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pixiecrinkle) wrote2003-09-29 10:31 pm
pixiecrinkle) wrote2003-09-29 10:31 pm
The best soup on the planet!
So, I was chopping broccoli (which always reminds me of Dana Carvey) to steam for lunch and in my head was bemoaning that I was going to have to toss a perfectly good organic brocolli stem, because I had no use for it. So, I decided to make soup. I still had half a butternut squash that was perfectly good in the fridge, so I chopped that up too.
Heat olive oil. Saute a huge vidalia onion for a few minutes. Add roughly chopped butternut squash. Cook until beginning to get soft. Add sliced broccoli stems, carrots. Add 32 oz package mushroom broth, & 32 oz water. Raid fridge/freezer for more veggies. Add 1c. frozen green beans, 1 c. frozen corn. Then decide to add the rest of a package of frozen spinach. Discover red potatoes. Quarter them and throw them in. Simmer soup for 1 hour. Come back downstairs, and hate the color of soup. Add most of a can of crushed tomatoes from fridge. Simmer while you go to the coffee shop and do homework. Eat when you come home.
This was the best soup I've ever made I think. And it was perfect, because it was the end of me getting sick, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
automat76 is getting sick now, so she had some healing soup too. Vitamins!!
Have discovered a new hangout, I think. The Waiting Room, sandwiched between (under) Piercology and (beside) The Full Monty (yep, it's an all-nude male strip club!) It's owned by the people who own Piercology. Not only do they have decent coffee prices ($2.50 for a large latte, and no extra charge for soy milk!!!) but they also have free wireless internet, including a couple of PCs you can use, and cards you can borrow for your laptop, if, like me, you don't have one. And, between 5 & 6, they show The Simpsons on a big projection screen. So I hung out there this afternoon and got some math homework done, because there was quite a bit of banging going on in the vacant apartment next door. I'm having better luck working ahead in stats than I'm having working ahead in the programming class. I think I have a mental block when it comes to Java.
And, in more dramatic news: ALL THE DISHES ARE DONE!!!! (Okay, well, the martini/batter pitcher is still soaking, but it was that, or start chiseling at it with something sharp, and I didn't want to scratch the silver rim.)
There is a condo for sale down the street from me. It's the same layout as my current apartment, plus one more room, and a half bath. I found the price online last night and it's on the upper end of my price range, but technically in my price range. So now it's time to see if it's even possible to buy in this neighborhood with no down payment and a looming debt as large as mine I guess. I may call my old boss's husband, who is a realtor, and always asking if he can help me look for a place. Hmmmmm....my wheels are turning.
Heat olive oil. Saute a huge vidalia onion for a few minutes. Add roughly chopped butternut squash. Cook until beginning to get soft. Add sliced broccoli stems, carrots. Add 32 oz package mushroom broth, & 32 oz water. Raid fridge/freezer for more veggies. Add 1c. frozen green beans, 1 c. frozen corn. Then decide to add the rest of a package of frozen spinach. Discover red potatoes. Quarter them and throw them in. Simmer soup for 1 hour. Come back downstairs, and hate the color of soup. Add most of a can of crushed tomatoes from fridge. Simmer while you go to the coffee shop and do homework. Eat when you come home.
This was the best soup I've ever made I think. And it was perfect, because it was the end of me getting sick, and
automat76 is getting sick now, so she had some healing soup too. Vitamins!!Have discovered a new hangout, I think. The Waiting Room, sandwiched between (under) Piercology and (beside) The Full Monty (yep, it's an all-nude male strip club!) It's owned by the people who own Piercology. Not only do they have decent coffee prices ($2.50 for a large latte, and no extra charge for soy milk!!!) but they also have free wireless internet, including a couple of PCs you can use, and cards you can borrow for your laptop, if, like me, you don't have one. And, between 5 & 6, they show The Simpsons on a big projection screen. So I hung out there this afternoon and got some math homework done, because there was quite a bit of banging going on in the vacant apartment next door. I'm having better luck working ahead in stats than I'm having working ahead in the programming class. I think I have a mental block when it comes to Java.
And, in more dramatic news: ALL THE DISHES ARE DONE!!!! (Okay, well, the martini/batter pitcher is still soaking, but it was that, or start chiseling at it with something sharp, and I didn't want to scratch the silver rim.)
There is a condo for sale down the street from me. It's the same layout as my current apartment, plus one more room, and a half bath. I found the price online last night and it's on the upper end of my price range, but technically in my price range. So now it's time to see if it's even possible to buy in this neighborhood with no down payment and a looming debt as large as mine I guess. I may call my old boss's husband, who is a realtor, and always asking if he can help me look for a place. Hmmmmm....my wheels are turning.