Author Archive | Bev Weidner

Creamy Kale, Macaroni and Sausage Soup

Creamy Kale, Macaroni and Sausage Soup / Bev Cooks

If you scroll back on the blog a few weeks, you can clearly see we’re in soup season. The slurping is unhinged! And we love it. This one is so yummy, you will want to punch something. It’s actually a riff on an older recipe of mine, but I wanted it more simple (simpler?), so […]

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Friday Flotsam

fall trees / bev cooks

Frrrrrrreeeeeeeeennnnnnddeeeeeeeennnnnnnd! We have nothing this weekend. (!!) No plans. Nothing. Nada. At all. Zip. Zilch. No soccer. No football. NERTHRIN. Which means I plan to fill it up immediately. Ha! Oh. But in the ways that *I* want to. And one of those things I need your help on, because we’re going to brainstorm our […]

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Friday Flotsam

pumpkins and kids / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrappy Halloweeeeeen! Now listen. Before we go any further here today, we need to address a serious topic. A sensitive issue. I don’t like to bring it up just as much as the next Joe. But. It needs to be said. Here and now. The supreme Halloween candy is, and will always be a Snickers […]

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Creamy Potato and Broccoli Soup

Creamy Potato and Broccoli Soup / Bev Cooks

You know we’re in full-on Slurp Season, right? Right. And this creamy potato and broccoli soup might just do you in forever. Not only is it a complete cinch to pull together, it’s like a giant hug. You will feel so happy. So, so happy. We’ll cube up a few russet potatoes. We’ll take a […]

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Friday Flotsam

pumpkins and hand / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriday! (<–didn’t see that coming, eh?) Okay, I’m surprised at the amount of people in my stories who don’t know what a Boo Bag is! Is this a regional thing? A midwest thing? There were a few messages from the New England area asking what the heck a boo bag is….what!! It’s just a bag […]

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Polish Sausage with Creamy Polenta

Polish Sausage with Creamy Polenta / Bev Cooks

We’re talking about six ingredients here so I feeeeeeel like you’ll diggeth. Polenta is often overlooked, and I think that is a life catastrophe. It’s creamy, it’s comforting, it’s simple to make and screaaaaams home. Plus the bag lasts forever. You only need one cup at a time to make a few heaping servings. (I […]

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Friday Flotsam

fall tree / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsamflot! Do you guys want to know what kind of mini stroke my brain had this week? I’m almost embarrassed to tell you. Almost. I was skimming some early-bird Christmas list on some site, read the word “wristlet” and was like, what? Wristlet? What is that? You mean bracelet? Then the photo a few lines […]

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One Pan Creamy Gnocchi with Beef and Tomatoes

One Pan Creamy Gnocchi with Beef and Tomatoes / Bev Cooks

One-pan-dinner alert! (Also it has spinach in it so it’s basically a salad. Don’t tell anyone I said that.) This right here? It’s what these autumn nights are made for. Comforting, flavorful, creamy, decadent without feeling like a total gut bomb. And you saw the thing about it being in one skillet, right? Right. We’ll […]

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Friday Flotsam

ivy / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-special edition coming to you today! Life of a Showgirl Edition. Are we even ready for it? I need your initial thoughts on the album. The vibes. The messages. The sounds. The production. The lyrics. I have to be honest, it’s not really what I expected. And I’m so glad! Hahahah. Don’t get me wrong, […]

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