Sunday is for comfort food. Today’s dish is a take on breakfast hash as a soup. Let’s call it maple butternut squash soup.

Browned breakfast sausage
Butternut squash
Cauliflower
Onion (sautéed w/butter)
Pepper
Garlic
Chicken bone broth
Maple syrup
Salt/pepper

Slow cook and enjoy!

Chef’s Tip #4

Take risks in the kitchen!

No I’m not recommending that you pull out that replica samurai sword hanging on your wall to fruit ninja your tomatoes… try something new that pushes your palate. Maybe you’ve got a recipe that the kids have had 100 times. Sure they like it but let’s get them interested and keep them guessing!

Twist it - Take that winter chili recipe and move it into the next season by brightening it up with something sweet like pineapple.

Make it festive - for cinco de mayo smother grandma’s meatloaf recipe in enchilada sauce and add bell peppers to the base mix.

Go off the deep end - find an ingredient that you don’t use often or never have tried in combo. Plantain sweet potato pie?!?!

- Take a ready made pie crust
- Boil your sweet potatoes and drain
- Pan-fry your plantain chunks in some coconut oil
- use a mixer (or by hand) to combine the two until smooth
- mix in some Greek yogurt or cream cheese
- add an egg or two
- mix in some brown or coconut sugar
- salt well PLEASE
- pour into your pie crust and bake

Additional options: for a firmer pie mix in some gelatin or tapioca flour. For a tropical twist try some jerk seasoning and/or lime zest.

Have fun with it! 👨‍🍳

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Much love and happy new year!

Chef’s Tip #3

Unused ingredients are a great opportunity to get creative.

Some leftover ingredients from our Thanksgiving feast turned into this beautiful fall chili.

We had extra… Turkey bone broth, sweet potato, butternut squash, onions, peppers, tarragon, thyme, sage and garlic.

Added… ground chicken (the turkey got saved for sourdough melts Mmmm) tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, paprika, coarse salt and liquid smoke.

Slow cooked all day and the house smells WONDERFUL!

For the broth just throw the unused turkey parts in the instant pot for an hour with some liquid, veggies and seasoning then strain.

Bonus tip… don’t throw out that old sourdough. Cube it up, sprinkle it with garlic salt and bake in the oven. We added some shredded cheese at the end today.

Happy belated Thanksgiving to all and to all a good night 👨‍🍳

Grilling with the boys. My personal recommendation is to let these beauties warm to room temp over a few hours with moderately heavy seasoning. Throw them in the oven (cast iron if available) at 250 for a while. Rip a hot grill or tallowed pan to sear 👨‍🍳’s 💋 let it rest before cutting.