Learning how to cook, take one!

Since Tom's going back to school, my days of living life large off of his cooking (no pun intended) are numbered. We unfortunately were so busy last week and this weekend, that a few of the vegetables from last week's CSA went unused. Thank goodness we split them with one of Tom's coworkers who kindly picked them up while we were at DMB.

Over the weekend, I searched around Cooking Light's recipe index for some good, easy recipes to use up the beets and dill, neither one of which Tom particularly likes. Well, it's ridiculously hot in our house and the A.C. is broken upstairs, but I thought it was a great time to make soup!

The dill was turned into a lovely (and thankfully cold!) Cucumber-Dill soup. Came out pretty well -- I think it needs a little more dill (ours was looking a little worse for wear, so I tossed more than I used).

The second was a hot Beet Soup, which came out awesome, but a little thinner than I had expected. I've learned how to sautée onions and use the blender on liquefy and puree (as opposed to the usual crush needed for margaritas!). Tom is still laughing at my joke "so this is what a dutch oven really is." I know...poor taste, especially around food!

I still have garlic scapes that look like they're in good shape, as well as some rhubarb. I was going to make a pie with the rhubarb, but every recipe seems to call for more than I have. I'll have to take a good look at it again tomorrow and get Tom to estimate how many cups we can get out of it.

Meanwhile the Iron Chef (aka Tom) was not to be outdone and is marinating chicken wings and legs with the intent to make fried chicken tomorrow. Did you know that Kellogg's corn flakes come in boxes of crumbs? Seriously, I knew you could get graham crackers that way, but if you take a good look at the Shake & Bake section, you'll find Kellogg's horning in on their act!