The shortage is over, and we now have more parsnips than we need. That’s not a hard problem to balance, as I have just made parsnip and lentil soup. It’s possible that I didn’t need the lentils but, at the back of my mind, I always have the idea that a varied diet is a healthy one.
I am now wondering whether to make a hash or a vegetable stew for my next dish of the day. I’m favouring hash at the moment because we are out of flour and stew without dumplings is just a bowl of boiled vegetables. That is OK in summer but not so good in winter.
Really, I should get a new menu as I seem to recall writing similar blog posts before.ย I was going to try pilaff after one of the neighbours brought one round for us, but I never quite get round to it. I’ve made it before, but suspect it was so long ago I wasn’t married.
Tidying my desk has gone unevenly. There’s definitely a difference, but I’m not sure it’s an improvement, being more of an exercise in relocation than in decluttering. It’s going to be an 9nteresting conversation with Julia when she gets back. That’s why I’ve just been messing around on Whoosh, the TESCO short-notice delivery service. I meant to order flour, but the system defeated me. I did remember chocolate cake, so there’s a chance I may be able to buy her off. I will, of course tell her it’s a birthday treat, rather than draw attention to the carnage around my table.
I’m trying to cut down on portion sizes. It hasn’t really worked with the soup, so I’m going to try again with the hash. The only trouble is in cutting down the corned beef. What do you do with half a tin of corned beef that has been extracted from the tin with more force than skill? It might slice in this weather but in summer it can end badly, at which point I just shovel it all in.
I just had my Whoosh delivery. That is going to be a whole new post. Drop by later for that. It will be worth it. For now, imagine my surprise at opening it up and finding I had a lettuce in my shopping. A lettuce๐น (That’s an interrobang, by the way, it really is proper punctuation.) Not sure if it looks better than ?!, which is one of the alternatives.
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Parsnips and lentils are a combination I had not thought of, and it sounds worthy of experimenting with it here. As for canned meats, good quality sardines are my choice for price, nutrition and flavor. And, it gets the attention of the cats. ๐
It works well but, as usual, I made it too thick and once it cooled down it set into something that you can slice. However, dilution solved that problem. ๐
Tidying one’s desk is always simply an exercise in relocation, innit?
Certainly is! ๐
Mrs T likes a lightly curried parsnip soup so it is lucky that I bought some parsnips today too. I agree about the surplus corned beef being a problem. Chuck it all in, I say.
The soup has been good (two meals so far) though I made it too thick, as usual, and the lentils made it set into something you can slice. ๐
Lentils will do that.
They do make nice soup though. ๐
Parsnip and lentil soup sounds delicious. How was it spiced?
Curry Powder. I may well add some chilli when I taste it later.- use a fresh red one and use th blender again to leave red flecks in it.