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Sweet Potato & Mushroom Soup

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Potato was our ingredient of the season in 2018. We’re fudging it a bit and group sweet potatoes with their distantly related cousins. You can find our full archive of potato(ish) posts here.

I recently made another pot of this soup, and it has held up well to the test of time. The combination of simple ingredient list with a rich finish make this the perfect soup for chilly winter evenings.

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Seeing as how the east coast is shoveling out from another storm, we’re bringing you a delicious, nutritious, and simple sweet potato and mushroom soup.

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As we mentioned above, sweet potatoes are not within the same taxonomic family as potatoes. Potatoes are in the nightshade family while sweet potatoes are in the morning glory family. If you’ve ever grown a decorative sweet potato vine that bloomed, you would immediately see the resemblance. But for our purposes, this season we’re grouping all of these tubers together.

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Moroccan Spiced Shepherd’s Pie

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Ginger is our ingredient of the season. You can find our archive of ginger posts here and our previous featured ingredients here.

*This post was first published in September of 2017, but we’re republishing it today because it’s pie day!… technically we should be baking this in a circular pan. If you bake it in a rectangular pan for Pi Day, use it as a test and see if any of your guests call you on it. 🙂

I mentioned this dish in my recent farm share post, and with fall right around the corner, it’s a perfect time to add this to your repertoire.

This dish includes all of the best comforts of shepherd’s pie with added interest from the Moroccan spices and added simplicity from the sliced potatoes. The first time I made this we took it to a friend’s house and everyone around the table (from the 1 yo to the adults) loved it!

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We are big shepherd’s pie fans, but honestly, I never make it because I don’t want to mash the potatoes. But as soon as I saw this recipe, I was all in because the potatoes are sliced instead of mashed. The recipe is from Modern Israeli Cooking, with just a few slight variations…  I have a feeling you’re going to see us mentioning this book many times throughout the season!

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Gnocchi with Stinging Nettle Pesto

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Potatoes are our ingredient of the season. You can find our full archive of potato posts here. And if you like pesto, give our Arugula Walnut Pesto a spin.

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Potatoes may be our ingredient of the season, but in this post, nettles are definitely stealing the show.

Read on to see my simple tips for involving kids in your gnocchi making… or you could just teach them how to spell gnocchi and send them on a scavenger hunt in the pasta aisle.  Continue reading …

Japanese Potato Salad

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Potatoes are our ingredient of the season. You can find our full archive of potato posts here.

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With Memorial Day right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about summer BBQ food. Today we’re sharing a new-to-us favorite potato salad packed with veggies. So you can feel good eating it for breakfast.  Continue reading …

Lilac Lemon Drop

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Potatoes are our ingredient of the season. You can find our full archive of potato posts here.

There’s nothing I love more than the smell of lilacs in spring. Their fragrance is intoxicating.

Holy cow, I wish they would last longer in a vase. I’ve tried all sorts of tricks, but I have to admit that I think their fleeting season is partly to blame for my lilac love.

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Today we’re pairing lilacs with lemons in this simple simply delicious cocktail. But I bet you’re wondering where potatoes come in? Vodka, my friend. Vodka.

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Welcome May {2018}

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Near the beginning of every most months, you can find us checking in with what’s coming up on the calendar, both literally and figuratively.  You can find our archive of previous welcomes here, including May 2017, May 2015, and May 2014.

Ahhh, May! I’m happy you’re here, and you’re you.

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Even if you did surprise us with a huge snowstorm midway through the month last year… not holding a grudge or anything.

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Raclette

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Potatoes are our ingredient of the season. You can find our full archive of potato posts here.

Today we’re sharing one of our favorite winter dinners : raclette.

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If you haven’t heard of raclette, don’t fret; it’s not a common meal in America. Read on below as we introduce you to the perfect meal for a snowy day. And if you think we’re crazy sharing a “wintry” meal at the end of April, just know that it’s snowing in the mountains of Colorado this weekend!

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Melting Potatoes

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Potatoes are our ingredient of the season. You can find our full archive of potato posts here.

Given that potatoes are our ingredient of the season, we use that distinction to try new-to-us recipes. So when I saw this post for melting potatoes on Smitten Kitchen two weeks ago, I have to admit that I was a bit more giddy than I normally am over a simple potato post. This was a recipe I had never heard of before, and the results looked amazing!
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After giving it a try last week, I have nothing but praise for this simple side dish and can understand why everyone is obsessed.

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