Behold the humble bowl of beans, warming comfort in the late winter chill. Italian White Beans, creamy and garlic infused create a master recipe – versatile, flexible, easily transformed into a variety of dishes – a bowl of little white jewels, a Bijouxs Basics everyday beauty.
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January, soup month at Bijouxs concludes with a bowl of soup that is a super bowl for next Sunday, especially if you are looking for a healthy alternative for a food obsessed day of sports. Greek Lemon Soup cooks up super-quick (microwave option), creamy and satisfying, yet leaves room for cocktails and nibbles of course – a little jewel of a soup.
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Bijouxs is keeping it simple this month with a version of classic tomato soup. Winter’s blustery days are softened by a bowl of tomato soup – the classic comfort soup is warmed with gentle spices, so light a fire in fireplace and curl up for a simple cozy soup meal.
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“Simplify, simplify, simplify!” Henry David Thoreau’s words still ring true in 2012. A simple way to simplify? Soup meals are a healthy little change that lightens your weekly menu. Simple Pea Soup captures some of the fresh ingredients of winter into a bowl of calm comfort.
Standing alone at midnight on a dark, cold train platform somewhere in the Alps, the train bound for Florence pulled in slowly and stopped, with only one door opening near the front car. Scrambling with my luggage in tow to reach the only open door, I was met by a porter who informed me that due to a train strike I would not be boarding my sleeping car as assigned, however a few hundred lire later I was onboard, the sole passenger on a ghost train bound for Florence.
