Creamy Potato Vegetable Soup

It's a cold, snowy day in Colorado, the perfect weather for Creamy Potato Vegetable Soup. Though it has a rich flavor, it's heavy on vegetables and light on milk and cheese. It gets most of its creaminess from my not-so-secret ingredient: potato flakes.

White Chocolate Ginger Oatmeal Cookies

These soft, spiced cookies with white chocolate chips will have you coming back for another and another. They are slightly sweet and almost cakey in texture, but with a nice chewiness from the oats. They are the perfect mid-week cookie to add to your kid's school lunch box.