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Bowl of vegetable soup with bread and a spoon

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Bean Soup with Turkey and Greens Recipe

When the doomsayers of the Weather Channel predicted a hurricane that would hit the Big Bend of Florida and churn inland
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Baked potato soup with Cheddar cheese and bacon

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Baked Potato Soup with Cheddar and Bacon Recipe

This baked potato soup recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog in April 2011. There are a few recipes that every
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Chili in a white bowl with a spoon and napkin with red stripes

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Try My Chili Recipe

Chili is not summer food in my house. It's what you get when the cold winds blow and we hunker down in the house,
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Chicken and dumplings in a bowl with a spoon

Food

My Favorite Soup and Stew Recipes

This is a collection of my favorite soup and stew recipes. If I had to pick a favorite food category, I think it would
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Mulligatawny soup in a white bowl with rice

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Mulligatawny Soup Recipe

Mulligatawny, the richly flavored Indian-Anglo soup is so much fun to say, it's almost disappointing to find out the
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Vegetable soup in a bowl on a white china plate

Food

Summer Vegetable Soup Recipe

First published on A Cook and Her Books blogspot September 30, 2012 with the title "Sufferin' Sucotash." Whenever I
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Corn soup with chives in a white bowl

Food

Sweet Corn Soup with Lump Crab and Chives Recipe

First published as "Uptown Sweet Corn Soup" on A Cook and Her Books blogspot August 26, 2010. I'm a fan of all things
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Seafood chowder in a green bowl

Food

Seafood Chowder Recipe

I've carried this recipe around for quite a few years. It's from Seventeen magazine circa early 80s. I remember showing
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White chicken chili in a bowl

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Try My Favorite White Chicken Chili Recipe

I love a "dump and do" recipe, and this one is doubly good because it's a back-of-the-can recipe. Canned good recipes
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