I have been homeschool the twins for first grade. In science we are learning about the developmental stages of human beings. First of all Infants. We learned how infant is another name for baby. Two days later we went to do review and then the next lesson in our books. So this is how the conversation went.
Me: Okay girls, we are going to do science. Remember how we learned a new name for baby in our last lesson? Do you remember what it was?
Twin Sweet: (without pausing blurt out) BEANS!
Twin Spicy: (bursts into laughter) No, not Beans!
Me: (Trying to contain most of my laughter) Twin Spicy do you remember the name?
Twin Spicy: Infant. Not beans!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Egg-ceptional
Because of the crazy power outage in San Diego last night I had to improvise for dinner tonight! I sat by the pool reading Fine Cooking all afternoon (while watching the twins play with a friend, and stopping to feed, sunscreen, kiss skinned knees.....) and was inspired by the Beet Green and Poached Egg Soup. I have been growing beets in a large container and decided they were ready to be picked.
They are baby beets, because the container did not give them enough room to grow. So I chopped off the leaves and pulled some beef stock out of the freezer and made a take off of the fine cooking soup.
I had about 2 cups on beef stock that was left over from pot roast. So I added some water, two carrots cut into half moons, 5 small chopped tomatoes. I brought it to a boil and then added 1 cup Quinoa and the beet greens that ended up being just a small handful. Once the Quinoa was almost done I carefully added 4 eggs around the sides of the pot. I let them cook for about 4 minutes and then ladled them into bowls, with a helping of the soup.
Top it off with some shredded parmesan reggiano and a toasted piece of whole grain bread, and dinner was served.
The twins loved it! They ate the egg first by dipping the bread into it, and then asked for more egg.
Note: I did use stock that was had a higher fat content and had already been well seasoned. It was left over from a pot roast so it was the drippings and fat from the meat. I added only Salt and Pepper to my finished dish and it was just right. You could easily use any beef stock and add some additional seasonings in place of the drippings.
They are baby beets, because the container did not give them enough room to grow. So I chopped off the leaves and pulled some beef stock out of the freezer and made a take off of the fine cooking soup.
I had about 2 cups on beef stock that was left over from pot roast. So I added some water, two carrots cut into half moons, 5 small chopped tomatoes. I brought it to a boil and then added 1 cup Quinoa and the beet greens that ended up being just a small handful. Once the Quinoa was almost done I carefully added 4 eggs around the sides of the pot. I let them cook for about 4 minutes and then ladled them into bowls, with a helping of the soup.
Top it off with some shredded parmesan reggiano and a toasted piece of whole grain bread, and dinner was served.
The twins loved it! They ate the egg first by dipping the bread into it, and then asked for more egg.
Note: I did use stock that was had a higher fat content and had already been well seasoned. It was left over from a pot roast so it was the drippings and fat from the meat. I added only Salt and Pepper to my finished dish and it was just right. You could easily use any beef stock and add some additional seasonings in place of the drippings.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
An espresso a day keeps the mommy awake
I have been loving espresso since my recent trip to Italy. After I came home it only took 2 weeks before I had purchased an espresso machine. I found one on sale at Williams Sonoma for $200. I figure since I quite buying Starbucks everyday that it has paid itself off! $4 a day Starbucks drink time 90 days = $360. Not to mention the amount of money I save not buying the twins smoothies and scones while I was getting my coffee.
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