My Suburban Kitchen

Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full

Thai Butternut Squash Soup

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Did you know that I am a food contributor for Sugar Bee Crafts?  Each month, I share a new recipe over on Mandy’s blog.

A few months ago, I shared one of my favorite soups and I wanted to share it here with you today.  With super cold days, I really love how soup can instantly warm you up.

Some days I turn to the traditional but others, I like to go a little outside the box.

That’s how I started making spicy Thai butternut squash soup. It has all the creaminess and warmth of soup but with some new flavors you might not associate with a traditional squash soup.

Thai Butternut Squash Soup #recipes #soup

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Inspiration Station: NYC Places

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During our recent trip to New York City, I was excited to walk around the city and see all the sites. There was some serious design inspiration to be found starting right there with our hotel and continuing in other places around town.

Some pics {warning…most are from my cell phone so not the best quality}

I loved the pattern in the tile floor at The Standard Grill

Giant overhead shower head plus beautiful tile wall

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Where in the World to Vacation?

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During our recent getaway to New York City, Mathlete and I were talking about where we should go on our family vacation this year. Last year, we did a 1/2 staycation and 1/2 vacation at the beach. It worked out great because we actually got to relax a little and travel a little.  Of course, being only 1/2 the time of our normal vacation, we had to go somewhere pretty close to make it work.

But, we also want our kids {and us} to visit and experience more places as they get older. We briefly threw around the idea of visiting Australia for a family vacation.

We have good friends who live there and it would be awesome to see them!
Plus, you absolutely cannot beat the beauty of Australia.

It might not be 100% practical for this year since we really haven’t planned our time off from work well enough to support the trip but it did get me to thinking and researching Australian hotels.

So, tell me, where are you thinking of going on vacation this year?
Have you ever been to Australia for vacation?

Preparing for Nightmares That Might Come True – Rotorooter

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I had a nightmare last night. I don’t know if it was just a weird night or if it was related to a story a coworker was telling me the previous day about a house disaster he was in the middle of dealing with but I dreamed that our sump pump backed up again and we couldn’t fix it ourselves this time. We tried all different options found on the internet but nothing would fix it.

Picture me in my $10 rain boots sloshing around in our basement trying to DIY a solution. It isn’t a pretty picture.

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Feed Me Friday Blog Hop

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Welcome to Feed Me Friday Blog Hop, hosted by Nap Time is My Time, Great Contradictions and Just Us Four and Eco Baby Mama Drama! Feed Me Friday is a Blog Hop to help you meet new bloggers and build your e-mail subscriptions.

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WTCW #87

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Do you love food?  Do you share recipes on your blog frequently?  If you answered yes to one {or both} of those questions, then you are the PERFECT guest poster for a WTCW post!  Interested?  Send me an email and I will hook you up with all the details!

Now, let’s take a look at look at what’s for dinner next week.

Sunday:  Sundays are days made for cooking! Lounge around the house while a delicious meal, like lightened up Sheperd’s Pie, comes together for your enjoyment.

Monday:  I am really working on getting back into a meatless Monday routine.  I think squash and sweet potato chili is a good recipe to help with that goal.

Tuesday:  I think I am going to rename Tuesday to Crockpot Day.  I seem to use my crockpot the most that day anyways.  This week, I am eyeing slow cooker picadillo.

Wednesday:  I could eat goat cheese on just about anything.  Strangely though, I have never thought to put it on stuffed peppers…until now!  I am going to make stuffed peppers with goat cheese.
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A Glimpse: Birthday Weekend Trip

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Thanks so much to everyone for the birthday wishes!  As always, my family and friends really put in a lot of effort to make my birthday absolutely fabulous.  I am truly blessed to have such incredible people in my life.

One of the biggest treats of this year’s birthday was a trip to New York City for Mathlete and I.  Mathlete’s parents watched the kids and we headed out on Friday morning for a long weekend.  We had originally planned to drive but, with the threat of a blizzard, we decided the train would be the better option.

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Love Wins

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This week is all about quick and easy Valentine’s projects.  That’s what happens when you birthday falls the week before Valentine’s Day and you decide to take the entire week off…you cram almost all of the Valentine’s Day stuff into one week.   Last year, I said I was going to get them all done and posted before my week off.  You see how that went!  😉

Anyhoo…do you read Momastery?  If not, you should…like right now. Click over there and start reading.  You can come back here when you’re done…I’ll wait.

Ok, welcome back.  Did you notice anything over there?   How about an awesome saying: “Love Wins”?  I love it…don’t you?

When I was trying to decide what to put on my little display plate for Valentine’s Day, that phrase immediately popped into my head.  In fact, I love it so much that I might find a different color plate so I can keep it out all year round.  For now, let’s stick to the Valentine’s Day one though…

Now, as promised, this is super fast and simple to make.

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