Beautiful fall homemaking on a cozy day🍂

A full day here around our cottage for you it It's a beautiful, cozy fall day; the morning was crisp. and cold, and speaking of cold with the change whether we have come down with some colds We have a slight cold, a sore throat. and maybe kind of like a head cold, nothing major, just something That will go away here in a couple of days So today I thought, well, I have some homemade bone broth on hand. My freezer and I made this probably about two to three weeks ago. and I try to keep that on hand for the cozy fall and winter months, and even in the summertime and I have about four to five soups Ready to go in my bone broth and they're in my freezer, waiting to be used, so I brought that out and set that out, then I thought, well, I'll make up A cheeseburger chowder soup I have I've never made this soup before; this is my first time. Time, and I'm sharing it with you And as I was making it, it was looking a little dull. I thought this doesn't look very good. but surprise, surprise, in the end it's absolutely Delicious and turns out beautifully But I had to go to the market and get heavy whipping cream. carrots and celery, and when I do that, I always buy in bulk because I cut it up and froze it and then when I take out my ingredients for soup For the fall and winter months, I already have my three ingredients chopped and ready to use It allows for a quick preparation time. And I went ahead and chopped up my onions and my celery. My carrots, I've never made this recipe before. As I said, my sister Carrie makes it all the time. So I called her and asked, "Is this how?" You do it, I feel like if you know how to make A creamy soup—it's kind of always the same. And for the most part, she said yes—this is how you make it. and so I started cooking it and I will do my best to find a recipe that I can locate. That's similar, I'm pretty sure they're all pretty much the same thing, you know, someone might just tweak it a little bit and I tweaked this recipe just a bit from Carrie. and that's the fun of cooking—you can do whatever you want want when you're cooking but I will have one similar linked below if I can find one The toppings I used were pickles and grated cheese. and bacon, but next time I will omit the bacon and fresh diced tomatoes on top and It was so good, I was pleasantly surprised. This is probably one of the best soups I've ever made. and I was worried it wasn't going to turn out but I started by cutting up some bacon, half a pound and then washing my potatoes, I found That I really like a yellow, I think it's a Yukon potato. They're my favorite, I love them. And that's pretty much what I buy now. I rinsed them, peeled them, and then diced them into small pieces. not so much that they would turn to mush in the soup but small enough that he didn't have this big a chunk of potato, I feel like The chunkier vegetables are more of a country style. rustic soup, and I didn't want that; I wanted something a little bit smaller and I fried it up Put that aside and then took my vegetables and reduced them down in the bacon grease, which I felt took a little time, but it's okay. I put the lid on low and went about doing school with Violet. And in the midst of all of this, we have had two trees. The one we cut down was last year. and we ordered these trees from fast-growing trees and when I say they were fast-growing I'm talking about how in five or six years they became enormous. and so we had to shorten this one down And I can't believe the price increase from last year. this year I feel like everything's going up but You have to do what you have to do when you're running. a company because as things go up You have to raise your prices as well. So I understand that this guy is so nice and he's family-owned. The company and we really like him, and we appreciate his work. Back to the soup—the vegetables are sautéing down. and once they were sautéed, I added my ground ground beef to fry that up And then I added some flour, maybe I don't know. I don't measure, so maybe a third of a cup. flour stirred into that which I added to my homemade bone broth I had to add some more water. and a bit more bouillon added to it to give it a little more flavor boiled the potatoes until they my heavy whipping cream and my big handful of freshly grated cheese, my sister Carrie says the were soft, and then I added The secret to the soup is basil, and at first I was thinking basil. But I had dried basil; I have fresh. basil, so I added a big pinch of basil, a smaller pinch of oregano granulated garlic granulated onion, salt, pepper red pepper flakes to taste and This soup was so good I was hoping to have leftovers. But we didn't, and that's okay—we will. Do it again, and this was one of our favorites. The girls weren't too excited when I was making this, and then after I made it, they said That's the best soup you've ever made, so that's a win. And Titus enjoyed it; I am very blessed that Titus is not picky. When I cook, he will eat anything. As long as he gets to eat at home, me. and he