Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Sweet Potato Soup

It's getting chilly here in the North East and that means soup is now a regular meal for our family. I love broth based veggie soups while my husband likes the creamy "stick to your bones" kind of soups. My sweet potato soup is a happy medium :)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup onion (yellow or white)
1/4 carrots carrots
1-2 cloves garlic
4 medium to large sweet potatoes
48 oz. of chicken broth
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
2 dashes of cinnamon
Salt
2 tbsp. Olive Oil

Recipe:
Dice onion, carrots, and garlic. Peel and cube sweet potatoes.

Sauté' onions, carrots, garlic, red pepper flakes, and cinnamon in the Olive Oil. Add a good pinch of salt.

Add cubed sweet potatoes and broth- bring to a simmer and cook for 30-45 mins.

Use an emerson blender and puree soup. *If you don't have a hand emerson blender then you use use a blender.

** Add salt to taste
** You may need to add more stock if the soup gets too thick once blended.

I made my croutons with a loaf of organic rosemary sourdough bread- Yummy!

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

Good Morning! It's been raining like crazy here the past few days...

I thought I'd share my favorite must have boots for the family. Thanks to my husband (who is prepared for any situation) I've started to buy appropriate "gear" for our family. It really does make a difference when you can get into the car and you're not freezing, wet or both! We wear the following boots ALL of the time, year round. My son especially loves his little Hunter boots. He now gets to splash in puddles and Mommy loves how adorable they look on his little feet! I promise these will be your go-to boots!