soup or bread

so i was on a soup kick a couple weeks ago, but didn't want to buy campbell's or that bland ass progresso. instead, i made my own soup. the chicken was good, but i also decided i was going to make butternut squash soup. i don't particularly like squash (i will fight you if you tell me zucchini or pumpkin is actually part of the squash family), but i'm trying new veggies. so, after studying a ton of recipes on the internets, i started my soup. 20 oz precut butternut squash, 32 oz vegetable broth, 1.5 cups diced onion, 3 cloves diced garlic, 0.5 tbsp brown sugar. put squash in slow cooker with enough broth to cover it. set to cook on high for an hour or so (i really don't remember how long mine was in). throw onion and garlic in food processor to dice; throw onion and garlic into slow cooker with brown sugar during the hour. toss in a random amount of salt and black pepper. transfer slow cooker contents to food processor and puree. scoop everything back into the slow cooker, poor in remaining broth and set to low. wash the food processor parts, and put it away. taste the soup, and realize you aren't liking it. throw in 15 oz pumpkin puree because you have an extra can. remember to stir. double check slow cooker is set for the lowest setting, and head to bed. attempt to write a guest blog post, but zonk out for an hour. wake up at 1130pm, tweak an old blog post, send, close laptop and go to bed for real. realize you forgot to turn off your alarm when it goes off at 630am freaking you out. shut it off, and, just as you are thinking you'll go back to sleep, realize that the delicious smell of pumpkin now wreaks of burning. leap out of bed, rush to the kitchen and find that you've cooked out all of the broth. pull the plug on the slow cooker and your top soup chef dreams. place the inner bowl on the counter to cool, while you go back to bed. you'll deal with the horrible mess you have created after a couple more hours of shuteye. wake up at a reasonable hour for a sunday morning, but lounge around in bed for a few more hours. around 1230, go look at what you have done, decide that it can be salvaged and spoon your "soup" into fridge friendly containers, minding the dark burny bits. start looking up butternut squash bread recipes...

isn't food creation fun?

so i looked up bread recipes, and combined four into one. what i ended up with

pumpkin butternut squash bread
1 cup botched soup
2 eggs
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1.5 cup granulated sugar
1.5 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
cinnamon, nutmeg allspice [i didn't measure]

preheat oven to 350°F. whisk together dry ingredients in large bowl. beat together wet ingredients in small bowl. combine ingredients and beat until well mixed. spray a 9x5 bread pan with pam (or line with foil). pour batter into pan, and bake for 50-60min. it's done when a tester inserted in the center comes out clean

yields 10-12servings, depending on how you slice it, for five points per slice (or four if you can get it into 12 evenly sized slices). yum yum yum

how's the eating the last few days? eh, not my best

saturday (27.5 points): big bowl of cereal with skim milk, cheerios with skim milk, mini pretzels with nacho cheese (harry potter movie food) and whole wheat pasta with meatballs and sauce

sunday (20.5 points): cheerios with skim milk, meatballs with sauce, two triscuits, homemade eggnog

monday (25 points): two 90 calorie granola bars, two mini twix bars, mini 3 musketeers, whole wheat pasta with sauce and olive oil, homemade eggnog, slice of pumpkin butternut squash bread

today (19 points - woot): cheerios with skim milk, 90 calorie granola bar, panera asian sesame chicken salad with apple, whole wheat pasta with garlic salt

i haven't weighed in on the wii out of sheer laziness (and a little bit of fear). tomorrow is my official weigh in, and i'm popping in to my regular meeting. i'm already disappointed though because that annoying lady will be leading. S is officially done for the season, and rumor has it that K will not be returning. double boo for me. i would just not worry about it, except it's the only time i'm going to have for a meeting this week. i'm not in the mood to hunt down a meeting while in PA this weekend visiting J. i'm still debating, however, if i'm going to put in a full day at the office. or if i should spend half the day at home working. that way i can do some treadmill walking, while checking my scant email... seeing as i'm sneaking out an hour early (i haven't done shit in the last five), it bodes very well for my taking a WFH half day *shrug* holidays. i checked out last friday, but forgot to check back in monday ;)