SNOW DAY AFTER THOUGHTS..

WELL IT SNOWED LIKE CRAZY HERE.. REALLY GREAT..WE HAVEN'T HAD A SNOW LIKE THAT IN 5 OR 6 YEARS..   WOW!!! 

Of course all I thought about was what would be the best "snow day food".... 

Soup was of course the perfect solution....  

Tommy and Kendall ,dear friends of ours came over sunday early evening for "dinner and a movie"...  just as they were starting out for our house it started to snow like crazy..  They have an Explorer and so Tommy felt fine driving over.  Also, Daddy is back from Cali, visiting Uncle Dicky & Nancy and family....  SO OF COURSE THEY WANTED TO SEE HIM..  plus i had managed to get a movie that Tommy really wanted to see..  Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, with Ava Gardner.  wonderfully weird movie.. loved it..  

Well, I made Cabbage soup.  Not everyone likes cabbage, but, my recipe seems to entice even the   "doubters".  !

CABBAGE SOUP...

Start with a head of cabbage and chop roughly and put in pot.

add 

1 large sweet onion  chopped rough

add

1 head of celery

add

2 tbls of chives

add

2 tbls of chervil

add

1/4 cup of vegetable bullion  (dry) or 4 bullion cubes

add

1 cup vegetable stock or broth  and let cook on med high heat.  

when you can see the cabbage getting soft add remaining vegetable stock/broth and some water like 4 cups full ....remove from heat and start the process of "cusinarting"  I take it by the mugfuls and process then place in stainless bowl to rest until all is done.  

once it is all smooth and blended pour back into pot and return to heat.  medium 

let cook for and hour or more or simmer for hours if you like..  

serve as is    or    over mashed potatoes in a bowl..  warms the body and soul.....  

We had a great crunchy salad as well..  

1 bulb of fennel raw diced 

1 head of romaine lettuce chopped small bite size

1 small sweet onion diced 

3 stalks of celery heart diced 

1/4 cup toasted pine nuts 

1/2 cup mandarine oranges 

tossed with naturally fresh ranch dressing that I added 1 tbls olive oil and 2 tbls raspberry preserves and 1 teas horseradish.  ( I just put it in the jar and shake it all up together..)

IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO START CELEBRATING THE SNOW.  

Tommy and Kendall got home OK...  after being with us for 3.5 hours while it was snowing.. I think there were at least 3 inches of snow at that point.  But, all was well and we loved sharing

the soup and the snow....