For the first night of the first blizzard, we made what I believe is a mandatory meal for snowstorms: Creamy Potato Soup! I used to make th is in high school every time it snowed and it became a tradition that I love to embrace today!

My recipe is fairly simple: cut up a bag of potatoes – I think it was 5lbs. Boil those until tender. In the meantime, wrap up some garlic cloves in foil with some olive oil and roast at 400 degrees until you’re ready for them. Drain most of the water from the tender potatoes and mash them. Add some milk, salt and pepper, and your roasted garlic, chopped fine.

I like to serve it with bacon and cheddar cheese.

To go with the soup we threw together a quick Romaine and Spinach salad with carrots, red peppers, and mandarin oranges. Balsamic and Olive Oil, s&p make a quick and delicious dressing.

To top it all off, I made a few loaves of homemade bread. Comment if you want the recipe! Here is one loaf ready to be popped in the oven:

Fresh out of the oven:

This bread is fantastic dipped in olive oil, s&p. We dipped it in our soup and enjoyed every heavenly bite!

The next night, we sliced the left over, dipped it in more roasted garlic and olive oil, and pan fried it. We served it with spaghetti and it was amazing! I hope to make some more tonight!

Get ready for lots more Blizzard baking to come!

Ok – so we got slammed with about 25″ of snow. And this is totally not normal for where we live! But we were prepared… to make lots of food! I had 2 cake jobs cancel (thankfully!) so I had plenty of time to play in the snow and make lots of treats. So I hope to post on all the fun creations we made. I’ll come back with  more details but until then – you can see picts on flickr (the little box on the left will take you there). Here are just a few highlights:

Be back soon!