Along with loving raining days and using those days to test out recipes, I usually put in one of my favorite movies and have at it. Today's flicks have included The Santa Claus ( I'm getting in the spirit...LOVE the holidays!) and The Phantom of the Opera and among all of that, a little football. Don't worry -- I don't actually WATCH the football...I just play in a pool and have to keep up with the scores! :)
Back to the food. Earlier today I made Spicy Potato Soup, a spin off the Italian potato/sausage/spinach soup recipes that are floating around out there. As unfortunate as it might be both my brother and me are both down with a bit of the flu today, so soup was our obvious choice:) This soup is easy-peezy to make and can be altered to suit your tastes. I tend to not make it that spicy as I'm a baby when it comes to heat/spice in things. But this one is very savory and uses Chorizo sausage which adds some nice spice. I threw in some jalapeños and poblano's and it was good to go. Now, I love a good thick potato soup at times, but when I'm not feeling the best I like a lighter broth and this recipe is good for that.
As for a little later on, I think I'm going to give a pumpkin dessert a try. It's basically a pumpkin pie in a baking pan - which sounds great to me because seriously....when is one pumpkin pie ever enough when baking up yummies for the holidays? I'll let you know how it goes!
So don't let the rain bring you down everyone...it cleans, it brings life and perhaps, just maybe....some inspiration!!
Jodie
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