Half way through winter I start itching for fresh produce.  I’m grew up in Hawaii where so much fresh produce is available year round because of the mild weather.  While we love our root vegetables and kale chips, I start craving the things I see in the store that I know just won’t taste as good out of season.  That’s when I remembered that I had a bag of corn in the freezer that I cooked and froze the moment I got it home from the farm last fall.  The soup I turned it into has now become one of our favorite soups of all time! Read more

This is one of the cheapest soups you can make!  Using the leftover turkey carcass from your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner to make turkey stock, and filling the soup with torn up turkey scraps makes this very affordable.  Add in some really low cost ingredients like barley, carrots, celery and peas and you have a hearty winter soup recipe that will help your budget last until you pay off the Christmas debt! Read more

Are you wondering what to do with that rich and flavorful turkey stock you made with your holiday turkey carcass?  Or how in the world you’ll eat all that leftover turkey before it goes bad?  This homemade ramen recipe is so simple to make and each slurp of fresh vegetables, turkey and noodles warms both your belly and your soul. Read more

Happy Thanksgiving my friends! I’m sure for the past two weeks you’ve been inundated with turkey recipes, but have you thought about what to do with your turkey carcass?  If you don’t make turkey stock once the meat is picked clean from your bird, you’re missing out!  Whether you plan on turkey soup, turkey casserole, turkey risotto or other fun ideas to use up your leftover holiday poultry, the stock is a necessary step.  Even better, it’s easy, and a great way to get more food for the hard earned money you plunked down for that turkey! Read more

If you’re looking for autumn in a bowl, this is the recipe for you.  I wanted to make a recipe for butternut squash soup that would use affordable and seasonal ingredients, as well as appeal to my husband.  It also needed to be healthy, no heavy cream and light on the butter.  Not only did I meet all those qualifications, but this is  a SUPER simple butternut squash soup because it’s all made in one pot. Read more