Sunday, January 9, 2011

African Almond Soup

2lbs plum tomatoes, chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tablespoons olive oil
5 cups water
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1/2 cup fresh mint
1 Tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
red pepper flakes to taste
2 cups swiss chard, spinach, or collard greens
3/4 cup almond butter
2 cups cooked beans
1/4 cup chpped, toasted nuts (almonds, walnuts or pecans)
Combine the tomatoes, onions, garlic & oil in large stockpot.
Cook & stir over high heat for about five minutes or until tomatoes are softened & onion is transparent.
Turn down heat to a simmer.
Add water, tomato sauce, 3 Tablespoons chopped mint, chili powder, cumin, salt & red pepper flakes.
Simmer 10 - 12 minutes.
Add greens & almond butter, cook 3-4 minutes stirring constantly.
Serve with a garnish of toasted nuts & chopped mint!

Monday, December 27, 2010

The last big snow of the year!

These pictures were taken around 9AM and as you can see it is still snowing and blowing into the garage and breezeway. With 60 mile an hour winds, I would say very breezey!


Sunday, March 21, 2010

The King, Again

The king has a beer at the new island he just installed.
Nice.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

After New Years

That should teach us not to leave the wine on the front porch!

Monday, December 28, 2009

The King

The king has completed the floors!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Sunday After Thanksgiving


It's the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The kids are enjoying the football game by the fire & I'm enjoying the fact that my floors are almost done!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

It's only October 15th!



Can you believe this? It's only the fifteenth of October. It isn't even Halloween yet.
And this is what it looks like out my window!
Oh well, in the words of a famous Norwegian philosopher, "it is, what it is"