SW Prep

My grocery list is made, and I'm polishing my spoons. Well, I'm polishing them in my mind so they'll be all nice and shiny for that first delicious bowl of soup. I don't actually polish them in real life. Nathan is on board with the idea of Soup Week, and I'm happy that he is--five straight days of soup would be miserable to someone not as excited, but we both love soup, and he thought dedicating a week to it would be awesome. Maybe I'll always make the first week of November soup week? We'll see. If it's disastrous, well then, maybe not.

After looking over the ingredients (and determining that no, my budget could not afford truffle oil, no matter how delicious the results would be), the final menu is:

Taco Soup
Black Bean Soup with Chicken Quesadillas*
Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Potato Soup
Beef Stew
*Nathan is a bean-hater, therefore Black Bean Soup Day will also feature chicken quesadillas. Potato Soup Day and Beef Stew Day will also include fresh made bread.

Maybe in that order. I'm starting with taco, at the very least. The butternut squash bisque is out *grumblegrumble expensive truffle oil grumblegrumble*--though perhaps I'll post my delicious recipe sans pictures and the thrill of soup week inclusion--and I realized my quesadilla soup recipe didn't exactly add up to a soup. More of a casserole. Unusual, right? But we have to have some standards.

Yesterday was cold, and the thermometer is reading a brutal 30 degrees as of right now. BOO! October, we were becoming fast friends! Don't disappoint me at the end!

Tomorrow, we are going tailgating. I have never been. Ever. Oddly enough, I'm not even attending the game, but tailgating sounded exciting, and I'll be having hot dogs and chips and mimosas at ten in the morning. Unusual fare for that time of day, but I'm fist-pumping and getting my game face on. Tomorrow I'll actually be rooting for the home team, so instead of being the brunt of all sorts of cruel remarks and inappropriate gestures, I'll be able to join in the dance-y movements and cheers of the crowd.

soup week.

Since October is such a good time for soup, wouldn't it be fun to do a soup week? Granted, there's not enough October left to do a full week, but I'll credit October with the idea. I'm thinking Monday through Friday, I'll make soup every day. (And then blog about it! Hopefully with pictures and the recipe attached.)

I love this idea!

Here are the soups I'm dreaming of:

Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Butternut Squash Bisque
Quesadilla Soup
Beef Stew
Taco Soup
Black Bean Soup
Potato Soup

That's seven, and I'll have to compare ingredients and ponder on what my tummy will want to narrow it down to five. Time will also be a thing to consider--the butternut squash bisque, while tasty, takes a LONG time--and hello! November means Nanowrimo time! I still haven't determined if I'm going to nano or not...I've done it the last four years, and year 5 would make it such a wonderful thing, but um, hello! I have a six, soon to be seven month old. How would I even begin to make that work?

So. Just so we're on the same page. Next week: Soup Week. And I'm thinking, if you're digging the idea of soup week, maybe you should make soup at least one night! And then blog about it! I know, right? Great idea!

PS-I should also credit Aliza for soup week inspiration. I was going to post some recipes...then soup week was born!