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February 5, 2018 By Brandy 2 Comments

Home » Home & Garden Projects » Motherhood

Cozy Soup and Salad for Two

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Date night doesn’t have to be fancy. It’s who you’re with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! Thank you Idahoan® Steakhouse® Soups for sponsoring this post. Treat your SOUP-er significant other to a delicious meal!

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
 

 

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
Next month we are celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary. SIXTEEN YEARS! A lot has changed since our early dating years. We used to eat out a lot, drop everything and take a weekend trip together, saw lots of movies in the theater, and spent our weekends relaxing.

Then we added a child to the mix. And another, and another, and another, and just when we thought we were done—another.

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
Needless to say, things have changed a bit over the years, but we wouldn’t want it any other way. We still make spending time together a priority. Even if it’s just a quick trip to the grocery store, or visiting with him outside as he works on the car.

He is my person. The only person who truly “gets” me and I love being with him. He took a day off of week recently so that he could help me run out with a few appointments (ie: dentist appointment and taking the dog to the vet. Both impossible to do with a baby in tow!). We also went grocery shopping, renewed my military ID, and had a great time visiting in between stops.

On the way home Derrick said, “Do you want to stop for lunch?” I thought about it for a second, but couldn’t really think of anywhere that sounded good. And we knew that the baby would be waking up from his nap soon so I said, “How about lunch at home?” And that’s just what we did. A lunch date at home—it was perfect.

We enjoyed reheated leftovers around our dining table. Just the two of us. Nothing fancy, but it’s the company that made it perfect.

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
He’s had a few more days off recently and we’ve really enjoyed squeezing in a bit of time together for lunch. Sometimes it’s leftovers, and sometimes I’ll make something just for the two of us.

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
Soup and salad is one of my favorite lunch or dinner combos. It’s also one that my kids turn their noses up at.

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
We like dry soup mixes, and actually keep a few on hand for traveling in our RV. They only require boiling water and heat up so quickly. They are delicious and come in a variety of flavors. My favorite being; Creamy Potato. We’ve tried a few brands over the years and recently tried the new Idahoan® Steakhouse® Soups.

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
One bag makes enough for two, plus leftovers.

Paired with a rainbow chopped salad, and French bread for dipping, it’s a cozy and EASY soup and salad lunch date for two!

Date night doesn't have to be fancy. It's who you're with that counts! Cozy up with a soup and salad date: a couple of bowls of creamy potato soup, chopped salad, and bread for dipping. The perfect lunch or dinner date! 
You can find Idahoan Steakhouse Soups in four delicious varieties: Loaded Potato, Creamy Potato, Cheddar Broccoli and Cheddar Potato.

I’m excited for what the ext 16 years of dating will bring! How do you squeeze time in for dates with your significant other?

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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Diane S. says

    February 15, 2018 at 6:52 am

    We squeeze in time when our 11 year old daughter is at school. We get her on the bus, then slip back into bed and rewake at a decent hour (like 10am!) and then go out for a cozy lunch at The Great Harvest right up the street. If it’s a nice day, we ride our bikes! That is fun for us at this stage of our lives,…and it really is fun!

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    • Brandy says

      February 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm

      That sounds amazing. Any day that includes a date, Great Harvest, and sleeping in is one to replicate!! 🙂

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