we had a lazy supper too.. my hubby worked tonight so i made my dd scrambled eggs and cheese and i had guacamole and chips ush: lol!
i did do 50 mins on the elliptical today! hehe
i did do 50 mins on the elliptical today! hehe
anyone have a good recipe for eggplant? i've never cooked it before but i bought one to try
We were supposed to have black bean soup tonight. I just ordered a bunch of heirloom beans and couldn't wait to make this soup out of the midnight beans. It's a crock pot recipe so at 8 am this morning I'm in the kitchen chopping onions and jalapenos. Not what I want to smell in the morning. Got my soup together and smelled it all day- yummy. A little bit ago I added the cilantro and salt and... oops... waaaaaaay to much salt.ush: It tasted so good and now it tastes like saltwater. I'm going to make another batch tomorrow and leave the salt out and then combine them. I'll have to use regular old black beans though because that was my only bag of midnights. I'm so freaking aggravated I can't even tell you. I did get all of my chopping done this afternoon so at least I won't have to deal with that in the morning.
So, we're going out for pizza.
I think I remember reading that if you oversalt something, some sugar will neutralize that. Might be worth a try....
Our veggie dinner last night was homemade pizza, I bought frozen pizza dough and rolled it out, and used Whole Foods roasted garlic pasta sauce (my favorite!!) and fresh mozarella. Just wish I'd had some basil to go on top but it was good anyway, and really easy.
I LOVE BARLEY!
Here's my very own soup recipe:
1 C pearled barley
3 C water
pinch salt
2 lg carrots
3 stalks celery
½ large sweet onion
2 big leaves of Chard
Olive oil
Salt
pepper
Rosemary
Thyme
1/8 C Shoyu sauce
6 C water
Cook the barley with a pinch of salt in 3 C water about 1 hour or until most of the water is absorbed. It will cook more in the soup, so it isnt critical.
Get a big soup pot ready- coat bottom with olive oil and let it heat up on medium. Chop onion and put in pot. Chop carrot and add to pot. Chop celery and add to pot. Last, cut up chard removing stems and add on top. By now onions should be clear and chard should be wilting. Throw in about 1t of salt, 1t of rosemary and 1t of thyme. Add some fresh ground black pepper. When it all looks nice and cooked down, add the 6 cups of water and Shoyu sauce. Bring to a simmer and cover. When the barley is ready add it to the pot. Let it cook for another 20 min or so. Taste and add more salt/pepper/shoyu if needed.
At this point, get out the blender fill it with about 2C of the soup- everything, broth veggies and all. Dont put the lid on tightly so the steam doesnt explode the top off. Whirl it up really good and add it back into the pot. This makes the soup very thick, smooth and satisfying. Soup can be served now but it wont hurt it if you want to leave it on the stove a while longer.