doesn't eat out much, so he loves home-cooked meals food, and so do I, and this is the perfect cozy fall Soup, I hope you'll give it a try and leave a comment below. Let me know if you've ever made it or if you're like me and you've never made this soup before until now, the neighbor who was living next door to me when We moved. into this house passed away after about oh Oh my goodness, 12 years. And her son is very nice and asked if me and my sisters wanted to go through it before they sold the house and things like that, and asked if we wanted anything. It was in the kitchen, but it was full of plastic fruit, like this. And I thought, oh, that would be so pretty cleaned out with flour. Or sugar, so I got this for free, and I love how wide the mouth is. I think it's absolutely beautiful, I'm trying. to find two others, maybe thrifted, just a little bit different shape but similar to having a trio for things like sugar, flour, and brown sugar, but It was free and I love it. I think it's So pretty in the kitchen—it's very English-looking. and just so different And it was free; I think it makes a great addition to my new kitchen. To go to Walmart today to get some groceries and I picked up that beautiful fall mat, Violet asked if I would have picked one up, and I did. and I think it was around 14 to 15 dollars, not too bad—I bought some Italian seasoning and some chocolate chips that I needed to fill up my jars with I buy the spaghetti sauce from Costco; I think it's pronounced "Raios." and you get a two-pack And I use the leftover jar; I clean it out really well. with hot soapy water, dry, and I use those for my seasonings, and it makes for a rather nice large quantity seasoning that you never run out of A very long time It's pretty as well. I bought some Revive Immunity. cleaner from Amazon, it's the duplicate of the thief's cleaner by Young Living and it is half the price I think the thief's cleaner is about 37, and this was 16. and I was pleasantly surprised—it smells just like it and so for half the price, that's what I'm going for to cut corners wherever you can Made some pumpkin bread that my sister Carrie sent over. to me I wrote it down quickly on a paper because I just cooked better from a cookbook or paper and started this pumpkin recipe And it's so cozy. And so good I will have that is linked below Same to you It's later in the in the evening and I had to change my top because I got The broth splattered all over my mom's top. that's why I changed my clothes the same day, but I Bought some ingredients for pumpkin bread. My sister Carrie sent me and my sister Tara. a picture of her pumpkin bread And I immediately knew I had to make it, so she sent me the recipe. which is very easy, I think I had Made up in 10 minutes and in the oven It makes two loaves, which is so nice. because two loaves is a bit too much for us, I feel like They'll go bad because there are only four of us. in the house right now if I had a bunch of kids and That would be wonderful; it would get eaten up, but With just the four of us, one loaf will last us a couple of days. And then the next loaf I can freeze. and put up and bring out as needed or I can give it to a friend or my mom, which is what I will probably do the next round and then I also have some pumpkin puree left over for coffees for granola for cream of wheat or oatmeal to make it that fall-flavored inspiration, and I got everything and started making this pumpkin bread and delicious, absolutely delicious—it had the the perfect amount of spice for me—it had that really good hint the fall flavors nutmeg and cinnamon Now my sister Tara said it could have used a little bit more. But I thought it was perfect. So I will link this recipe below and if you're looking for a touch more of a spicy fall flavor A little bit more nutmeg and cinnamon—I thought it was perfect. but you might be like my sister and I want a little bit spicier—I whipped this up. and put it in the oven, then pulled it out and It made the perfect addition to our cozy evening here. and I didn't have to cook because I'd already cooked this morning and the soup was simmering on the stove and I keep it on warm so the girls Come in. and eat it however they want, and I'll keep the toppings to the side as well, into the oven at 350, I don't Even remember how long it cooked—probably 30 to 45 minutes, somewhere in there. in between there and then I made some icing with the last Of my vanilla beans, I have to go to Trader Joe's. and get more vanilla paste and I actually want to make some that reminds me I need to go get my ingredients, maybe, maybe When I go to Costco, I'll pick up some vanilla beans. and then make some homemade vanilla That is exactly what I'm going to do. And then I ended the evening outside while Titus cleaned out the pool. I watered some flowers. And it was a perfect cozy fall evening. I hope you're enjoying fall. Wherever you are, and I enjoyed taking you along. With me today, I hope you enjoyed coming along. And thank you so much for being here. And I'll see you all in the next video.