October 22, 2020

Curry Zucchini Soup (dairy-free!)

In 2007, I posted the recipe for my Mom’s Curry Zucchini Soup. My blog wasn’t even a year old yet. The soup was something my Mom made every year to start our Christmas Eve dinner. It’s a soup that I’ve been making since I called her up for the recipe one night in college. If you do the math, it’s been about 2 decades of making THIS SOUP that I never grow tired of.

Fast forward many years later and LOOK, MOM, YOUR SOUP IS IN A MAGAZINE.

Better Homes & Gardens is running a special Meal Prep issue right now and your girl has her own spread in it!

You can order a copy here if you can’t find it at your local newsstand.

My Mom would have probably shown my meal prep spread to all of the clerks and baggers while buying the issue in the grocery store. It was no secret how proud of me she was. She dropped my business cards wherever/whenever she could.

So, here we are. It’s 2020. Colder weather is upon us and I want soup. My oldest brother is vegan and I’m starting to cut down my dairy consumption waaaaaaaay down, so I adapted her curry zucchini soup recipe to accommodate us!

With the help of cashew cream, you wouldn’t really have any idea that it’s not heavy cream in the soup.

I don’t have to take a lactose pill to eat this soup anymore. YAY.

Life is all about adapting & adjusting to help keep the magic alive. Hooray for old + new recipes.

I love that my Mom’s recipes live on in other people’s kitchens. Her hard work making traditions in the kitchen has sure paid off!

LISTS

October 19, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week – Week 43 of 2020

Happy Monday, friends!

This weekend was a busy one. My brother-in-law came over to help us with our sprinkler system. I am excited to have some of my morning watering be automated. I’ve been doing a lot of it by hand for the past year and I CANNOT wait to see how things unfold. Cooper and I watched a lot of the new Home Edit show on Netflix and it gave me a boost of energy to organize. I tackled a major paper pile this weekend and I’ve been slowly cleaning out drawers around the house and I reorganized our homework station. I hope to continue the momentum this week. Here are my Intentions for the Week!

my everyday life, Photography

October 18, 2020

My Everyday Life Week 42

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 42

Decorating for the season on my dining room table!

Golden hour.

My tomato plants are producing!

This meal never gets old.

LISTS

October 16, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

recipes

October 14, 2020

Pumpkin Pudding Cake

For all of you who loved this blueberry pudding cake that’s in my arsenal, here’s an autumn version- Pumpkin Pudding Cake! This cake is a cross between a bread pudding, a pumpkin pie, and a tasty doughnut. It also kind of reminds me of my favorite thanksgiving sweet potato dish!

Magic happens when you pour hot water and on the brown sugar nut mixture on top of the batter; you get the tastiest brown sugar glaze.

I shared some with my neighbors because it would have allllllll been gone if I had it in my kitchen long enough. So good!

LISTS

October 12, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week – Week 42 of 2020

Happy Monday! Here we are! Another week. I can’t believe we have 10 weeks left of 2020. That’s wild! This weekend we went to a small outdoor (distanced) party for my friend. I also went for a walk with a friend and did a little bit of meal prep (not enough to warrant a photo apparently) and rested. I might have been a little peopled out! Let’s see what’s coming up this week as we write down our Intentions for the Week!