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Happy New Year!

I haven't made any new soup in a while but it sure has saved us to have assorted frozen soups in the freezer, waiting to be thawed & put into service. I've been working at Target & doing a very funny show called "Miracle on Christmas Lake," plus it was my honor to get one of the nastiest, most hanging-on, colds of all time. So both blogs and new soups have been out of the question.

Many mornings have begun with Soup's old pal and partner, Sandwich. In order to make the budget & the 2-people, 2-jobs-each, plan work, we have each required a sandwich per day most days. In order to feel I'm doing what I can to keep us healthy, I've made every effort to get the most clean, nutritious, low fat, healthy breads, cheeses, and lunch meats, and to include 2 slices of dark green leafy lettuce & 2 slices of fresh tomato, on every sandwich. It takes some serious time in the mornings, maybe 20 extra minutes, but it pays off and dear Gawd they are deli-delicious. Protein, salad course, whole grains, fiber, calcium, all the basics. Around 25% - 30% of each sandwich's retail price if ordered out somewhere. Plus while my beloved husband is driving from one job to another, he can eat with one hand, in traffic, a meal that satisfies and doesn't drip or otherwise spill on him.

Of course this financial savings was offset in favor of stimulating our local economy last night, in the form of a rather indulgent order from Plymouth Gardens. Actual Chinese food made by actual Chinese people in our actual neighborhood, nearby enough that we get it delivered still piping hot. Oh, my, the duck! THE DUCK!!! :)

Now it's the New Year, 2011, and hours will shorten at Target as retail slows down. The show closes tomorrow and my cold is trying to let go of me and move on with its toxic life. A search for more work, a better job, maybe even a "real" or "grownup" job will accompany a restoration of the frozen-soup stash. Sometime this month I intend to keep my promise to purchase beef for stew and make a real beef stew for my husband and me to enjoy in these cold dark Minnesota winter evenings. It ain't Julia Child's Bouef Bourgonion, but it ain't slop neither! ;)