I've been making it a point to spend time outside each day and just enjoy the fall time weather. The colors and smells. The cool breeze and short afternoons. I also have been making it a point to get out of my pj's. Its so hard sometimes to get up and get motivated when its so comfy and cozy sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee and the fire going!
We did recently take a weekend trip to NC and visit my brother and his girlfriend. We went into the mountains and did the whole farmers market thing and enjoyed just driving through the beautiful colors. We really do miss North Carolina very much. We would spend most weekend in the mountains when there. Hiking in the fall because the summer was so darn hot! It was a beautiful weekend and we had the best time!
Halloween has come and gone. Another thing that always seems to come and go so quickly. We took the kids on a trip (trip #2 actually) to the pupmkin patch to grab some pumpkins and quickly decided that we would be making a trip to our local Publix instead. $14.99 for a pumpkin? $50.00 for our family to walk through the corn maze? REALLY?
The kids suggested going to publix and the pumpkins were only $4.99 each and just as beautiful as the ones at the patch. We learned that day (again), that its not the amount of money you spend but rather who your spending your time with!
In the fall we love to stay in for dinner, go to the fire pit at night on the weekends and enjoy being at home with eachother. Game nights, movie nights and good food!
We all love soup but differ on what we like in our soup. Husband has to have meat in his soup. This particular soup can be made with our without meat and is delicious either way. This time I decided to add the meat since I was making it for the whole Family. I've made this before but this time decided to add a bit more and make it more of a hearty soup. We served ours with whole grain bread and unsalted butter. It was a perfect meal for a cold rainy night.
I made a big pot as to have some left overs, but you can just use less of things to make how much you need.
*8c low sodium organic chicken broth
*1 sweet onion chopped and sauted in olive oil
*1 can low sodium organic fire roasted tomatoes
*1 large bunch of kale, removed from stems, clenaed and chopped
*2 cans of low sodium chick peas, drained and rinsed
*1 whole cooked chicken, I used a crockpot chicken that I had prepped on prepping day, cut and skin removed
*red pepper flakes, cumin,black pepper, garlic and onion powder,cayenne pepper
I sauted the onions with the spices (spice to taste) and then added all the other things to the pot. added some more of each seasoning and simmered for about 30-45 minutes.
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