Loaded Baked Potato Soup: A Long-Winded Love Letter to… a Microwave?

Let me tell you about the time I spent an hour and a half making something that tasted like a baked potato… in witness protection. This is a story of betrayal. Of high hopes and creamy promises. Of bacon grease and different kinds of potatoes that conspired to whisper, “You could’ve just used the microwave.“ The Soup That Lied to Me Look, I’m not here to slander soup. I love soup. Soup is cozy. Soup is healing. Soup is what I make when my mental health is in the “let’s chop vegetables to feel something” stage. But this soup? This soup

Creamy Pork Stew

I am not a big fan of pork. By that I mean pork chops, because YOU KNOW I love ham and am having a not-so-secret affair with bacon. But pork chops? Hard. Pass. BUT, since I’m always in the pursuit of new recipes, and diving into foods that I would normally say “No, thank you” too, I decided to give this Creamy Pork Stew a try aaaaaaaand…. I think I just found *THE* winter soup recipe of the year. Really. And it’s strange because one of my favorite parts of this was the pork. It was all juicy and tender