Life with the Cole’s
Oh the joy I feel when the first fall breeze blows through tickling your skin and signaling to you that relief is coming. It's like God is speaking to your soul that crisp, lazy mornings are in the near future. Where the fireplace glows every evening and you get to unabashedly enjoy everything pumpkin, apple, maple spice thing you deprive yourself of the rest of the year. So basically, it’s the best time of the year for me!
Maybe it’s because I am outside so much but I feel the burden of the Earth this time of year. Its dry {usually}, leaves are becoming harder to maintain on the trees, shrubs and plants, the flower field is becoming increasing hard to keep happy with light hours dwindling and it just feels like the Earth is tired of sustaining all this beautiful life that it sustains. It’s time for rest. Maybe that sounds crazy that I view Earth as one of my children that needs a rest. But really it’s just me saying ‘you’ve done well these hot months and we have made it through. Now let’s all hibernate for the winter.’ Like Earth really cares what I have to say yet here I am saying it.
But I’m a mother of three who has two at home all the time and am trying to give my business a kickstart. Who has time for rest? I kid. Even I take the time to enjoy the fall and the relief it can bring. In honor of slightly cooler temperatures coming, I want to share one of my very best and most requested recipes. This one seems quite fitting to be the first one on the blog. White Chicken Lasagna Soup!
I am a soup lover. I love the fact that you can “edit” as you go, testing with each stage to make sure the favors are coming out how you like them. Sometime in the last few years I heard it referred to as ‘cooking with feeling’ and that is exactly what I like to do! It’s also why baking can be difficult for me to get right since it has to be perfect before putting it in the oven. This soup recipe takes about one hour from start to finish and I love serving with some fresh sourdough bread. Or just with a little extra parmesan cheese on top because really it’s a full meal by itself without extra carbs. {What's life without carbs thought? Especially long fermentation carbs!}
Click the first picture to get this delicious recipe!
As noted by the picture above, my dutch oven has made this recipe several times and it won’t fail. A heavy bottomed pot is definitely the best choice for this soup. It cooks so even and keeps it warm for hours afterward so you can keep coming back for more! The best part of this soup is that it is very flexible. You can add or subtract ingredients you may not like for ones you do like.
You be sure to give this recipe a taste this fall and let me know what you think. Promise it will quickly become one of your favorites! Stay rooted y’all. Blessings.
Jody
