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two thumbs up for the amazon bean soup. It was really good and not that hard to make, although i did have to let it simmer for a time on sunday then "age" in the fridge two days till last night. I did not serve it in the breadbowl as advertised, but we had some delicious italian bread, toasted, on the side. here is a picture of it halfway made. After the squash, carrots, onions and garlic sauteed in olive oil, with some thai red pepper paste, i then added water and simmered till it got soft. Then, I pureed half of it, added the remaining chunky veggies, and added garbanzo beans. then it sat for 2 days in the fridge, and then I added a whole bunch of spinach till it was slightly wilted. yum-o-matic!!!!

We have stuck to our menu eating the salmon on sunday and the soft tacos on monday…more on those later.

>OK, after saying we were going to get out of our cooking rut, we were terrible last week, with one exception… so Im going to try to keep up honest by posting a week’s worth of supper menus. So, if you have other ideas that would be great. In the mean time I will report back on whether we cooked *and* ate it!!!

Here are the meals:
Salmon roasted with tomatillos, cilantro, garlic and lemon, with mushroom risotto and spinach salad
Broccoli rabe, white bean and fontina cheese pasta
Pasta and sauce with roasted green beans and red peppers on the side
Amazon bean soup with winter squash in bread bowls
Roasted vegetable gallettes (kind like a wheat flour pastry crust)
soft tacos of some sort
pizza (what is a week w/o pizza I ask?)

happy eating!

>I was running through the cow field’s today by MSU (my absolute totally favorite run). Its a loop of about 9 miles, and you hitch a left on dirt road off of college road to cross through the fields. The sun was just coming up. It was cold and crisp (17 degrees to be exact) and the snow in the fields was pristine white, untouched except well, by the cows and their ways. I was about 5 miles into the run, and just listened to “eye of the tiger” followed by “semi-charmed life” (great running songs – scott takes care of my ipod for me). So I stopped, made a snow angel and wrote ” Hi scott! Love Angie” in nice big letters. Im hoping scott sees it tomorrow on his run, and that the cows dont trek over where I was. Ive only ever seen one other person running in the cow fields. Lets hope his name isnt scott, too!!

>I should let scott post about this. He got to go out to dinner last night with Winston Scott, a space shuttle astronaut who is receiving an honorary doctorate from MSU this weekend. I was supposed to come too, but our babysitter didnt show up, and when i was finally about to reach her it was too late and she was confused about the day anyway (she thought it was tomorrow). I was so bummed. I cant tell you how excited I was to go to the dinner last night. Well, my consolation prize is that he is going to send me an autographed picture when he gets back home to florida. LOL. On the brighter side of things, staying home last night was a blast as the girls and I curled up on the couch and watched frosty the snowman, and the house is nice and clean (since we cleaned it for the sitter!).

>for some reason Bee’s movie from yesterday morning didnt add. So Im trying again here….

>that is the lamb roast is going to that fine couple from Union Street. Just let us know when you are coming. I promise to do some internet research so I know what I am doing when I cook the darn thing. Actually, I will search youtube for movies on cooking lamb roast. I love youtube. No promises for how it will turn, but I do promise the company will be good.

I *thought* about making tamale pie last night (with black beans and roasted veggies). Does that count for getting us out of our rut? (I will admit to making pasta with sauce and broccoli rabe on the side. I wont admit to how many days a week we eat that…)

>as typical, the girls were up *before* the crack of dawn, marching around, reading, playing, you name it. I guess it doesnt help that they have a mom who gets up at 5. Sleeping till 6 is sleeping in late around here. Poor scotty! So, we took two pre-dawn movies to get your day started! Next time you’re feeling a little sleepy and cant get to your cup o java, just grab your recorder and march around like frankie. Sorry the movie is so dark – but, well, it was dark out here. Guarunteed you and yours will be AWAKE! OK, so now Im going to try the new blogger feature of uploading video directly to this site. hope it works, or else you will have to wait till tonight for me to upload these videos on youtube.

>we ordered in chinese…

However, to our credit, I did not order my usual bean curd delight. Instead got broccoli, eggplant and tofu, and scott ordered something new too, but he placed the order so I dont know what his was called. I do remember it had broccoli in it because I snatched some from his plate. (thanks Scott!). In other news, we got a dusting of snow last night, and on friday we are having dinner with a space shuttle astronaut. suggestions for small talk? Oh, so I guess that i means Im not cooking on friday either!

>about a year ago I posted about what a rut we were in for suppers. We we are back in that rut. So, Im making this post to motivate me to try some new meals. Now, it is true that i have tried some new things lately… but truth be told what i have tried is variations on salmon. I could probably eat salmon 3 days a week and be happy but I dont think the rest of the family could or that is even a globally sustainable practice. I do have an organic lamb roast in the freezer, but seeing as how Bee and I are not big meat eaters, Im saving this for when Kevin comes to visit. Heck, or anyone else who likes lamb want to come visit? I wont have any idea what Im doing cooking the darn thing, but you will get some lamb out of it!

OK, I dont know what is for supper… but i promise to post a few times over the next few weeks on some new recipes…. and of course Im wide open to suggestions!

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its been cold and snowy, icey turned raining. So, we had fun with hot
chocolate and christmas decorations! Actually we are heading to
Seussical at the wharton center. Hopefully the girls will love it!