I have this weird thing with soups. With some soups, I really only like the broth. Like, I enjoy chili that has a thinner consistency, so that I can eat the broth, and just leave behind all the beans and meat.

But with other soups, it’s really the “stuff” that I’m into. Like minestrone. I love the combination of those short little tubes of pasta (“ditalina”), ground beef, beans, lots of veggies and cheese.

The broth doesn’t matter as much in minestrone, it’s really all about the stuff.

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While I don’t need to eat a gluten-free diet, I have a few acquaintances who do, for medical reasons. You may be in the same situation, or have a friend or family member who chooses to abstain from gluten for another reason. Whatever the reason, I’m never one to shy away from a recipe development challenge. I love flexing my creative muscles and figuring out a way to adapt any recipe for a specific nutritional need. I mean, I’ve even made vegetarian “chorizo” chili, and fed it to an unsuspecting husband. I love a challenge.

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September in Michigan always gives me crazy mixed emotions. 80% of my soul wants to put on a cozy sweater, cook a million pumpkin-filled things and guzzle apple cider like there’s no tomorrow.

The other 20% is like “wait, it’s 80 degrees today, the humidity is out of control, and I almost sweat to death trying to sleep with the windows open (and #oneflops pressed against me) last night.”

Whomp whomp whomp. Back to life . . . back to reality. Cold salads rather than hot soups are still the name of the game for at least another few weeks.

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