Easy listening music and chat, Friday 11th October 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome
In a large soup pot, heat the oil and sauté the onions for about 7 minutes. While the onions are cooking, prep the rest of the ingredients. Add the garlic, leeks, potatoes, zucchini, and spices to the pot, drizzle the honey over the mixture, and stir well. Pour in enough water to mostly cover the vegetables.
Cover the pot, leaving a small opening, and bring it to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and let the soup simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours.
After cooking, allow the soup to cool slightly, then use an immersion blender (also known as a zhuzher) to cream the soup. Alternatively, you can purée it in a blender or food processor using the S blade.
Transfer the soup into containers to freeze, or store it in the fridge for up to 4 days. When ready to serve, reheat and enjoy!
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Easy listening music and chat, Friday 4th October 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome
My husband is great at improvising in the kitchen, and I’m always amazed by his creations. A few weeks ago, he wanted to marinate chicken breast in orange juice, but he used apple juice instead, adding in some honey along with a few simple spices to devise this surprisingly delicious chicken that he cooked on the stove with a grill pan. My daughter and I were seriously impressed!
Yields 4-6 servings.
Put all ingredients, including the chicken breasts, in a bowl or large Ziploc bag and let it marinate in the fridge for up to an hour. Heat up the grill or grill pan and cook the chicken for about 5-6 minutes on one side, then braise the chicken with the remaining marinade before flipping it over, and allow it to cook for another 5-6 minutes until done.
Drizzle on some extra honey before serving.
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Hello October!
Fall cooler days are around the corner here. Also our new coffee station is open. Looking forward to putting holiday lights on it and making it festive, as there are quite a bit of holidays just around the corner. With any morning, first coffee is a must. Or tea if you prefer. At least the coffee grinder back up works. Just hammer the beans in a bag.
As we go through walks and drives to see fruity pebbles of fall on trees, their branches growing ever barren, it is a nice change to the hot summer here in the South. Sometimes we get snow, other winters it is just cold with rain. A great hush settles over the land as the forest animals take note and start their storage. They know more than we take notice.
Adventure is calling at the corn maze with bluegrass music, gem mining, and tasty eats courtesy from the food trucks.
Check out the local fair that comes by. Seeing everyone have fun, hearing children's laughter to their sense of wonder brings on a nostalgia when we were kids. County fair food from funnel cakes, hot dogs, slushies to frozen fried icecream to accompany the fun with our sweethearts and families. Try out one of the many games to win that stuffed unicorn or bear. They look way too easy is deceiving.
Don't forget to walk through the forest in its change of colors to gaze at the splendor and hear the forest speak to us in its language with the wind.
Thank you for visiting and passing on the word to follow. Take a break. We're getting more coffee from the stockroom after this incident below.
