Like most moms I know, I'm fastidious about getting my kids to the doctor for their annual check-up. However, the last time I took myself to get a physical was when it was court mandated so that I could adopt my older children. Today, however, I am off for a check-up, because it is the smart and right thing to do, even if I do get the same feeling of guilt and shame as when I go to the priest for Confession. I know that I am going to have to face up to all the skipped work-outs and second helpings of dessert from the last year(s). Bless me doctor for I have over-eaten and under-exercised, it has been 6 years since my last check-up.
In other yummier news. When my sister visited this weekend I made us Butternut Squash Soup for dinner. Unfortunately, it was one of those "Throw It In The Blender And Pray It Works Out" recipes. However, the estimated down and dirty of it is this:
- roast cubed butternut squash at 400 until it looks done
- put in blender with about a cup of chicken stock, a half cup of half-half, a tsp or 2 of curry, salt, and pepper
- top with parmesan-garlic croutons (which are just bread cubes that I threw in a zip bag with olive oil, parmesan, and garlic powder then toasted on the same pan I used for the butternut squash for about 5 minutes while I was making the soup) and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese
I had the left overs for dinner since I don't much like Chicken Fried Rice, which is what I made for the family, because they do like it.
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