A year ago this past weekend I married Dan in Austin, Texas with all our friends and family there to witness. We’ve actually been legally married for almost four years but this was our chance to have a proper wedding with personal vows, flowers, dancing, and cake. Heck yeah, it was fun.

Whilst I was away for a week or so last year in Austin, I posted several Texas-themed posts on the blog and I thought it would be fun to link back out to them here. They’re some of my favourite recipes and remind me of such happy times in Texas. Those enchiladas verdes need to get made again as soon as is humanly possible…dang.

> tomatillo salsa

> enchiladas verdes

> chile con queso

> migas

> spiced mexican wedding cookies

>  beans and cornbread

1. Had my second restaurant review published in Metromix. For my local readers: I wrote about Sonora Grill in the Midtown Global Market, which I loved. Highly recommend checking it out…and the article of course!

2. Ate an unusually large amount of spicy sausage.

3. Watched The Kids Are Alright. Liked that film a lot. Seen it?

4. Realized on Wednesday that it was three weeks exactly until our big trip home to the UK! Whooooooop.

5. Started plotting every restaurant and thing I want to eat while at home. Slightly obsessive.

6. Dreamed about soups. Duh.

7. Planned on making sourdough bagels this weekend, after the glory of these.

8. Realised that my only two Halloween costume ideas were a) a banana, and b) a rocket. Send help.

Your turn! This week you…

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It’s that time of year. Finally, Minneapolis has accepted fate and we’ve left behind October temperatures in the 80s for blustery, grey mornings and quickly darkening evenings. And just like that, my body knows what’s good for it and starts intensely craving soups (and pounds of cheese and pasta, but that’s another post altogether).

In the spirit of this season of soup I thought I would share my personal to-make list of soups, in case some of you are looking for inspiration too.

Bean and lentil soups tend to be my favourite and I’ve got quite good at remembering to soak dried beans overnight and cooking them up to use in whatever (I currently have a hefty batch of French lentils and cannelini beans sitting in the fridge). I know you’ve heard it before, but they really taste better than out of a can. Really.

So, without further ado, soup!

Cauliflower Soup with Mustard and Gruyère croûtons – from Gourmet Traveller

Twice Cooked Tuscan Bread Soup – from Saveur

African Peanut Soup – Relishing It

Kale Tortellini Soup – Running with Tweezers

Chunky Vegetable Soup – Butterfly Food

French Onion Soup – Bon Appetit

Creamy White Chicken Chili  from Eat Live Run

And a few personal favourites from this site. Reading back over these posts makes me want to hide inside a sleeping bag and never come out :)

Nigel Slater’s Classic Caldo Verde

Lentils with Kale and Bacon

Moroccan Carrot Soup

What soups are you excited to make now that the cold is creeping on? Feel free to share links!