A few weeks ago I was talking with my friend Amy D, and she was confessing that she could eat soup every night. "Me too!" I exclaimed.

So what are two soup mavens to do? Create a cookbook just of soup recipes, of course. We decided to compile all of our favorite, old recipes as
well new ones. Here is the latest experiment: Late Summer Corn Soup. It came out pretty darn good. (But boy did shucking the corn make a bit of a mess. When I opened up the silverware drawer the next day I found a few runaway corn kernels!)

It's been fun to try out the recipes and then sit down and 'critique' the meal. Was there too much salt? Not enough garlic (that would be my complaint!)  or too bland? We make notes on our findings. The ones that get the highest score will make the cut for our book. I'll be posting a recipe or two on the blog, so stay tuned.

By the way, did you get your copy of the Practice Building Essentials? I certainly hope so, I've created it out of so many requests that I have gotten this past year. I promise you it will take the guesswork out of wondering what you need to have in place to have a safe and successful Practice. C*lick here for details

I not only take notes of what is working and not when it comes to cooking, but also in marketing.  I certainly don't want to repeat mistakes that cost me time, money or my energy. This particularly is true when it comes to evaluating who we serve in our Practice.

And in an upcoming post I'll be sharing how you can avoid clients and patients that drain you while attracting more ideal folks.