Only 8 more to Go! And 8 Soup Recipes!

You guys, by Friday at 5:00 PM. I'll be 80% done with radiation and I will have a literal handful of treatments left!

Today being only Wednesday, I have 8 left and completely coincidentally an e-mail from Williams-Sonoma popped into my inbox sharing 8 awesome soup recipes.  If I was a food blogger who made money from blogging about soup, I might try to make a recipe a day for the next 8 days.  However, I am not and also--who would eat that much soup.  Additionally, not having a giant freezer prevents me from making a soup a day and freezing it.  Finally, that's too much of a cooking commitment!

These are the super comfy and soft Aldi Christmas leggings. They are the best, they are like velour.

One of the soups does look amazing and I have everything except white wine and Gruyere cheese on hand to make that soup.  The name says it all, Onion Soup with Bacon, Winter Herbs and Guyere Cheese!  Again, coincidentally, the two needed ingredients are available for a low cost at Aldi, where I want to go today anyway and get those $7.99 Valentine's Day-themed fleece leggings.

Here are the super comfy and soft Aldi Christmas leggings. They are the best; they are like velour.

The stars are aligning for me to make this soup.  I'm sure it is rich in fat and calories, but also it's cold outside and life is too short not to try a decadent meal once in a while!

I feel at this point I have done a great job talking myself into making the soup.  While I don't have time today. I will have time  tomorrow.  I already have another freezer meal defrosting to whip up tonight. It's a stir fry like the picture below except for variety I'm adding rice instead of noodles tonight.

Keep your fingers crossed that Aldi has some leggings left by the time I get there tonight! Yes this is the highlight of my week, as you can tell. 

Happy Wednesday! - the last Wednesday of January 2020!  Do something nice for yourself!

Focusing On What I Can Control!

Read some breaking news alerts about the Coronavirus.  It's really disappointing that this is a novel virus and not just a fancy way of saying you drank too much beer and have a hangover.

I may need to reallocate seven minutes of worry today from cancer to the coronavirus.  Where is my worry time most effective?  Oh yes, that's right.  Worrying doesn't have any actual power to do anything except possibly raise my blood pressure.

So as always, it's best to focus on what you can control.  One thing *I* can control is the answer to the question: "What's for Dinner?"  Yesterday I toiled away at a freezer meal workshop and now I have ten meals prepped in my freezer.  Okay technically it wasn't a toil, and I actually have only 9 meals left because I cooked one last night.

This was my first attempt at a homemade pot pie.  It's Chicken Broccoli (and ample tasty cheese)

This is what it looked liked prepped. Becky McNeill coordinated the event so we used Tastefully Simple products, this was a nice shortcut option. 

And here it is golden brown!

What I learned is that when you make a pot pie in a disposable foil pan, you should put the pan on a cookie sheet when baking or it's difficult to take out of the oven and you will likely break the top crust like I did here.  My smiley face is a little cracked!

I also learned you should let the baked pot pie sit for a while before you cut it or it will probably look like this on a plate.  But I was hungry!

I sprinkled paprika on top.  Paprika goes well with chicken/cheese and broccoli. I give this dish 4 out of 5 stars-would recommend- will make again!

I was pretty tuckered out last night but this will make dinners for the remainder of my radiation a breeze. I think we are going to do another workshop once spring arrives and prep meals for the grill.  I loved grilling out, especially since The Man is Griller in Chief.  :-)