good

• boys playing fall soccer, with zeal

• This sneak peek at the new book from scrapbooker Elizabeth Dillow, The Scrapbooker's Almanac.

• Sorting through photos from September 2006 through July 2007 and putting them into temporary albums so I can actually see what photos I have.

 

• This recipe for Roasted Autumn Vegetable Soup, which I pulled down from the Weight Watchers web site. I added the brown sugar, and honestly, you could add more squash and less parsnip, but that's just the parsnip hater in me talking. Will be having this tonight for dinner, with some hot fresh Johnny Cake!

Download roasted_autumn_soup.pdf

(And if the download goes correctly, you can trim it out and it fits perfectly into the American Crafts 6 x 6 album, from the recipe album thing I posted a while back. You know…file it under "soups."

• EDITED: I made the soup and it was borderline INEDIBLE. So sorry. Proceed at your own risk.

• It's actually cool enough to eat the aforementioned soup. [see above bullet point!]

• My mom is safely out of surgery today, and that is the most good thing of all. Love you, Mom!

Comments

[Katie]

thanks Cathy - your most anal blog poster here. I would love to know the fonts you use for your recipies so I can see if I have them or buy them. I know you can relate with wanting all the recipies to be printed out in the same font!! LOL.
So glad to know your mom is doing well - I missed that she was having a procedure. Here is to a speedy recovery!

[susan]

glad to hear your mom is good. its gonna be 80 here today so I will temporarily pass on the soup! lol!! and did you see the ad for the Scrapbooker's Almanac? I was squinting and couldn't read the journaling....I could make out about half the musical groups in their itty bitty pictures. but anyone that remembers/loves Scritti Politti has to be good, right??

[Robyn]

Ahhhh... what font is "vegetable soup" in? I love it and do not recognize it. I'm a graphic designer/scrapbooker/type fanatic. Know the type? (No pun intended)

[Kathy]

The very best to your mom - hope she has a quick recovery from whatever ails her.

Thank you very belatedly for the recipe book. I LOVE mine. And it's a project that I actually finished! The soup looks like something we will like, so we'll give it a try.

How many of your photos do you print out during the year? I find that I rarely print out anything anymore.

[Theresa Grdina]

Oh man...I just printed the soup recipe and thought I would give it a try! Thank heavens you saved me!!!

[SmilynStef]

You rock ... you make me smile ... thanks for the yummy sounding soup recipe.

[Jen M.]

Oh -- there is NOTHING more frustrating than spending a lot of time trying a new recipe and it turns out like that. I found this soup which sounds both low-fat, high-fibre AND yummy... http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/106297

[Lee]

All good wishes to your Mom!!!
;o)
- Lee

[Shelly in the NW]

i'm sure you are above watching trash Tv - but i'm not ;)

here's something for you and your son to enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1r1Mx-SsFY

from the next great american band

[Heather Sinkler]

sorry the soup sucked... I was so in the mood for stew or something that had to cook all day yesterday as we had our first snow here in Denver. This is a yummy white chili:
Saute 1 sm onion, 2 stalks celery and 1 clove garlic in 2 T olive oil. Add
1 lb chopped chicken or turkey, 2 cans cannelini beans, 1 can green chiles, 4-5 c chicken stock, 1/2 tsp cumin and cayenne pepper to taste. Simmer and top w/ shredded jack cheese if you have the points left ;)

[Rhona]

I was just about to get the recipe when I saw your edited comment ... I decided not to after all (haha!!). Hope your mum has a speedy recovery.

[Sara]

I made a roasted butternut squash soup the other week, which should have been so good but it just wasn't. Next time I'll just eat the roasted squash on it's own! And I'm not brave enough to go anywhere near a parsnip.

[Jacoba Leyenhorst]

Hi Cathy - Glad to hear that your mom is okay! I was wondering which albums you use for your albums - I can't seem to find anything 3-ring like that. J :)

[Jacoba Leyenhorst]

Make that "temporary albums" - I must have accidentally deleted that :)

[Sharon Holesh]

Where do you get your photos printed? Also, What brand of albums do you use as asked above? Appreciate all your help. Prayers for your Mom. Sharon

[Ruthie]

Parsnips are a root veg, but are *not* to be cooked like carrot... ie 'al dente'. The parsnip is an overlooked and underestimated vegetable (bear with me) and need to be cooked until they are soft, soft, soft. I'm English so maybe I'm biased. Honestly, it is awesome in the RIGHT recipe. In my mind, sugar and parsnips are not an agreeable combination, yuk. And for crying out loud, do not buy the waxed type... never saw that until I came to the US, urgh, who in the hell pokes these lovely vegetables into wax and for why? However, well cooked parsnips with a lovely glob of some homemade basil pesto and a little shredded aged parmesan cheese and a touch of freshly ground black pepper... now you're talking!

[Karen Breen-Bondie]

The typeface is called Amelie. Available here:

http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?pid=407659

[katie scott]

I'm a shutterfly girl too (i see the envelopes on your table).