Menu Plan by Brittany Confession: I have never spent any amount of time preparing a freezer meal. Gasp. I know. I just can't handle the thought of spending hours in the kitchen with ingredients strewn all over the place. I'm as good with long hours in the kitchen as I am with large amounts of laundry. Enter the humble soup. What do I love about soup? I can make at least two meals out of each recipe. Soup freezes better than any other meal, in my opinion. Every time I make soup I get a meal now and a meal later. Problem solved. While we are giving soup a high five, I'd like to add that it is so much easier to get your kids to eat large amounts of Keep Reading

I was a pretty picky eater growing up, and soup was near the top of my do-not-touch food list. Thankfully, tastes change and over the years, soup has become one of my very favorite dinner items. It is the perfect companion for these rainy fall days. And to top if off, soup can be super economical, taking advantage of seasonal produce, inexpensive beans, and those random leftovers in your fridge. One pot can stretch into many meals, and the flavors taste even better over the next day or two! This week I am sharing some of my favorite tried-and-true soup recipes. I don't plan to make seven pots of soup/chili this week (although my husband wouldn't Keep Reading