18th May
Well, winter certainly hit us early. The cold winds that brought the rain from the west led me to put away my summer gear on Mother’s Day. I feel sorry for the southern tourists who came through here these last weeks expecting memories of sun and warm days to help them live through their winter months. Let’s hope that things improve from now on.
The cooler weather also makes us look for comfort food. Again I blame Mothers Day for that. All those chocolate ads. Make me crave a Cherry Ripe or two (or three). Instead, I looked through Shirley’s recipes once again and found this yummy healthy Microwave soup recipe.
Cheese and Potato Soup.
360 g. potato, peeled and grated, 1 cup grated carrots, (why do they change from weights to containers??) 250ml water, 1/2 cup diced onion and celery, 2 chicken stock cubes disolved in 250ml water, 1/2 cup evaporated lite milk, 180 grams grated tasty cheese.
In a 2 litre casserole dish combine first 5 ingredients; cover with plastic food wrap and microwave on High until vegetables are tender, 12 to 17minutes, stirring nce during cooking time. Add chicken stock and milk and stir to combine. Microwave on Medium-High until soup is heated through, 6-8 minutes. Add cheese and stir until cheese is completely melted.
Serves 4.
360 g. potato, peeled and grated, 1 cup grated carrots, (why do they change from weights to containers??) 250ml water, 1/2 cup diced onion and celery, 2 chicken stock cubes disolved in 250ml water, 1/2 cup evaporated lite milk, 180 grams grated tasty cheese.
In a 2 litre casserole dish combine first 5 ingredients; cover with plastic food wrap and microwave on High until vegetables are tender, 12 to 17minutes, stirring nce during cooking time. Add chicken stock and milk and stir to combine. Microwave on Medium-High until soup is heated through, 6-8 minutes. Add cheese and stir until cheese is completely melted.
Serves 4.
Meetings.
Fire Brigade Meeting
Wednesday 26th, 7pm.
Progress Association Meeting
Saturday, 29th, 5 pm., Flying Doctor’s Rooms.
PONDERISMS (Thanks Clare)
1.I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. 2.Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
3.The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
4.Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
5.There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
6.Life is sexually transmitted.
7.Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
8.The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
9.Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
10.Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
11.Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again
12.All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
13.In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
14.How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
15.Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
16.Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt."
17.Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
18.If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
19.Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
20.Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
21.WHY DOESN\'T GLUE STICK TO THE INSIDE OF THE BOTTLE?
