Being my mothers daughter, there are very few things I love more than a good steamy bowl of soup and some nice crusty bread for dipping. If you need further evidence see here. The difficult thing is that I don’t always have 2 hours to spend preparing said soup. Sadness and woe ensue on any given weeknight when I need a warm bowl of pick-me-up. That is, until I sat down about a week ago to peruse my Giada’s Family Dinners Cookbook. What before my eyes did appear? Pasta e Fagioli!

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I know its been a while since I last posted a recipe (sorry Robbi!) but I’ve been running around, visiting home, being sick for Thanksgiving.  However, being sick affords one great thing.  Chicken Noodle Soup.  My mom makes a great Chicken Noodle Soup but I could never get it to come out quite like hers.  [...]

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This is a recipe I recently shared with Steph.  It was at that point I realized that I hadn’t cooked this recipe yet for my blog.  Maybe its because its so frighteningly simple.  Maybe its because its so amazingly quick to prepare.  But then I thought…thats exactly why I should make it for my blog.  [...]

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Okay guys, I know its been forever since I’ve updated my food blog but several things have happened so I’ll start from the beginning. We moved to the Mobile area of Alabama for 6 months. We’re currently living in an apartment with a very very small kitchen and by small I mean I’ve seen kitchens [...]

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While having a chat with IKD my BFF Steph we talked about easy recipes. You know, the kind of simple cooking that takes under 5 minutes and under 5 ingredients. This kind of cooking is especially important on days like today. It’s roughly 92 degrees right now. I needed something that takes minimal face time [...]

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