Cooking & Baking

My son’s car broke down last night and he worked all day on it (fuel pump that was impossible to get to), so we missed the weekly grocery trip and are out of a lot of staples. I wasn’t happy with how my tomato-sauceless soup turned out, so I pureed it, dumped in a bag of diced Quorn, instant mashed potatoes for thickener, and mixed veg. Even without PB for sandwiches to dunk (yep, we’re out of peanut butter, too!), it was pretty awesome—a lot like pot pie filling but without the crust.

As of now, the car is fixed and tummies are full. Expect we’ll finish it off tomorrow night with proper extras. I expect warm soup will be just the thing when the cold front hits us—supposed to be in the low 40s Tuesday morning, which is a big deal for those FL transplants (almost 40 years) who’ve long forgotten our Midwestern roots.