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soup

Pumpkin Chili and Pumpkin Corn Muffins

November 15, 2011

What’s better on a cold day than a big ole bowl of piping hot chili? Not much, huh? But make that pumpkin chili and it’s a little better, served with pumpkin corn muffins and it’s better yet. This chili is so good, with a slight hint of pumpkin flavor, meaty, and the perfect blend of [...]

French Onion Soup- Secret Recipe Club

October 31, 2011

*Be sure to stop by my E-Cookbook Sneak peek and giveaway* I am happy to be posting my very first Secret Recipe Club recipe. Have you heard of it? Basically, SRC is a group of bloggers who get together once a month. We’re all assigned a blog and asked to pick out a recipe from that [...]

Pumpkin Chowder

October 25, 2011

*Don’t forget to stop by the Pumpkin Linky and Shutterfly giveaway this week!* I am totally digging soup these days, especially big ole pots of soup that I can eat for days, and that my boys love, and don’t mind eating 2 days in a row. This is that kind of soup. Makes a ton, is [...]

Spicy Sausage and Cauliflower Soup

February 1, 2011

Fresh garden cauliflower and the sweetest little garden helper. Makes this Momma very happy! When you have produce this fresh, it makes you want to go straight to the kitchen and get to cooking. And that’s just what I did. This simple and delicious recipe for soup is comforting, and with this huge storm that’s [...]

Crock-pot Chicken Posole

January 18, 2011

We had our first real cold snap here in south Texas last week, and Amy at Simply Sugar and Gluten Free, posted the perfect Chicken Posole recipe, I knew I had to try it immediately. Traditionally Posole is made with pork and lots of peppers, and slow cooked on the stove. One thing for sure Posole [...]

Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Soup)

November 2, 2010

One of our favorite authentic Mexican food restaurants Taqueria Fernandez serves Caldo de Pollo, which is basically a rustic chicken soup. It is such a simple, yet delicious soup, I just had to try it at home. At the restaurant they use pieces of chicken, large cuts of potato, carrots and wedges of cabbage, so [...]

Chicken Corn Chowder

February 2, 2010

A long lost recipe that I am so glad I found the other day. My Mom had this soup at a luncheon once and got the recipe and we’ve been making it ever since, well probably not for a few years, but its back and I am happy. This recipe is super easy and quick [...]

Mexican Chicken Stew

December 2, 2009

This weeks Food Network Chef’s Challenge hosted by I Blame My Mother is Dave Liberman. Haven’t hear of him? Neither had I but wow does he have some great recipes and also a show called Good Deal with Dave. I didn’t have to search long when I found his recipe for Mexican Chicken Stew. With [...]

Pumpkin Soup

October 7, 2009

This weeks Food Network Chef Challenge hosted by I Blame my Mother was Bobby Flay. Bobby is well know for grilling, and me being not the hugest fan of the grill went in search for none other than a pumpkin recipe, its seems I am on a bit of a pumpkin kick, but never the [...]

Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

September 22, 2009

Shortly after DT and I were dating I was introduced to the world of Chinese Hot and Sour Soup. I had seen it before at Chinese restaurants but always thought it looks weird and wasn’t quite sure what was floating around in it. Well it was DT favorite soup and he got it every time [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.