Beef stew with red wine, my take on the French classic beef burgundy, with caramelized root vegetables and leeks. Comfort food to the max!

Vegetable beef soup, hearty weeknight comfort food. Easy ground beef soup loaded with vegetables in a savory broth of beef stock, tomatoes and red wine.

Instant Pot chicken stock, or bone broth, is so easy and fast in the pressure cooker, yielding a flavorful, gelatin-rich stock in half the time as traditional methods. I got an Instant Pot two years ago and by far, I use it most for making stock.  I’m the kind of person who starts to panic …

Classic French onion soup, inspired by Julia Child and tweaked just a tad, with loads of caramelized onions simmered in beef broth and wine and then topped with bread croutons and gooey, melted Gruyère cheese.

Black eyed pea soup in the Instant Pot, with ham, andouille sausage and collard greens.  No need to presoak the peas, they cook in under 30 minutes in the pressure cooker.  The perfect soup to ring in the New Year and a favorite soup to make all winter long. Happy New Year, three weeks late, but …

Homemade Turkey Stock, essential for Thanksgiving dinner ~ to add to the roasting pan, for gravy, to moisten stuffing and for leftover recipes the next day.  It’s the power horse ingredient for the big day! When I was a kid, my dad always had a pot simmering on the stove at the holidays with turkey …

Smoky ham and white bean soup made easy in the Instant Pot, no need to presoak the beans.

Hearty and healthy ground turkey chili recipe made on the stovetop in under an hour.  An easy weeknight dinner the whole family loves.

Split pea and lentil soup, comforting cool weather soup with split peas, lentils, bacon and ham. Easy to make on the stovetop or in the pressure cooker. I’m not sure why I wanted to make this Split Pea and Lentil Soup last week, but I’m glad I did.  Maybe I got a taste for it …

Roasted butternut and acorn squash soup, a seasonal warm and comforting purée for fall and the cooler weather.