Fall is here and winter is on its way. Today we harvested the last of our garden and prepared the ground for next year. Now, what to do with all the wonderful green tomatoes and peppers? Tonight we made this Tex-Mex inspired soup and served it with corn bread and a salad. Everyone said it was a keeper, so I thought I’d share the recipe while I remembered what all we …

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In the McDonald household, “Chicken Pickin’” time is a highly valued family tradition. Basically, it’s the time when children (especially those who look like they need a “job”) are chosen to gather around the table (little children too) to “pick” chicken meat off the bones after making rich, homemade chicken stock. When it’s all finished, we bag up the shredded chicken, put the rich, golden broth in mason jars and store …

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Depending upon where you live, and what is easily accessible (and affordable), you could substitute shrimp, lobster, or scallops for the crab meat. I have found that a good combination is lump crab meat and fresh shrimp (chopped). When we lived on the Gulf Coast, this was easily accessible.

Serves: 6

3 cups fresh chopped spinach
1 1/2 pound lump …

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