A week

The girls had a week off from school.  I love it when they don't go to school because I can sleep a little later.  I dislike having to get up so early every day.  They had a pretty low-key week, but not totally slug-like.  They worked on their science fair projects (a little), played with the guinea pig who came home for break, cleaned a little, took a day to play with their parents (see other blog), ran errands with their parents (boring) (we're doing lots for the new house right now), and cooked.


This weekend, I cooked a little.  No one wanted to help.  Tonight, I made a variation on this soup.  

1 32 oz. container of vegetable broth

~3 cups of water

2 bags of frozen cauliflower, carrot and broccoli mix -- note I pulled the broccoli out and didn't let it cook as long as the carrots and cauliflower.  

1 yukon gold potato, peeled, cubed into 1/2" cubes

1 chopped onion

1 26 oz box/can of chopped tomatoes

1 tablespoon of turmeric

1 tablespoon of curry powder

1 tsp. of salt

1/4 - 1/2 tsp red cayenne pepper (depending on how much kick you like!)

2 - 4 tablespoons of organic peanut butter (optional)

1 - 15 ounce cans of chickpeas, drained & rinsed (note, stick these in earlier)

1 bag of spinach (or add chopped greens of your choice)  I used the broccoli instead

My EASY directions

Put liquid (broth and water) in a big stock pan.

Add cauliflower, carrot, potato, and onion and boil.  Lose track of time because you are multi-tasking but note that they veggies are all pretty soft (most likely 20-30 minutes).  Add the chickpeas at the beginning (next time).

Add the spices and tomatoes and cook for a while longer (lose track of time--probably 10-15 minutes).  (Also, add the chickpeas if you forgot to add them at the beginning.)

Add the PB last in case some people in your family think the soup will be better without it.  (Note, it will taste MUCH spicier without the PB.)

Serve in a bowl like soup, or over rice.  (MWH wants to add that it goes well with sour dough bread!)

Last night I made black bean and kale burgers... recipe soon....  (All 3 of the girls ate the burgers!!!  Note, probably only about 1/6 a serving of kale per burger, but that's more kale than they usually eat in a black bean burger, so YAY!)  I also made these again and I'll tell you about them later, too.