Easy Lentil Soup

Lentil Soup recipes vary from super hearty to watery and tasteless. This soup is best of both worlds: filling and flavorful! Lentils are a great source of protein and even helps lower cholesterol. Nothing better than eating a meal that has so many benefits! I have not cooked much with lentils but in Costa Rica they…

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Black Bean Chili

A meal packed with protein and spice! Black Bean Chili is a quick meal that fills you up fast!  Oh black beans… how I have come to like you after all this time. Growing up in Southern California where pinto beans and Mexican food is abundant, imagine my surprise in finding only black beans in…

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Cream of Broccoli Soup

The perfect cold weather soup! Warms you down to your toes, a great dinner to share with someone you love! When it rains, it pours! And then I get really cold! Soup it is! I have made a broccoli soup before but was not really successful. It’s a hard balance especially if you have expectations…

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Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup

The prefect substitute for Campbell’s Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup! Homemade and without that the huge list of “unknown” ingredients!  There are a few everyday recipes that are easy, quick and yummy but call for that can of condensed cheddar soup by Campbell’s. Honestly, I have never thought much about it. Until I didn’t have access…

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Chicken Soup – Perfect for Wintertime!

Nothing like a quick dinner fix than chicken soup! This recipe is great for tweaking how you like it and adding whatever you want! I added lots of veggies this time and it was very yummy!   Chicken Soup 1 whole chicken or 2-3 cups of shredded chicken 1 cup diced carrots 1 cups diced…

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