Old Favorites Come Around Again

Once again, it’s been a really long time…where have the past few weeks gone?

This week I was inspired to write again because I have been dusting off some favorite old recipes. And by dusting off, I mean looking them up here on my own blog, which has become sort of my online favorite recipe box!

The motivation for reaching back for old favorites has been multi-faceted. First, although the weather has not consistently acted like it here, it’s technically spring now, and on our few warm and sunny days I have found myself craving and making things I first discovered last spring and summer, like Broccoli & Avocado Salad and Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad.

Next, those really uncooperative cold, rainy weather days like today have rekindled my desire for thick, creamy, warming soups like Potato Leek Soup and Winter Squash Stew.

I’ve also been fairly exhausted by pregnancy and a lingering coming-and-going cold over the past few weeks, so making old standbys rather than shopping for and trying out new ones has simply been more appealing. Hopefully these “oldies” for me will be new for some of you, and I’ll aim to discover at least a couple of new recipes and/or ingredients in the next few weeks and share!