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Cheesy Beer Soup Recipe

I hate lengthy introductions, so I'll begin by saying with this pandemic going on, I'm using what I have and avoiding unneccesary trips to the store, so don't beat yourself up if you don't have all the ingredients. Feel free to substitute. And this soup tastes heavenly with homemade beer bread - so check out my recipe for that as well. And without furtho adooooo.... ingredients: 1C shreeded carrots 1 medium onion diced (any onion will do) 1C chopped celery (I didn' thave any when I made this) garlic (use what you have - garlic powder, minced garlice, etc...) 6 medium sized potatoes cut bite sized (peel on or off - you decide) salt (start with 1/2t but adjust according to your tastes) pepper (see above instruction for salt) 3C chicken broth (or whatever broth you have) 2 cans of beer 1/3C butter 1/3C flour 4C milk (heavy cream, whole milk, whatever type of milk is in your fridge) 2C shredded cheese (sharp cheddar is my favorite - but any cheese is...

5 Stars for Bette Lee Crosby's Newest Bestseller "A Million Little Lies"

Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto: I recently had the privilege of reading an advanced copy of A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby and I was absolutely in love with everything about the book. It's an absolute 5 star read with characters I fell in love with! I enjoy the fact Crosby's writing is heartwarming and clean enough for my teenager daughter and my elderly mother - I know I can with confidence recommend this book to anyone and everyone. And the plot twists - wow! I wasn't quite sure how things were going to go. Just when I thought I knew how things would turn out, there was yet another adventure. A Million Little Lies made me smile, laugh, and cry - it was absolutely perfect! About the Book: A lifetime of lies, and a truth too painful to tell. When Suzanna Duff was ten years old, she lost her mama, and that’s when the lies began. At first, they were just harmless little fibs, a way to hide her unbearable loneliness and the truth about a daddy...

Flight Risk by Cara Putman on Tour April 1-30, 2020

Flight Risk by Cara Putman on Tour April 1-30, 2020 Synopsis: Bestselling author Cara Putman returns with a romantic legal thriller that will challenge the assumptions of truth tellers everywhere. Savannah Daniels has worked hard to build her law practice, to surround herself with good friends, and to be the loyal aunt her troubled niece can always count on. But since her ex-husband’s betrayal, she has trouble trusting anyone. Jett Glover’s father committed suicide over a false newspaper report that ruined his reputation. Now a fierce champion of truth, Jett is writing the story of his journalism career—an international sex-trafficking exposé that will bring down a celebrity baseball player and the men closest to him, including Savannah’s ex-husband. When Jett’s story breaks, tragedy ensues. Then a commercial airline crashes, and one of Savannah’s clients is implicated in the crash. Men connected to the scandal, including her ex, begin to die amid mysterious circ...

A Venomous Love by Chris Karlsen on Tour April 1-30, 2020

    A Venomous Love by Chris Karlsen on Tour April 1-30, 2020 Synopsis: The killer whispered-“A pretty damsel...worth a pretty risk." A veteran, Detective Rudyard Bloodstone has fought a brutal battle and witnessed war horrors that haunt his nightmares. Now one of those horrors has followed him home from Africa. A vicious predator, the Cape cobra, can kill a man in thirty minutes. A suspect using the snake as a weapon in robberies is terrorizing London. When the crimes escalate into murder, a victim’s daughter, Honoria Underhill, becomes the focus of the killer. After several attempts on her life, Scotland Yard threatens to take over the high profile case. With few leads to follow, Bloodstone and his partner must now fight department politics and catch the killer before Underhill becomes another murder victim. Book Details: Genre: Historical Suspense Published by: Books to Go Now Publication Date: February 28, 2020 Number of Pages: TBD...