Soup Weather

It has been so rainy and cold. All I wanted last night for supper was SOUP. Warm, filling, yummy soup.

Remember my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days? Well, cooking one meal a week was on there.

Here's what I made (also tried new recipe)

Cream of Mushroom Soup (CD Kitchen)

Ingredients:
8 ounces mushrooms
4 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion -- chopped
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup water
1 can condensed chicken broth
1 cup half-and-half
Snipped parsley

Directions:
Slice enough mushrooms to measure 1 cup; chop remaining mushrooms. Cook and stir sliced mushrooms in 2 tablespoons of the butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat until golden brown. Remove mushrooms with slotted spoon. Cook and stir chopped mushrooms and onion in remaining butter until onion is tender. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in water and broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in half-and-half and sliced mushrooms; heat just until hot. DO NOT BOIL. Garnish each serving with parsley.

Well, I obviously didn't garnish with parsley. But, Ryan loved it. We don't agree on soups; he loves thick, creamy soups. And, generally they have dairy products that hurt my stomach. Since, I figured this would hurt my stomach if I ate a full serving size.

I made some chicken and wild rice soup. I used this packet of stuff and added a can of carrots, can of green beans and some cooked chicken. It was really yummy.

Funny story about chicken and wild rice soup-- He got home from a business trip late one evening, and I had started making this soup. Well, within minutes of eating it, he got very sick. Stuff coming out both ends at the same time. Right before he had left, he had been told his appendix was inflamed, but not enough to remove it. I called his mom and let her know I thought it was time for us to go to the hospital. Well, about 10 minutes after that, I got sick too. Evidentally, I used the old milk in the refrigerator, and gave us both food poisoning! I still haven't lived it down, and he was hesitant to eat the chicken soup last night.

Finally Friday

Yahoo.... it's Friday. And, let me tell you I'm ready. Nothing terrible happened this week, but it was just tiring.

First, I became a manager. On day 3 of being a manager, I had an employee fall and break her ankle. How in the heck do I manage YMCA staff for 5 years, and never have a workman's comp claim...yet in 3 days,have one for a part time person who primarily sits at a desk. The workman's comp doctor for that hospital wouldn't release her to work. I never could get a clear answer from anyone in our company why the hospital was in charge, since we are contracted through the hospital. But, I finally just decided it would be best to be safe rather than sorry. The girl is part time, and she is terribly upset she is missing hours.

Ryan had some sort of bug/food poisoning on Tuesday night and that cancelled our celebration plans.

I was supposed to have a dentist's appointment today, but I waited for about 20 minutes. Then, they let me know it would be best to reschedule. I guess that is the beauty of going to a friend for your dental work. Of course this is secondary to the benefit of him not making you pay your insurance copays. That is the marvelous part!

My beautiful yarn came. It is as pretty as I thought it would be. However, I've never used yarn in a hank before. I have one of them tangled beyond belief.

I'm working on a new scarf. I might actually keep this one-- it's pink and brown. Matches my new brown coat. It's a new pattern, and for me and my ADD, its time consuming.

Ryan has hunters in again this weekend in pursuit of the great deer. Ugh.