Andrea’s Recipes

I’m not a summer soup person, and you generally won’t find soup on the menu around our house until the first frost. The weather isn’t even remotely cold here yet and I’m still wearing shorts, but for some reason I had a craving for this stew.
I love stews with lots of flavor, and this is […]

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We have another batch of delicious entries for this month’s Grow Your Own event! I really enjoy seeing how creative we can be with the produce we grow in our own backyards. Thanks to all of you for joining in and sharing your talents with us. Thank you for also being patient with me, as […]

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Our big plan to initiate the chocolate fondue pot this weekend was OBE. This was also the weekend before Mardi Gras and normally I make a King Cake, but that, too, died on the vine. We just have too much going on preparing for the move, which is only 10 days away, and some things […]

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It’s official—we’re moving. Over the Christmas holiday we learned that Michael has a new job in the DC metro area, and now we’re in the midst of selling a home and looking for another. I’m excited about returning to that area and I think it will be very good for our family, but right now […]

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For me this is the ultimate comfort food, and it’s also my favorite food from my years overseas. It’s a great weekend soup, but it’s also a celebration meal for the Bogotános who often make very large pots of this soup for festive occasions such as Christmas. They typically serve the soup in black bowls […]

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