One of our favorite springtime activities in the Chicago area is stepping back in time at Kline Creek Farm for their Lamb & Wool Festival. Typically occurring toward the end of April, the 2017 festival will be Saturday, April 22 & Sunday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but …
This time of year we fall back in love with soups. So many yummy, comforting options. One of our favorites is Potato Leek Soup – we make it a variety of ways & some take longer than others but this version is easy for a weeknight or a quick lunch on the weekend – serve it with some warmed-up, crusty bread & you’re all set!
Enjoy & happy cooking!
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We have a bit of a love affair with different soup noodles…so many fun shapes & any of them will go perfectly with this super easy & versatile soup. Our daughter chose Garofalo Farfalline Pasta this time around but any of your favorites will be a great addition. For this latest batch of soup, we used Johnsonville Mild Italian Sausage but love using different sausages from our local butcher shop and spicier varieties as well.
Once the soup has been ladled into the bowls, we typically finish things off with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of freshly grated imported Pecorino Romano, which we always have on hand in our home. Yum!
Have fun, play with your seasonings and flavors — soup is one of the easiest meals to change up to suit your mood.
Enjoy & happy cooking!
I shot that photo during our latest trip to Maine. My family had walked ahead a bit and I watched them as they carefully hopped from one tree stump step to the next. The water was still ice-cold since it was mid-spring so our little one was a bit hesitant at first about falling in. I remember my husband telling her “It’s okay. Just go slow and be patient…you can do it!”
While researching nature quotes this week, I read one that reminded me of that day & this particular image I captured…and it’s a wonderful reminder to slow down a bit. Great advice for all of us in this hectic world we live in:
Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Here are several other great quotes — hope you all find something fun to do outside this week!
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
— Albert Einstein
All good things are wild and free. — Henry David Thoreau
Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.
— Vincent van Gogh
The Earth laughs in flowers. — E.E. Cummings
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
— Margaret Atwood
What adventures do you have planned for this season?
