Dingo is a cheap date. Jesse not so much.
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lisamoeToday I completely avoided the superbowl. I normally have zero interest in football and the thought of really drawn out football with a million commercials holds even less appeal. I did, however, have a nice lunch with R and the kids at Olive Garden, went to the grocery store, played Guitar Hero, rode my scooter to Big Lots in the beautiful but fleeting warm weather, made avocado soup* (delicious!) and had a nice hot bath. I may yet have ANOTHER nice hot bath actually, after I watch some Rumpole of the Bailey.
It kind of makes up for yesterday afternoon when I took Dingo to Chuck E. Cheese because R had taken Jesse to Joplin for the day for gaming. I enjoyed it that Dingo enjoyed himself so much, but ChuckE is not my favorite place in the whole world. On the other hand, we had a coupon for 70 tokens for $10 and we both hate the food there so we didn't eat, making it a pretty cheap outing, which is something I never have when I take Jesse places.
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*Avocado Soup
1 box of Swanson's chicken broth or the equivalent in homemade stock.
1 cup light cream
2 large or 4 small RIPE avocados
Salt and white pepper if you like (I didn't use any)
Chopped fresh or dried cilantro if you like.
1. Mash the avocado flesh through a sieve so that it's very fine.
2. Heat the cream and broth together on the stove.
3. Whisk the avocado mush into the very hot but not boiling cream/broth. (And the salt and pepper if you use them.)
4. Serve immediately, sprinkling cilantro over the soup in each bowl if you want cilantro.
It kind of makes up for yesterday afternoon when I took Dingo to Chuck E. Cheese because R had taken Jesse to Joplin for the day for gaming. I enjoyed it that Dingo enjoyed himself so much, but ChuckE is not my favorite place in the whole world. On the other hand, we had a coupon for 70 tokens for $10 and we both hate the food there so we didn't eat, making it a pretty cheap outing, which is something I never have when I take Jesse places.
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*Avocado Soup
1 box of Swanson's chicken broth or the equivalent in homemade stock.
1 cup light cream
2 large or 4 small RIPE avocados
Salt and white pepper if you like (I didn't use any)
Chopped fresh or dried cilantro if you like.
1. Mash the avocado flesh through a sieve so that it's very fine.
2. Heat the cream and broth together on the stove.
3. Whisk the avocado mush into the very hot but not boiling cream/broth. (And the salt and pepper if you use them.)
4. Serve immediately, sprinkling cilantro over the soup in each bowl if you want cilantro.
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Date: 2008-02-04 05:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-04 03:12 pm (UTC)Mashing the avocados through the sieve has the potential for messiness, but it was pretty easy when I did it. I suppose you could just mash them with a fork if they were ripe enough, but the soup wouldn't be quite as smooth.
I also suspect it would taste fine with vegetable broth...
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Date: 2008-02-04 09:29 pm (UTC)