Chicken, Potatoes, and Corn Slow-Cooker Chowder

Chicken Sweet Potato Corn Chowder single Plated

Are you ready for soup?  I am!  When my friend Maribeth asked if I had seen the chicken and sweet potato corn chowder recipe in the latest copy of Southern Living, I hadn’t. But when Maribeth gets excited about a recipe I get excited too! She is an accomplished cook and enjoys spending time in the kitchen.  … Read more

Hen of the Woods Cream of Mushroom Maitake Soup

maitake soup recipe

Updated:  September 24, 2018, Since writing this blog post it has generated several comments from folks who know more about mushrooms than I.  The good news is that this Hen of the Woods soup recipe tastes great with either mushroom!  Pictures have also been updated. Recently friends gave us some beautiful Maitake mushrooms.  Maitake mushrooms … Read more

The Gift of Time

Today I was given a beautiful gift. The gift of time.  For many of us our daily calendars fill up with running from place to place. From task to task.  UP and out of the house early, in and out of the car, home again and then off to a meeting or the grocery store! … Read more

Souper Blessings and White Chicken Chili

I’ve just got a minute and that seems long enough to brag, I mean blog about my sous-chef dish-washing mom.  Last week she made her delicious Alice’s Apple Goodie dessert and I mentioned she is adding a dessert-a-week to our dining menu. But yesterday I had a Servant Team meeting all morning for Community Bible Study. … Read more

Ham, Potato and Corn Chowder

Are you ready for soup?  I am! That is why I am starting my fall soup-a-thon  with a luscious ham, potato and corn chowder that is not only filling but very lovely in color and texture too! For me this soup started with ham that needed used up in my frig.  And then I had … Read more