Now, that's a soup!!

Busy, busy....but want to share what I'm eating for lunch!

Here I am in the kitchen, cooking up something GOOD!

(don't be jealous of my hair, I just got in from running!)

The Musical-Fruit Soup:

1 can corn

1 can black beans

1 can fat free refried beans

1 jar salsa (mild, med, hot: YOUR choice!)

1 can (box of in my case...) veg/chicken stock

some chicken (cooked) 

1 can of smashed up tomatoes (i did a quick run through on my silver bullet)

mix it

heat it

eat it

Easy hun?  and Soooooo good!

plus you could add:

a dollop of sour cream

onions

and/or

cilantro

Ok, go now go get out your horns and TOOT!

Dutch Oven?

So, I made this Pumpkin Rosemary Soup last night...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

Sound good?

Try it right HERE!!!

and just so you don't have to google "dutch oven" like I did, I'll go ahead and tell you what it is.  A "real" dutch oven happens to be (from Wikipedia)

 A Dutch oven is a thick-walled (usually cast iron) cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. Dutch ovens have been used as cooking vessels for hundreds of years.

but also found on Wikipedia, the only version of a dutch oven that I, personally, was familiar with:

A dutch oven is a fart chamber (a contained area of flatus) created by pulling a blanket over some one's head and breaking wind. The phrase is a slang description based on the cooking action of a Dutch oven where food is cooked and steamed inside a closed chamber. Performing a Dutch oven creates an area of foul-odored air in an enclosed space that must be inhaled.^[1] This is done as a prank or by accident to one's sleeping partner.^[2][3]

^{I was only familiar with the 2nd dutch over-Trust me, go for the "real" dutch oven for the soup!!}

^{A pan will work, we didn't have a dutch oven.  I also used vegan bacon.} 

^{This soup is SOOOO good, it's seriously worth going to the site and making it!!}

^{We've had the most fabulous week here in Michigan, the sun is out, the temps in the mid to high 60's...Ahhh, if only it would stay this way for the next 3 months!}

^{Have a great weekend and let me know if you try the soup!!}

^{Any other favorite fall recipe's?} 

Ewww, looks like poo!

Mmmm... 5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake!

Sounds easy, IT IS!

Pretty?  It isn't...

4 TBS: flour, sugar

2 TBS cocoa

mix

add:

1 egg

3 tablespoon: milk, oil, chocolate chips (optional)

splash of vanilla

mix well and

Pour into large mug

microwave 3 min at 1000 watts

(the cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!!)

allow to cool and tip onto a plate if ya want...

Mmmm...

Smells good!

Ready for a bite?

(I know, I know... Darlings outfit?!?! LOVE IT!)

Yeah, so were we...

I wish I'd taken a picture of our faces after our taste!

It was kinda like a rubber cake that looked like poo and tasted like goo!

Aren't you glad I included the recipe for you??

(and a picture of my trash?  Poo cake, Turkey burger package and antibacterial wipes!!)

Ok ladies, smell ya later!

I'll be giving you a peek of my new fabric cuff bracelets tomorrow!!

In the meantime, take a look at the good stuff in my OpenSky Boutique...

Everything Brittle...

No, I'm not talking about brittle bones... I found this in the little free paper that comes to the house & thought I'd post it, sounds YUMMY!

Everything Brittle

2 cups water

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds

1/4 cup cashews (if your husband hasn't eaten them all- Grr!)

1/4 cup crushed peanuts

1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

Cover a shallow cookie sheet (one with a lip all the way around, is there such thing as one where the lip doesn't go all the way around? I thought that was kinda weird) with tin foil & lightly oil it.

In a lg. saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add sugar & cream of tartar, stir until just mixed & wait until mixture starts to bubble & caramelize.

Add remaining ingredients & stir until threads appear. Remove from heat & IMMEDIATELY pour onto the tin foil. Let cool for at least 15-20 min. before breaking up & letting your husband/kids/friends scarf it down!

Darling daughter & I are going to make Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies this weekend, I'll take pictures & let you know how it goes!

Tonight the Mister & I have some fancy schmancy Christmas dinner & a show... He's hunting right now & darling & I are off to a craft show to see what's hot in Christmas crafts. I sure hope it's not a lot of that plastic canvas gunk...

Happy Saturday!