GOOD MORNING!!

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       Well, if you looked out my window today, you would see a scene like the one above.  We have had "freezing fog" for the last couple days.  I had never even HEARD of  freezing fog before now, so this is a new one on me!   It makes it look kinda creepy/beautiful outside (does that make sense??), but it makes for very unhappy travel on these gravel roads.....not only can you NOT see....you can't really tell that it is slick either!!

Moving on....last night I made the most YUMMY ham and potato soup.  Now get this - I am 47 yrs. old and had NEVER made potato soup before! Can you believe it?  My mom used to cook it all the time for my dad when I was younger....he had an ulcer, and whenever it was bothering him, mom would make him this bland-looking bowl of white stuff.....now you see why I never tried to make it before!!                                                      

                                    

Anyway, I got the recipe off Allrecipes.com, which is one of my fave places to find new stuff.  I love that place because you can read the reviews of other people to see if the recipe is a good one.   I like that  because 9 times out of 10, you can save yourself some disappointment if you check out the reviews first. 

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Getting back to this recipe, it's called Delicious Ham and Potato Soup by Ellie11, and if you follow the suggestions in the reviews you CANNOT go wrong....this is some really good stuff!!   I am sorry that I can't just put the link in here for you to directly follow....but like I told you in my introduction, I am completely new to all this, and I don't even know how to do the direct "link" thing yet.  But please gimme a chance.....I WILL learn how to do this.....I am sure it is totally easy, I just don't know how!!   By the way, if you go to the reviews, you can read exactly how I fixed mine in my reveiw.   Just look in the reviews on January 5th, 2010....my allrecipes member name is "kitchenwitch04".   I did take pictures of the soup, but they are in my daughter's camera, which she has with her today.......(I know...not much help am I??)  But really....check this recipe out...but DO follow the suggestions in the reviews, as I found it to be a tad bland without the extra ingredients....but hey, you may love it just as it is.

                                                                                                   

I really think that I have blabbed enough for today, but before I go, I wanted to give a HUGE shout-out to an incredibly nice person that I met thru stumbleupon. Her name is Megan, and her website is megansmunchies.com.   GO THERE......don't even wait....go there NOW!!  She has wonderful recipes, gorgeous pics, and she is a super-nice person.  I envy her talent and her creativity, and she has helped me so much with the advice that she gives me about blogging.  Megan's blog was one of the first food blogs that I had ever read  - in fact, it was the reason I decided to start my own.  I am forever greatful for her help, and it is my hope that maybe SOMEDAY my blog can be half as good as hers.   Thanks Megan.......(By the way...come check out my stumbleupon page....my member name there is Gingerbreadchef....I have TONS of yummy stuff I found on there...)

          

So, until next time.....

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