I need a bigger pot!

The debut of Thursday Soup Night was a smashing success. Turns out that our current soup/pasta pot is not quite big enough to triple the soup recipe – I found this out after I’d sautéed the onions and added the five pounds of cut up carrots. I didn’t fret – and made a slightly concentrated carrot soup, then added more water when it was done and blended.

The immersion blender was a HUGE timesaver – so much easier than trying to transfer so much soup in batches to the blender.

The first loaf of bread was also nice. A bit of a learning curve again. You take out some dough, lightly flour, shape into a ball and then let rest for 45 minutes. Unfortunately, I hadn’t laid down enough corn meal on the tray I was using to slide the loaf into the oven. When everything had properly risen and pre-heated – I couldn’t get the loaf off the tray. So in one swift, but inelegant, move I picked up the dough and plopped it onto the baking stone.

CC was very pleased when he got home. He agreed that the bread bore an unfortunate resemblance to a cow pie – but the taste was wonderful!

Leftover soup – three dinners and two lunches for CC and me.