Nutritionist and Chef’s Nightmare: A Fat Husband/ Acorn Squash Soup Recipe

I never got excited over my husband’s weight, primarily because he always came home from his physical examinations with acceptable levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.  I attributed his weight problem to an excess of love for my food.  Whenever anyone brought up the subject toe me, I would say that he’s just eating too much [...]

Pumpkin soup with fennel and beet

serves 6 3       potatoes, peeled and cubed 1       12 ounces can pureed pumpkin 1/4   cup olive oil 1       small onion, chopped 1     celery stalk, chopped 1      carrot, peeled and chopped 1/2  fresh fennel, chopped 2     Tablespoons  chopped candied orange [...]

Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup

serves 6 4        tablespoons olive oil 1        medium onion, chopped 3       carrots, peeled and diced 2       celery stalk, diced 1       clove garlic, mashed 1/2   teaspoon oregano 1       32-ounce can roasted sweet red bell pepper * 4 [...]

Pumpkin Acorn Squash Soup

serves 6-8 2       Acorn squash 1        butternut squash 1       12-ounce can pureed pumpkin 4       tablespoons olive oil 1       medium onion, finely chopped 4      celery stalk, chopped 4      carrots, peeled and chopped 1/4   teaspoon crushed red [...]

Soups, Potato Leek Soup

I once read a children’s story about “stone soup.”  It told of a man who had no money but who was very hungry.  As he begged, unsuccessfully, for morsels of food from people in his village, he came upon an idea to fill his stomach. He found an old soup pot, filled it with water, [...]

McDonald’s: Thanks, but no Thanks

I had to deliver a catering job today.  Usually, when I’m alone, cooking the food in my restaurant, I listen to the  CD player there.  It wasn’t functioning today, so I began listening to the radio while I worked.  There were a lot of commercials on the particular station I was listening to, but there [...]

A Gift of Beans

In any normal marriage, when one spouse makes a business trip overseas, he or she comes home with a gift for the wife and children. I guess that means that my marriage is not only not normal, but it is unique.  My husband recently spent 10 days in London for business, and when I picked [...]