Soup and Religion

Years and years ago, my mom bought me this book called "Twelve months of monastary soups." I abandoned it on the shelf but I've pulled it down today because Wayne keeps making these INCREDIBLE soups for us to eat.

I'm really amazed by the efficiency and budget friendly aspects of soup. For someone who feeds four people on a 60 bucks a week grocery list....thats big.

You make them easily, in large quantities, and they last throughout the week. They get better with age, are timeless, can be "dressed up" or "dressed down," eaten cold or hot, and best of all, cost next to nothing. Very cool.

the basic soup recipe is: saute all the veggies in olive oil, then throw in pot with a decent amount of broth (depending on taste) and water, toss in a few cloves of garlic and one chopped onion, some pepper and salt, maybe some cheese or cream and stir on low for 3-4 hours.

Most soups can achieve the ultimo protein amount by adding 1 cup cooked rice. If you are avoiding carbs or fasting, leave the rice out and possibly have fish or meat instead.

So here's my new weekly lunch menu. The day's leftover soup will be eaten with meat for the following day's dinner.
I'm going to include our breakfasts because if you want to copy this weekly menu, it helps to know what we do for bfast too.

MONDAY:

B- eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Cream of Celery soup
D=Turkey and leftover Potage Deux Legumes

TUESDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Split pea soup
D-Beef and leftover Cream of Celery Soup

WEDNESDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Black bean, tomato and chicken soup
D-Leftover Split pea and feta chicken

THURSDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Potato Leek Soup
D-Turkey and leftover Black bean tomato chicken soup

FRIDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Lentil Onion Soup
D-Fish and steamfresh veggies

SATURDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Southern Pinto Beans and Ham hock and cornbread
D-BLTA sandwhiches

SUNDAY:
B-eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
L-Potage de deux legumes
D-Chicken and Steamfresh veggies

Super cheap, super easy. Works for right now :)

Anyways, in other news, Wayne and I are still waiting on the Navy. We weren't going to tell anyone but since he did, now I can say it too... yay. We are pretty intensely introspective today. The kids can feel the mood and are quiet and pensive too. We've all been really cuddly, and a bit tearful. We don't know what's ahead.

I got a gift from a dear friend today that really made my day---- 12 skeins of Telemark in red, 6 hanks of Shadows in a grey-blue, and 12 skeins of palette in Ivy from Knit picks. That means I can do the three projects I've been dreaming of :)

So stoked.

Please keep praying for us!