Green Theme

Tonight's theme was green. Not on purpose, mostly by accident, and definitely in retrospect. Both of the men in my life were donning the lucky color. Here are some pictures of them after dinner, enjoying some fruit and music for dessert.


Tonight's supper also ended up being green. Nico and I went to the zoo late today. By the time we got home it was after 5 and I didn't have time to cook my pre-set meal. No need to panic! I made some healthy fast food.This stuff is amazing. I but it Whole Foods: Taste Adventure Split Pea Soup. $2-3 bucks a bag.It's super fast and super healthy. I recommend this in your pantry. It has absolutely no preservatives, not even salt, and contains only pure precooked vegetables. You just add water to the dry mix and you have a hearty soup. If I have time I like to dress it up a bit. You can add sauteed onions, or fresh vegetables. I suppose you could even add bacon. Garnish with cream or parm. We ate ours with sourdough and some green salad with mungbeans in it.

Thursday Supper

Tonight I made a soup we haven't had in a while. It is a pea spinach soup, an old recipe from Martha Stewart. I tore the recipe out of the magazine years ago and still keep it tucked into another cookbook. Because its best made with fresh English peas, I thought having a kid now would make cooking this soup impossible. I was so wrong. It was a great project to share with Nico. I brought the peas outside with the colander and Nico helped shell them. He was really into it and was intrigued by the whole process. It's a super easy soup to make and very healthy. It's creamy without the cream (skip steps 4 and 5 on this link that call for cream to decorate the soup... oh martha!) It's so green and bright that you feel instantly energized after eating it.We had some warm rustic bread with it. Nico ate the soup too, I'm sure it reminded him of his early days of purees.

Tuesday Night Supper

Tonight we ate al fresco in the Burbank heat. We had portobello burgers with Havarti cheese, and roasted brussel sprouts on the side. I love the sprouts! The recipe I use is Jaime Oliver's, and its oh so easy. Heat your oven to 400. Clean and halve your sprouts. Remove outer leaves. Pour olive oil over sprouts and make sure they are evenly coated, not soaking in oil. Crack black pepper and some sea salt on them. Put them in a baking dish and in the oven until they are golden brown and crunchy. They are better then fries! Nico loves the crunchy leaves I peel off for him.