I hope everyone had a good Oscar weekend. The show was pretty predictable. Poor Marty S. lost for a fifth time. Tom was so upset about it that he had to leave the room & vowed to never watch the Oscars again(we've both said that before).

Now the cooking update. I didn't make Nigella's poached egg dish, but Tom's on vacation so I'll make it this week. I did make my Mom's sausage & pepper recipe & it turned out great. I'm definitely putting it in the cookbook. I also made my co-worker, Chris Major's, minestrone soup recipe. It was so good & easy to make. Here's the recipe for it:
INGREDIENTS
1 lrg onion-diced
3 med carrots- sliced
3 celery stalks- chopped
2 potatoes-skinned & diced
2 cups of fresh spinach- chopped
5 cloves garlic- chopped
1/2 cup parsley-chopped
5 lrg leaves fresh basil-chopped
10 slices pancetta- diced (hickory-smoked bacon can also be used)
1 15oz can cannelini beans-strained & rinsed
1 15oz can diced tomatoes
20oz of beef or chicken stock
dash red pepper flakes
salt & pepper to taste
3 TBLS olive oil
-Put olive oil in lrg soup pot & put on med heat.
-Add onion, celery & carrots. Cook & stir for about 8 minutes.
-Add garlic, chili flakes, pancetta & dash salt/pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
-Add potatoes. Cook for 3 minutes.
-Add canned tomatoes, spinach & beef/chix stock(I used 15oz beef & 5oz chix stock). --Add dash salt/pepper & cook & stir for 10 minutes.
-Put half of beans in blender with a few spoonfuls of liquid from soup. Blend & stir into the pot.
-Simmer until thick. About 10-15 minutes.
-Add basil, parsley & remaining 1/2 of beans & dash salt/pepper.
-Cook for another 10 minutes.

Posted by Dawn Falcone @ 6:01 AM 7 comments

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