Survival...

Ok so I survived Tuesday's painful experience at the dentist (hated the oral surgeon but then again he did his job). My wisdom tooth is finally gone :) Yay! Now just time to heal, so that being said I stocked up on some soups just in case and decided at the end of the day I wanted to make my own. Yep I'm crazy totally nuts! But it kind of took my mind off of my tooth. So I found a recipe online for a carrot, ginger, coconut soup. Having read the recipe and the comment I thought I would modify it a tad. My own flourishes included adding a red pepper and another hot pepper to the mix, extra carrots and at the end some sweet curry powder. I have to say the overall soup was fantastic! We loved every bit of it, I have now left overs for lunch or dinner yum!

We also did another trip around the world this time to Cape Verde. I made something called cachupinha while Debbie outdid me with a quinoa, squash salad and fried bananas, all I can say is wow. Now it might seem crazy to some people that we are doing this but it's a really educational effort and you get to learn about local foods and tastes. Anyway the girls loved the cachupinha and instead of adding beans for one set I added hominy for the men and their digestive systems. I have to say this is some place I would have no problem visiting again!

So our next random country is going to be...Bermuda! So we have gone from Northern Europe to the East Coast of Africa to the Caribbean. Bermuda will be interesting as it's main staple is seafood and well with such a mix bag of people I'm kinda thinking of avoiding that so I have to find vegetable and meat dishes instead, it's going to be an interesting challenge.

I have also been thinking about when the girls are older allowing them to pick one ingredient from the produce section (they get to alternate weeks) and I have to cook with it, but it can't be something I already have it has to be something different. They can get involved as well but it will force me to try new things which I'm excited by, we shall see if it works but my aim is to get them interested in trying new things.

The food network channel is a little dangerous but also inspiring...I was watching a Bobby Flay episode about peruvian food and I'm so going there! It will take some planning but oh it looks worth it including the sangria they made yum oh!