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  • Chicken Wild Rice Soup
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    Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup

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    This creamy chicken wild rice soup is a delicious bowl of comfort. The recipe originated in the early ‘80s in the Byerly’s St. Paul, MN grocery store deli. It was produced in small batches and packaged in mason jars. Lunds (another Minnesota grocery store) also made a wild rice soup, albeit a slightly different recipe with both white and wild rice and chicken. A few years after Lunds and Byerly’s merged, they consolidated the wild rice soups and the Byerly’s version became the standard. This recipe has chicken in it instead of the ham so it is basically the recipe from Lunds (you can easily swap out the chicken for…

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  • we have given you the recipe for 6 soups that will definitely give you that warm cozy happy feeling inside. Homemade Chicken Soup, Instant Pot Split Pea and Ham Soup, Vegetable Soup, Better Than Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli, Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Chicken Chowder #soup #soups #instantpot #crockpot #slowcooker
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    6 Soup Recipes To Warm You Up

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    These 6 soup recipes will warm you up from the inside out. Looking For Something Delicious To Warm You Up On A Cold Day? We Have You Covered On a cold Fall or Winter’s day, there’s nothing better than a delicious, warm bowl of soup to warm you up from the inside out. Below, we have gathered for you the recipe for 6 soups that will definitely give you that warm cozy happy feeling inside. Enjoy!! Homemade Chicken Soup ​This soup is so easy to make. It will taste like you had it cooking all day. Warms the heart & the soul (& the body). ​ ​ Better Than Olive…

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  • This Pasta Fagioli Soup is hearty, healthy, and delicious. This soup is even better than the Pasta Fagioli you get at Olive Garden! Pasta e Fagioli is another name for pasta fagioli #soup #olivegardencopycat #italiansoup #soup #pastaefagioli #pastafagioli
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    Pasta Fagioli Soup

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    This Pasta Fagioli Soup is hearty, healthy, and delicious. This soup is even better than the Pasta Fagioli you get at Olive Garden! Talk about “comfort food”! This is comfort food on steroids. On a cool Fall or Winter day, this soup will warm you from the inside with its delicious broth, vegetables, Italian sausage, and pasta. Instead of having to go out to dinner (say to Olive Garden) you can easily make this favorite at home. Here’s how… Take one pound of Italian sausage and remove the casing. Add olive oil to a soup pot then add the sausage to the pot to brown. You can use sweet sausage,…

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  • Instant Pot Split Pea and Ham Soup can be made in a pressure cooker, or slow cooker or on the stove top. Thick, creamy and hearty, this soup. | pea soup | soup | leftovers | soup recipes | Instant Pot | Insta Pot | Pressure cooker | Dinner Recipes | Southern Recipes | #soup #instantpot #pressurecooker
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    Instant Pot Split Pea And Ham Soup

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    Two Southern Sweeties Instant Pot Split Pea and Ham Soup This split pea and ham soup is so easy and delicious. You can make it using either a pressure cooker ( I use an Instant Pot that I love), slow cooker, or a soup pot on the stovetop. Thick, creamy, and hearty, this soup is truly a meal that everyone will love. Comfort food at its best. If y’all are like me, whenever we make ham I put the bone in a Ziploc bag and put it in the freezer. This helps me to always have a good base for many different types of soup, however, my favorite is this…

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  • This hearty comfort food soup eats like a meal. With pasta, Italian sausage, kale, white beans and a broth that turns creamy as it cooks.
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    Hearty Sausage Kale & White Bean Soup

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    This hearty Hearty Sausage Kale White Bean Soup eats like a meal. With pasta, Italian sausage, kale, white beans and a broth that turns creamy as it cooks. This is extreme comfort food! This Hearty Sausage Kale White Bean Soup is so delicious! What’s even better than a really delicious soup? A quick and easy one! Y’all, this is so filling and hearty. It’s the soup that eats like a meal and it will absolutely warm you up from the inside out. I have made this many times and kept meaning to take a picture, however, it goes so fast in my house that there is no chance to take…

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  • Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Chicken Chowder is a soup filled with HUGE flavor. Super easy, family favorite, comfort food Crock-Pot or slow cooker chowder. Set it, forget it and enjoy!
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    Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Chicken Chowder

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    Whew!!!! I know, “Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Chicken Chowder” is quite a big mouthful to say, but that’s nothing compared to the flavor of this simple and fabulous Crock-Pot chowder. This chowder is perfect for those cool Fall/Winter evenings or even sitting around on Saturday watching your favorite college football team. This can cook all day or can be done in as little as 3-4 hours. This thick, cheesy, gooey goodness will have all of your friends asking for the recipe. Let’s just get to it! Chop up the chicken, potatoes, carrots so they are all about 1 inch pieces. Add the corn and broccoli pieces (fresh or frozen is…

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    Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup Just Like Mama Used To Make

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    It’s a very chilly morning here,  which means it’s a great day for Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup! When I was a little girl, my Mama would make all kinds of homemade soups but my favorite was always her homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. This is basically her recipe, however, it never seems to come out tasting the same. (If you read our blog at all you will see a pattern here LOL) This is the soup that when you are not feeling well, will make you feel all better from the inside out. (Inhale the steam from the bowl of soup, it will help clear your head. That’s another little trick…

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  • Salad In A Jar is a super easy meal prep recipe that will keep you eating healthy. | salad | meal prep | lunch | on the go | healthy eating| healthy recipes | | #mealprep #salad
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    Salad In A Jar

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    This Salad In A Jar is a great meal prep trick to help you eat healthier. I love salads, I admit it! My problem is that when I am hungry, I don’t want to take the time to wash everything, cut everything up, mix the dressing etc.. Well here is the perfect solution… SALAD IN A JAR I know, who knew this could be so easy LOL. There are so many combinations that can be used here. I have included a recipe for those just starting out but you can make any combo that you can think of. Make up these little puppies on a Sunday night and you will…

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