Domestic Nemesis

I asked facebook for EASY and TASTY soup recipes and wow, did my people come through!  Welcome to my my new  "I MADE THE SOUP!" series!   I will score the soups from 1-10 on how Easy and Tasty they are and then rank them.  #1  K's Lentil Soup Recipe . This first one is hard because I have nothing to compare it with. I guess I could compare it with Grandma's Chili- because it's pretty much the only soup I've made in the last 5 years-actually I don't think I've made it in the last 5 years because MMD cooks the chili.  Anyway...brown the meat, cut the veggies... add the spices...probably noodles....Okay, Grandma's Chili:      Easy: 7 and Tasty 6.  K's Lentil Soup: Easy 6  (time factors heavily on this score, also, there wasn't much chopping but there were two pans and the whole immersion blender thing and adding toppings....doing everything in order etc etc.) Tasty 8 (the lemon gave it a nice zing...the dish really came together with the ric

Hi! Trump still thinks he's president, I don't.  I'm crocheting Lil Squirrel a HUGE christmas stocking. I had a picture of the heel that I just pulled out and re-did, but it's too boring to show you. If someone REALLY wants to see it, let me know in the comments.  Inshallah, I'll finish the stocking before Christmas. M and I have been having Friday happy hours where I make Happy Hour Trays for just the 2 of us. I decided it doesn't matter if there is too much food. There's really nothing else to do but eat anyway. I mentioned this on fb, but we are also playing Yatzee. The game sits there on the counter and you can take a turn as you pass by. Highly recommended. You can get the Yatzee sheet HERE . You'll have to figure out the dice on your own! Finally, we made an apple thing. He made the crust and I did the apples.  There were too many apples so I put some oatmeal, butter and sugar in a bowl and mixed it with my hands and put it over the apples. I wish