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I have many happy snow memories from my childhood in South Dakota, so when it snows in Texas, I feel a little giddy. Snow here is usually...

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Recipe from my mother, Janice Rand Tucker. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 large garlic cloves, minced 1 large white onion, quartered and sliced 1 large leek, halved and sliced, and soaked to remove sand 2 cups carrots, peeled, quartered and diced 2 cups celery, thinly sliced 1-1/2 cups yam/sweet potato or butternut squash, cubed 2 cups zucchini 2 cups corn kernels 2 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon sage 1/2 teaspoon oregano 8 cups vegetab