Soup

It was an emotional weekend. Friday night on my way home from work, my cousin Patty messaged me that her Mom, my Aunt Pat, passed away. That’s her on the to row on the far left.   She’s my Dad’s brothers wife.  My uncle died when I was a freshman in high school.  My Dad died ten years after that, and our families somehow drifted...

I woke up the night before last at 3:30 to go to the bathroom – a new phenomemon for me – I could always sleep 10+ hours and not have to get up.  I noticed that I didn’t set my alarm – what?  I went to the bathroom, set my alarm and woke up at 6:30 when the alarm went off. There were several red...

It’s a good thing I brought his spicy Thai Chicken Curry Soup for lunch yesterday because it was a chilly day! As per usual, I didn’t eat my breakfast until about 11:00 – but it was okay because I was staggering my eats for the day.  I am rethinking my whole eating schedule which I will get to later in the post.   This is...

Guys,  I think I made the best soup of my life.  And those of you who have followed me for a while know my love of soup and how many soups I’ve made over the years, so that’s saying a lot!  Ever since I saw a Beef Bone Broth Soup on the menu at The Dearborn, and then my sister and I couldn’t get in,...

I am pretty bad about putting stuff in the freezer and then never remembering what’s in there, or stuff gets buried to the bottom – the only thing I don’t like about my freezer being on the bottom, is that even with the drawers, inevitably stuff gets shoved to the bottom.  I used to have a list of things on the refrigerator of what was...

I posted my wonton soup on the WW connect app, and several people asked for the recipe.  I love having Trader Joe’s cilantro wontons in the freezer – you can get 10 wontons for only 3 smart points!  This is for one big bowl, but after dinner I made a second batch, so next time I’ll double it.  If you make some to have for...

This past weekend was perfect for spending time in my kitchen.  As I was meal planning I realized I had a 10 pound bag of potatoes that needed to be used up.  I peeled and diced half the bag, put the potatoes on a cookie sheet and froze them before putting them in a Ziploc bag to use for something else later on.  More soup,...

Tony used to make fun of me the way I “read” a cookbook like a great piece of fiction.  It’s true though.  I usually page through it from start to finish, with my little post-it notes flagging the recipes I’d like to try first. Oprah actually starts out the cookbook writing about her ups and downs over the years regarding her weight.   Nothing I hadn’t...

This copycat Panera chicken orzo lemon soup is one of my favorite soups of all time.  Sadly the Panera lemon chicken orzo soup is discontinued. My daughter used to work at Panera and I loved Panera’s chicken orzo lemon soup and had dreams of her in the back of the house, chopping up celery, etc. and hopefully I would learn how to make that soup...

Anyone who’s been a Weight Watcher for any amount of time has their “Weight Watcher Uniform.”  Basically the lightest clothes you own so that you have the most loss on the scale come weigh in day.  And you pretty much wear it every.single.weigh.in.  It makes it a bit difficult when it’s 20 degrees in Chicago!  I weighed in before work so I’d be able to...