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April 22, 2006
Lemony Leek Soup with Brussels Sprouts
Mom is home and doing well... I stayed with her last night, and we had a light dinner of soup made with stewed tomatoes and three bean salad, plus a whole bunch of organic celery with hummus and baba ganoush (please correct my spelling.) I mixed some white wine with diet Sprite for a little wine spritzer; Mom drank caffeine free diet Coke and herbal tea. This morning I made her an eggwhite omlette with grape tomatoes and salsa, flax oil on top. Before I left she taught me how to cook a whole turkey breast, so it's in the oven roasting all day and will be ready for me to fix up tonight for our dinner.
Now I'm home with MR and doing some things around the house. I whipped up a quick soup for our lunch: Lemony Leek! I simmered the white part of one leek into salt free organic vegetable broth, then removed from heat and added a whole bunch (217 g) brussels sprouts. On top of that I squeezed the juice of a fresh lemon. I'm allowing it to sit on the stove till lunch, and when we're ready to eat I'll throw in a whole bunch of eggwhites (cartoned kind, microwaved and cut into cubes) to bring up the protein. Then I'll put in a teaspoon of oil per person, after removing from heat and just before serving. MR is having apples with hazelnuts, hazelnut oil, and cinnamon on the side.
Sunday night I have to go to a convention for my work, so I'll be out of town for two nights, during which MR will be looking in on Mom and her cat. I've saved up the trash for him to take out. Trash, as it turns out, is his job, and I wouldn't want to subcontract out his work. He's been angelic while I've been gone a lot -- taking care of the cats and keeping me in salads and tea, as well as packing cannisters of supplements for me to take while I'm gone. This morning I took my upon waking supplements with blueberry pomegrante juice! That stuff is delicious.
Speaking of weird beverages, has anyone tried the Diet Berries-n-Creme Dr. Pepper yet? I saw it for the first time yesterday. I am so excited. I love Diet Dr. Pepper, or DDP as we call it around here. We are on very familliar terms with the delicious diet soda. No calories, and just a little bit of fizz. MR has even researched the best way to keep the pop from going flat. While he was in Calgary, an envelope came from the UK for him, and I thought it must be something terribly important from Aubrey, so I called and asked if I should open it. As it turns out, it was a scientific article on how best to keep the pop from going flat. The man researches everything, and I get to reap the benefits of his investigations. I have the least flat diet soda on the block!
Posted by april at April 22, 2006 11:13 AM
Comments
Hummus is spelled right as far as I know from English spelling. Baba ganush sounds arabic, meaning what, I am not sure, a food dish I guess, it might also be hebrew and armenian. Middleeast you know.
Don't try to be an orientalist. You can't/won't be. I can't/won't be.
You need to travel my darling. You need to take off from work and travel outside of America for like at least 6 months. It will do you a world of good. You need to leave that continent for a while. Exist in another continent.
Posted by: zeynep at April 22, 2006 6:16 PM
Healing food-- Am I the most fortunate patient coming home from the hospital to April's care and wonderful food? Yes, indeed. I'm still a little foggy on the pain meds, but I know I'm healing from the inside out with all of the good protein and fresh veggies, fruit, etc. served with lots of love. Thank you all for your good wishes for my recovery. I'm looking forward to MR spending some time tomorrow and the next day with me. He's so strong and can move things around for me and handle the trash like it's a feather. Even better is his kindness and patience and getting to know his thinking about so many of our common interests-- religion, ethics, food, April, cats, etc. More later.
Mom of April See my blog on information ethics--I hope to update it while I'm on leave from work-- http://infoethics.blogspot.com
Posted by: Marti at April 23, 2006 7:20 AM