This weekend I took a short flight down to a beautiful home for a Bachelorette party.

We arrived late on Friday night with my best friend and I wandering around the house to a lot of wow’s. From the underfloor heating to the library to the kitchen neither of us wanted to leave.

And both of us felt like we'd never been anywhere fancier!

Bright the next morning we began our Saturday by leaving the rolling vineyard surrounding us and driving into the local farmers market and picking up some sweets for what would begin the festivities of wine tasting, toilet paper wedding dresses and loud music.

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Let’s get serious about tomatoes.

They’re often placed in the vegetable category, yet they never assume themselves to be anything but who they are – a savory member of the sweet family.

They can mix with either side. And mix they do, they love to paired with unique and creative ingredients to give your tastebuds a kick.

In simple terms they are a chameleon.

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Like a large number of people, I never considered soup a meal until I read the book ‘French Women Don’t Get Fat,’ where soup is mentioned as an important part of the classy, beret wearing French women’s diets.

This led to a goal to eat more soup on a regular basis. Thinking about it now, soup is one classy meal - how else can you fit a large variety of healthy fare into your day.

The beauty I soon discovered with soups is that there is really no limit to what you can make and it's so easy to freeze and eat later when time is not something you have spare.

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