SuRu’s Blog
A treasure trove of great information on a wide range of topics. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll get hungry reading about delicious food. Lots of great stories from the adventures of the Rubin Rodeo along with plenty of recipes and strategies for better health.
30 Soups in 30 Days: Refrigerator Soup
If you’ve got veggies in your fridge, you’ve got the makings for a great soup!
30 Soups in 30 Days: Stone Soup
Want kids to fall in love with vegetable soup? Cook up a batch of Stone Soup with them!
30 Soups in 30 Days: Easy Bean Soups
Bean soup mixes are an easy way to get comfortable with making soup.
Fall Back: The Benefits of Darkness
It’s time to set our clocks back one hour. If you play your cards right, this can help you to prevent holiday weight gain. Here’s why.
30 Soups in 30 Days: Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Back in the days when I taught cooking classes on a regular basis, I utilized roasted cauliflower as a gateway drug to entice folks into the kitchen. Roasted cauliflower is so darn easy and so amazingly good that even my picky eating youngest daughter is a huge fan....
30 Soups in 30 Days: Carrot Fennel Soup
Carrot Fennel Soup is a roasted veggie soup, perfect for chilly damp days in November.
30 Soups in 30 Days: Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
Canned pumpkin is a no no now with BPA concerns. Its easy to make your own pumpkin puree. This soup is hearty and warming for a cold fall night.
30 Soups in 30 Days: Hubby’s Red Lentil Soup with Lemon
My hubby makes this Red Lentil Soup often in the fall and winter. Its heart healthy, but more important than that, it tastes really really good.
Green Your Halloween, The Final Chapter
Before I get back to work on my November 30 Soups in 30 Days challenge, I've still got some cleaning up to do from last month. This morning, I whipped up a flyer for the neighbors on my block asking for their rotten pumpkins and Jack O'Lanterns! No, I'm not going to...
Meal for Melanie: Chicken Marsala
Here’s an easy basic version of chicken Marsala that any college kid can make.
