Pascale LeBrasseur

My love of reading, first in French, made me grab copies of books I loved and read them again in English in order to help me learn a second language.
I believe reading is the key to many things and couldn’t have written a better post than the one below!

Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

In a world dominated by gadgets and social media, Americans don’t read nearly as much as they should. In fact, statistics cite that 33 percent of high school graduates never read another book after finishing school, and a whopping 42 percent of college graduates join them four years down the road.

That means those who do read have an immediate advantage over nearly half the population. Influencing skills can make or break just about any business dealings and reading is the most popular way people learn to influence others. No matter your plans in life, reading is going to help you get there directly or indirectly.

Here are 10 reasons why people who read are more successful:

1. Reading improves mental dexterity.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Researchers have found that stimulating the brain in the way that reading does can actually…

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When the head cold hits, I make soup!

That’s a lot of soup for a family of 3!

I don’t follow recipes when I cook unless I’m trying something new and even than, a recipe is a guideline.

How do I make a chicken and vegetable soup?

1. Take all the vegetables out of the fridge, countertop bowl and cupboard

2. Pick what you feel would work in a soup. This time it was: garlic, sweet onion, red onion, purple carrots, celeri, green beans, cauliflowers, red potatoes and tomatoes… I think! All fresh from our weekly farm basket!

3. Add chicken and some chicken broth.

4. Add all the herbs you like (and in my case this week, what I could smell… Remember head cold!)

Emily loved the soup!

Her words: “mom is that homemade cause it’s really good”

My girl!

What about those beets you ask?

I realized we had many beets in the fridge when I took everything out for the soup… So I boiled them.

I’m not sure if Emily likes beets, she doesn’t ask for them and because I love beets so much, I never force anyone else to eat them.

I’m nice like that.

In our farm basket this week we had some nice chard so while Emily only wanted Mac N Cheese…

I let my cooking creativity go and made this…

A little butter, some sugar and a splash or 2 of apple cider vinegar