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Wow!  Let it snow!  Two Friday snows in a row and freezing temperatures have kept me in the kitchen for much of the weekend.  I did manage to get off a few shots before it was devoured.  Lots of warm filling soups, chilis, etc.  Love the reason to stay in for a change.  Beautiful to look at through a steamy window in a warm kitchen!  Started it off with a nice nutty quinoa salad with almonds, wild rice, white quinoa, red quinoa, red onion, raisins, spices, etc.  Soooo good for us and healthy tasting!   Followed with roasted red pepper soup (thanks to Kevin who finally got tired of waiting on me to use the red peppers I had bought).  Followed by pinto beans and cornbread which Matthew really wanted me to teach him how to make.  I love it when the boys realize how easy cooking really is; they love to be able to fix themselves good food when I am not around.  Note that one of the next dishes is one Matthew made for us during the week, crunchy chicken parmigiano.  VERY tasty and served with one of Mason's favorites, orzo.  (Thanks, son!).  One flop this week...I made white bean chicken chili again, but put too much liquid in it, so it ended up being soup since we were all hungry and we couldn't wait for it to cook down before eating.  The "soup" was good, but the situation was remedied and the leftovers will be more true to form.  Finally, a new soup recipe from my friend, Yvonne, for beef, barley Italian vegetable soup.  YUM!  The house smelled yummy and it just looked awesome.  The best news of all...many leftovers and we will eat well for the rest of the week.  One note....the refrigerator is WAY too full....come on over....