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I'm not sure what the difference between soup and stew is - except that in my mind stew is thicker. So, I'm calling this recipe stew. I had a few choice ingredients in my pantry and fridge that I wanted to use up and so, I typed in a few ingredients and asked Google search for a soup recipe. (This is the only AI that I use because I'm just not as tech savvy as others.)   The recipe I got back was a great starter. I added some of my own flair and creativity to the soup. Now, mine is not Vegan but you could make it Vegan by simply using vegetable broth. I always think with cooking, you got to use what you got. So, here is the recipe I came up with and I think it's really yummy. Also, if it's too spicy for you - you can use a trick I learned - and that is add a bit more salt. It really works. Ingredients and Instructions Below Ingredients: 1 Tbsp Avocado Oil (or whatever you got on hand) 5 oz. Great Value frozen chopped onion (about a half bag) or (1 med yellow onion, ...

 Make it do or do without... that was a part of a phrase I heard a lot from my Grandma growing up. And it's so true, I have been able to transform and improve a lot of recipes doing just that. Yesterday Crow wanted to go to the store to buy ingredients for a meal, and I was like, show me the recipe and let's see what we already have that we can use instead. The Recipe comes from Sally - I'm assuming it's Sally's Baking Addiction because she uses that blog a lot. Here are the original ingredients and in bold are the changes I made. INGREDIENTS 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 lb ground turkey ( I used 1.2 lbs ground beef ) 1 cup chopped yellow onion 1 cup chopped bell pepper ( I combined onion and the bell pepper ingredients by using pre-diced frozen onion and vegetable mix from Great Value - it contains onion, bell pepper, celery, parsley ) 1/2 jalapeno, finely chopped, seeds and ribs removed ( I used a 1 tbsp jalapeno jelly ) 2 garlic cloves, minced ( I used 2 tsp Great Value mi...

 I decided to make some oatmeal cookies, and even though I had a copy of the best oatmeal chocolate chips cookies already, I tried a different recipe and they were so-so... just okay. So, I searched my blog for my old standby Sergeant York cookies , which he (my brother) calls Vanishing Oatmeal *Chocolate Chip* Cookies and baked them first thing this morning. And it really is The Very Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe on the web - in my humble opinion. Here is a tip, put the butter out the night before so it's soft and ready to cream together with the sugar. Next morning, heat the oven to 350 to get it warmed and ready to bake as soon as possible. Then, cut a large parchment sheet of paper for your baking tray. Okay, great - now we can blend everything up in the Kitchen Aid and bring it together quickly. I may be a boredom baker - but I do things as quickly and efficiently as possible these days. INGREDIENTS 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened 1 cup firmly packed bro...