COZY AUTUMN WILD RICE SOUP FOR DINNER

 I was online looking at various fall

soup recipes and today I made one for

our dinner tonight:

Our weather has turned cooler and I

imagine the leaves will begin to turn now.

Each day now, I have to pick up the

 acorns and walnuts in the back yard.

I try to get them before the squirrels

bury them.  That's impossible but I try.

The Cozy Autumn Wild Rice Soup is

perfect for fall!  I served it with the

$1.00 French Bread loaf from Walmart.

I buy them and immediately divide that

long loaf into several cartons and put

that in the freezer.  That way, it doesn't 

get stale before we eat it.  My husband

actually loves it for toast.

Like you I often put my own spin on a 

recipe and change one or more things.

In this case, I used 1 cup brocolli instead

of kale, I used 1 medium sweet potato and 1 

medium regular potato.  I also added 1 cup

fresh green beans and used red onion instead

of white.  I cooked 2 small chicken breasts

in 6 cups of water.

We loved our soup and you might

like to try it too. 

CHOWNING'S TAVERN BRUNSWICK STEW

For some time I have been wanting to make a recipe I copied off one of my favorite food blogs FROM A WRITERS KITCHEN

I grew up on the lower peninsula which used to be called Tidewater,  Virginia and graduated from York High School at Yorktown in 1966.  Trips to Williamsburg and Jamestown were yearly and back in the "old days" we had a free pass to all the locations in historic Williamsburg.  My husband and I also lived in Newport News in the late 70's - early 80's and ate a Chowning's Tavern.

 Some good old colonial cooking!  After making this last night, I was able to freeze a good portion for future comfort food!        

HERE IS THE RECIPE FROM BONNIE:       http://fromawriterskitchen.blogspot.com/2010_06_10_archive.html