Ever think about how delicious soup tastes, especially when the weather starts to get cold and that north wind blows? Soup is not only a warm comfort food. It offers so much more! I call it a "flexible food"! It's flexible because it's easy to make. On those days or nights, when you don't want a big production, you can put it together quickly. Soup offers variety. You can make it with leftovers, low fat, dairy free, with meat or fish, all veggie, or with a cream base. To me,

Now that October is upon us, it’s time to plant the garlic! There are two varieties of garlic, softneck and hardneck. The “neck” of garlic is the stem of the plant. Hardneck garlic tends to grow larger, produces a garlic scape (an edible stalk that is great for pesto, stir fry, and etc.), is hardier in Northern climates, and has more of a complex flavor than a softneck garlic (softneck is what is in the grocery store). Garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow! Like any crop