’s day – something we don’t particularly celebrate for a few reasons, although we used to quite diligently, but whatever – has come and gone, leaving behind a mountain of leftovers for some folks.