Well, soup’s in. It’s all gone already. We don’t have a microwave here and my work is not leftover friendly, so we try to eat as much of whatever’s been cooked right away. Including cookies. It’s almost competitive.
Today, after a walk to Chapter’s for kid dictionaries (Ari had a stellar review at the parent-teacher conference yesterday, it was nice to hear such positive feedback), I decided that soup was just the thing for lunch. Broccoli soup. It’s so easy and it might be my favourite. Here’s how:
1. Saute chopped onion and red pepper in butter and seasoned with salt until translucent, then add a tablespoon of flour and stir it around.
2. Dump in a 900ml carton of stock (I used No Name Chicken stock), and add a chopped head of broccoli. I put about a tablespoon of dried parsley and same of dried thyme and simmered for 6 minutes, or until the broccoli is tender.
3. Blend. Add 1/2 cup cream (half and half is what we have here, for coffee) and serve. I dumped black pepper on mine and a handful of grated cheddar.
That’s it. Easy, fast, delicious, the three most important things about cooking.
I’ve been looking for a recipe for apple crisp/crumble. I like it with brown sugar, oats, apples and not much else. Butter, right? I just want the right proportions. Minimal cinnamon.
Yesterday I got some nice new cotton yarn at The Yarn Boutique, near my house, and I made a quick baby toy for friends who had a little girl a couple months ago. It’s made with the idea that babies shove stuff in their gobs, and small enough for baby hands. And no loose strings or eyes that can come off…
Cool how the yarn striped, eh? I didn’t even do that on purpose, it’s the way the yarn was born!
the best crisp i ever made:
http://montcarte.umbrela.com/?cat=56
and i’ve eaten A LOT of crisps.
it is so wrong that that cheese is orange….
I know, in Canada, and perhaps the US too, most cheddar is orange. At least, ALL cheddar is orange that is commercial, and that cheese is pure Black Diamond. White cheddar is everywhere too, but it’s second to orange, for sure. I prefer it, like, why do I need orange dye in what I eat?
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