Food is something that I absolutely love. The thought of
fresh baked brownies or a creamy mushroom risotto makes my mouth water.
My
husband is the best cook, where as I teeter on mediocrity.
However, I do have
some go to recipes that even a kitchen novice like me can’t mess up.
Here is a
soup Sunday favorite my kids can’t get enough of.
Not quite Panera, but just as awesome broccoli and cheese
soup
Ingredients:
1 tbs melted butter
½ onion, chopped
¼ c melted butter
¼ c flour
2 c half and half cream
2 c chicken stock
½ lb fresh broccoli
1 c carrots, julienned
¼ tsp nutmeg
8 ounces grated sharp cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper
2 c milk
1 pack Velveeta cheese (not completely necessary but it
makes it soooo good)
Yeast rolls
Directions
Saute onion in butter. Set aside.
Cook melted butter and flour using a whisk over medium heat
for 3-5 minutes or until you see a noticeable golden brown color in your pan.
Slowly add in the chicken stock and whisk again to combine.
Simmer contents covered (stirring occasionally) for 20 minutes over medium
heat.
Add the broccoli, carrots and sauteed onions. Stir, add the
milk and half and half. Cook covered over low heat for 20-25 minutes, but do
not bring to a boil (the milk could curdle..yuk!)
Add salt and pepper and nutmeg. Cook over low heat adding
cheese slowly (I do one handful at a time to avoid clumping.) At this point I
taste it. Sometimes it’s just right, others I’m wanting a bit more oomph. For
the extra cheesy kick that brings it a little closer to a Panera taste, add the
Velveeta cheese.
Serve immediately, preferably with yeast rolls.
Stays tasty for up to five days in the refrigerator in a
covered container.
I hope you enjoy !
Can’t Let Go
A Georgia Boys Novel
Book One
Chrissy Brown
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Date of Publication: July 19, 2018
ISBN: 978-1717837547
Number of pages: 301
Word Count: 55000
Book Description:
Beau
She is beautiful, probably the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, but she's damaged. Her a-hole exboyfriend broke her. I still want her. I can show her that all men aren't the same. That I'm different. But time isn't on my side, I've only got a few weeks to make her mine before she's gone forever.
Mallory
He's everything I need to stay away from, handsome, cocky, and irresistible. I try to resist him. I really do, but he's relentless. Against my better judgment, I give in and let him have me. All of me. I should have known better.
Can’t Let Go is a heart-warming love story about Beau, a country boy with a heart of gold, and Mallory, a woman scorned. The timing couldn’t be more wrong, but sometimes someone walks into your life and you just can’t let them go.
Amazon
Excerpt
1:
Two days. It’s
been two days without Mallory, and I’m going fucking crazy. I miss her so much
it hurts. I didn’t know it was possible to fall for somebody so fast and so
hard. It sucks; being alone sucks.
Days are hard.
Nearly every place I go triggers a memory, but nights are even harder. Every
time I close my eyes I see her face. Her heart breaking over and over again in
my dreams. I don’t know if my memories are becoming clearer as time goes on or
if my mind has started filling in the blanks. My nightmares get so bad I can’t
sleep unless I black out.
Every breath
hurts, every movement, even something as simple as getting out of bed in the
morning is a struggle. The guilt of knowing how much I hurt her and the
loneliness I feel inside eats me alive.
I spend my days
wondering what she’s doing.
Is she okay?
Is she still
crying?
Is she curled up
on the couch watching Mama Mia and trying to forget me?
Is she out
drinking herself to death like I am as I try to block out the pain?
Or, the worst one of all, did she get over me
and move on to someone new? I think that thought tears me up the most. I know
we haven’t been apart long, but the phrase “to get over someone you have to get
under someone else” haunts me.
Thinking about
her in some other man’s arms, his lips kissing her soft skin, his hands roaming
her body, makes me sick. The only thing
that helps numb the suckiness that has become my life is the whiskey.
I grab the
bottle of Jack beside my bed and take a swallow, then chase it down with
another and another until the pain doesn’t hurt quite as much. But no matter
how much I drink, there’s always a dull ache that is Mallory.
About the Author:
Chrissy Brown is a Contemporary Romance and New Adult Romance author. She lives in Central Florida with her husband, twin girls, two dogs, and the neighborhood cat.
She enjoys the simple things in life, like cuddling on the couch watching movies with her family, reading, Netflix, and beach trips. She reads two to three books a week, but favors stories with strong women, true love, and steamy scenes.
When Chrissy is not sitting at her computer, fantasizing about gorgeous country boys, she is teaching third graders how amazing books are...and writing, and math. She has also been an amature wedding photographer and a CNA (to which she gives kuddos but says never again.)
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