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North African Spiced Carrot Soup

It’s fall, and even here in the land of no real seasons, the temperatures are dropping and the nights are getting colder.  And that means one thing–soup season!  I love soup, it’s one of the ultimate comfort foods.
I first threw together this soup about a month ago when my husband was gone on a business [...]

Our New Favorite Green–Chard

I’d always been a little wary of chard–never quite sure what to make of it’s brightly colored stalks and dark green leaves. But when I started hearing about it’s health benefits (chock full of antioxidants, calcium, potassium, vitamin C and all sorts of other good stuff), I decided to give it a try…and it [...]