It's been a day of discoveries...

I have discovered ...

"World Peace"

.. oh no, you did not just say that....

Oh, yeah...I mean....

"Whirled Peas"

Yeppers, I found a recipe that sounded sort of like hummus..only instead of chick-peas, you use...green peas.

Which brings me to my second discovery today....

there's a major difference in "blender" and "food processor"..I have the former..


I needed the latter.

Uh-huh..the recipe calls for hard cooked eggs, roasted walnuts, sauteed onions and the expected..peas.

Oh, and a little lemon juice and a splash of Worcestershire sauce..

You're to put all the stuff in ..and whip it in the food processor. Ever try putting that much into a blender?

You got it..it just sat there. So I had to persuade it along with a spatula..turn it on. Let it spin..turn it off..repeat like 57 times.

Pretty soon I had the green goo all over the counters, the sink, me, and the floor and I think a bit hit Braxton on the head..

Looked like a baby exploded in my kitchen. Holy crap. Have you ever whirled peas??


Note to self: get a food processor and leave the blender to actually...blend....like margaritas or pina coladas...

{It actually tastes quite good with crackers..}

Another discovery. Pampered Chef expensive muffin pans..break.


Least now I can make a half dozen at a time..Geesh.


My favorite discovery? Roasted cauliflower drizzled with a teensy amount of olive oil and a package of dry Ranch Dressing mix sprinkled over all then cooked in the oven until browned.

I ate an entire bag of cauliflower. At 20 calories per serving (5 servings in the bag) and zero calories in the dry Ranch mix, so a total of 100 calories, it was quite a treat.

( I can do math...I just choose not to..)

I discovered my favorite decoration in the kitchen - this shelf that Mr. B made - not only does it house my small (but growing) collection of aprons...

...it's decorated with 3 cowgirls and one cowboy - just like us... 3 Sullivan Sisters {Sister Kathleen Mary, Sister Geraldine Margaret and Sister Colleen Marie - our "ode" to our sentence..uh...time in Catholic school..} and our brother, the Kindergarten Cowboy..


Did you make any discoveries this week-end? What were they?

I'm off to discover my sweet dreams. Hope your dreams are sweet too :-)

-me

Oh, here's the recipe.......... thanks to another great discovery...a darling blog..

http://www.fourgreenacres.com

"our beloved pea spread. The idea came from an old Jewish cookbook. It's supposed to taste like chopped chicken liver, but don't let that dissuade you. It doesn't. It tastes like the whole green, growing world on a cracker.

We do it this way:

Hard-boil three eggs.

Toast three-quarters cup of walnuts.

Dice and saute one largish onion in olive oil.

Stir one-and-a-half cups of frozen peas into the sauteed onions. Thaw them out but don't over-cook them.

Put everything in a food processor. Whirl. Add salt to taste and lots of pepper. Dash in Worcestershire sauce. Squeeze a lemon over it but not for long. Whirl again.

Eat on toast or carrots or right off the spoon. We have been known to eat it off our fingers, but we wouldn't do that if you were coming to dinner, promise."

Thanks for the great recipe and for your site. I loved reading about Tuesday and your girls and the book you recommended..

- me...again