not necessarily in this order

Rambling through a new recipe  “I’m going to make this lemon chicken soup I saw on Instagram for dinner before we watch the movie.” “I was not influenced! It looks right up our alley. It’ll be quick and easy.” I hope this is edible. What a risk to take on a long weekend… Oh the ingredients are listed separately for the chicken and then the soup - grrrr… I need so much more garlic that I thought Oh my stars, do I own a covered pan? Will a pot cover work? A pan, a pot, a bowl… I hope this will be worth the dishes. *shakes fist at sky because one piece of chicken is huge and took forever to cook* There’s something so calming about softening onions and celery and garlic THERE’S FIVE EGGS IN THIS?!?! AND THEY’RE TEMPERED?? *calls for an assist because whisking while pouring hot broth is impossible* “Yes, it’s what the recipe said! Leap of faith, Brian!!” *silent doubts flicker* *the soup thickens* I wonder if he’ll try it first? “I know, just the right amount of lemon! Who knew?” ...

 soup and tangents on a Monday I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas (or the quiet Sunday of their dreams if it’s not your jam). I’m hoping to do a cookie roundup / recipe reflection if another quiet moment hits this vacation week  Lil’ Momma came down with a cold (so far, just a cold) Christmas night, so I’m making this ginger scallion chicken soup but with egg noodles as I don’t have time to make matzo balls. It seems so right for this cold day and will hopefully kick these germs so we can enact our plan of walking adventures later this week (both to keep me and Lil’ Momma out of Brian’s hair while he works and to kick off our year of outside adventures we hope to have) I’m so simmer paranoid making soup. It probably comes from 15 plus years of watching Alton Brown’s Good Eats before bed with Brian*. The episode about what qualifies as a simmer vs a boil vs a nothing echoes in my head whenever I attempt this  I’m starting Anthony Dower’s Cloud Cuckoo Land tonight....