Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking, Worknight Dinners October 24, 2008
butternut squash bisque

This weekend I bought myself a present and decided to immediately test it out on a big pot of soup, perfect for one of the first real, true fall afternoons where you really couldn’t wear flip flops because it was just too damn cold and the leaves are turning COLORS like yellow. Save Print Butternut Squash & Apple Soup Author: Adapted from Real Simple Recipe type: Cooking for a Crowd, Worknight Dinners Prep time:  10 mins Cook time:  30 mins Total time: …

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Sunday Plans: Lentil Soup with Potatoes and Ham

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking, Worknight Dinners October 17, 2008
lentil soup with ham and potato

On Sundays I always fantasize about getting all of my laundry, errands and exercise out of the way early so that by 3 or 4 PM, when the sun is still out but the air is turning crisp, I can be planted in the kitchen prepping meals for the week. That almost never never happens. Instead, my Sundays are usually a jumble of brunches, treadmill runs, hours idling on my balcony when the weather is nice, and an equivalent number…

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Banana Nut Bread

Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes, Sweet Treats October 13, 2008

Even though the internet is my mecca for recipe-finding, I have amassed quite a few cookbooks over the past few years. Some were inherited from my mom, who finally admitted that she’ll never use them, some I received as gifts when I began to show an active interest in the kitchen and there are a few that I have actually purchased on my own. Of all the books and cooking magazines lining the shelves in the breakfast nook in my…

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