Today is my parents' 87th anniversary. I have their wedding picture on my wall. They were 19 and 22 at the time. My mom looked irrepressibly happy! My dad was always a solemn, serious person, but even he had a smile on his face.
So where has everybody been? I was gone camping and figured no one was stopping by so kind of gave up myself. But LOIS said she missed it and that's all I needed to hear! So, LOIS, this one's for you! I hope you pull up a chair today! And SHARONA, since you asked, the recipe I'm going to post is for YOU!
Camping last week was fun and we'll be leaving for another trip June 11-?? We'll be camping in north central part of the state for a week and then land at our friends in LaGrande, OR for a few more nights. We aren't going to our RV rally this year (Covid) and neither are they, but he always helps to set up so we're going to assist with that. She is our friend, Betsy, who had the double lung transplant 9 yrs ago. Starting to fail now and we will see what we can do to help around their beautiful place while we are there. They are such wonderful people. But we don't want to be the company that ends up like stinking fish after 3 days so we'll play our visit by ear.
I've been working on my Star Bright and also my cross-stitch. I should be working out in the yard but it's been pretty chilly here this past week. So perhaps this coming week I'll be getting out there. I need to deadhead some things, prune others, feed my roses, and do some weeding and raking. Never ends.
As for supper tonite, Still in question but maybe some grilled chicken. Depends on the weather at grilling time. I also have cauliflower that needs to be used. So I'll see what I can do with that.
In honor of our stormy day yesterday, I made some soup - Southwest Black Bean Soup. Bill couldn't stop raving about it. It was almost embarrassing! (kind of makes me wonder what he's thinking when he says nothing . . .
). SHARONA expressed interest so here is the recipe.SOUTHWEST BLACK BEAN SOUP
6 servings
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 Tbsp canola oil
2 cans (14 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (14 oz) chicken broth
1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies
3/4 tsp cumin
1-1/2 c. cooked rice
sour cream
Saute veggies in oil til tender. Add rest of ingredients except rice an sour cream. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 30 min or until thickened. Divide rice into bowls and top with soup and sour cream.
And for the most part, I followed the recipe, but as usual, I went a little rogue. I saute'd the veggies and then put everything in the crockpot for about 4 hours. I didn't drain the beans and I used Rotel tomatoes instead of regular diced tomatoes. Bill loves Rotel for the extra 'zip'. Instead of serving over rice, I tossed some pasta in last 30 min. Also, I don't always use just black beans, but vary them sometimes. I doubled the cumin, and added more broth. Sometimes I toss in leftover chicken. It's extremely versatile and it's all yummy!
