It’s been a while since I’ve shared a recipe post here! As you may know Joe and I were away visiting family in Australia for about 6 weeks and we just returned back to England about a week ago. As you may imagine our trip was AMAZING and it was just incredible to be able to spend that time with our families and also catch up with friends. I won’t lie, it was hard to leave (again!) and I’ve definitely felt the impact of being away from everyone. Although I’m pretty used to it by now, when you spend a big chunk of time away like that it’s always hard at first to get back into your routine. Anyway other than spending time with family and friends we got to enjoy some GREAT weather while we were there as well, granted it did rain a couple of times but other than that the weather was nice and warm and I definitely took advantage of it! I’m just kind of sad that we missed out on the heatwave that happened this past week with temperatures in the high 40′sC/100′sF! Yeh I might sound crazy wanting to have heat like that but this cold, wet weather in England is making me wish we could just have one day of sunshine and hot weather…. you know the whole ‘the grass is always greener’ thing.

Anyway since it is cold and since the weather is not on the list of things I can control I’ve been using it to my advantage to make delicious warming meals. My slow cooker/crock-pot has been getting a good workout with making bone broths and slow cooked meats, and of course one of the best ways to keep warm is with a nice big bowl of steaming hot soup! [Read more…]