I want to report (although my honesty may jeopardize my Domestic Disaster status) that I made two new recipes over the weekend. Both were given favorable reviews. I made “Lentil Barley Stew” out of the “More with Less” cookbook (http://www.mph.org/hp/books/mwlcook.htm). Dave thought it was great. Alex told me it was delicious. (We let Joseph leave the table and I forgot that he had not eaten. He found a giant candy bar I’d bought from a neighbor’s child for a school fundraiser and ate the whole thing… So, I guess my DD status is secure.) And I made a Bisquick pizza recipe off the back of the box. I thought it was bland, but everyone ate it—even Joseph.
The fact that Dave ate lentils and barley without a bit of whining is a miracle. I’ve had a great influence on him during our years of marriage! (Okay, I guess some might think that he was, in fact, better off eating pepperoni pizza every night.) The fact that Alex ate lentils and barley without whining is a testament to what a great kid he is. I guess I balanced the lentils with pizza and Bisquick the following night.
So, the pantry purge continues…
2 comments:
I grew up in a church that served beef barley soup at the meal before communion. I've never tasted it anywhere else or found any soup so delicious. I think it needs to be served with hymns and the noise of chairs scraping on the church basement floor to taste right.
Lentil soup makes me think of things I 'had' to eat as a kid: included on this list is liver, round steak, kidneys, and some sort of bean salad
Clearly, I do not have fond memories.
But Lora, I'm sure your's was just just wonderful.. :-)
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