Last night I threw together a few things on the fly to make soup. I had this package of already-grilled chicken breast strips from Costco that I needed to use up, and of course I thawed them and then didn't feel like using them in anything until nearly too late ( Read more... )

Chilled cucumber soup

2 aging cucumbers, seeded and chopped
2 green onions
bunch of cilantro
buttermilk, just shy of a quart
salt & pepa

Cucumbers, onions and cilantro get pureed in the food processor/blender. Add buttermilk, whirrrrr. Salt & pepa. Chill.

nom nom nom

I just made a really delicious cream of potato and cauliflower soup, based on a quasi-dismal screwed-up cauliflower puree from earlier in the week ( Read more... )

Just kidding. I didn't have anywhere I had to go anyway. But it's cold and snowy for the first time this winter (I mean real snow that will stick and not melt away in a couple of hours). I don't know how we lucked out, but our winter so far has been very very mild, and forty-five minutes north of here has been the opposite.

That chunky celery soup ( Read more... )

Cabbage rolls ( Read more... )

Stuffed peppers ( Read more... )

I am putting this together right now ( Read more... )

Went out of the way on my way home yesterday to go to the international grocery store that's north of Cincinnati. Many many treats await. Tonight I had to figure out what to do with some yu choy that I bought on an impulse. I should know better to shop than when I'm hungry, right ( Read more... )

I'm staying up against my (theoretical) better judgment to watch the reunion episode of Make Me A Supermodel. I am that pathetic. Such a hateful show and so full of the hatefulness. And yet I can't stop watching. Tonight may change that. Of course, there's only one episode left after this ( Read more... )

Turnip and potato soup (variant by me ( Read more... )