Finally!

After over a week of plague in the V household, which unfortunately coincided with the beginning of The Perfect Housewife Project, I have finally done something other than cleaning the house (which, I must say, is very clean right now with the exception of the office.)

Last night, I decided that I was in need of something warm and comforting. It's been bucketing rain for three days, and it's rapidly becoming depressing. So, what did I make? Tomato, chickpea and wild mushroom soup with spinach!

It was delicious. I've made other variations of it before, but this was the first time I used wild mushrooms, which we purchased dried from a local grocery store. It gave a bit of a nuttier flavour than the regular button mushrooms that I usually use. I used some sage to flavour the broth, plus some garlic, onion and a bit of rotini pasta. All in all, I say it was a roaring success, and I was quite happy to have another bowl of it for lunch today.

Tomorrow will probably be leftovers, since I haven't done a good grocery shop since last week. However, I plan to return to cooking something delicious on Tuesday, though I'm not quite sure what it will be yet. I still haven't learned to cook an egg yet, so I'm hoping I can accomplish that next weekend.

My next Perfect Housewife task will be to learn to quickly chop an onion. My chef idol is Gordon Ramsay, and recently on MasterChef he taught the contestants how to perfectly dice an onion. My efforts last night while making the soup were sadly lacking, so I have set myself the task of chopping an onion like Gordon Ramsay as my newest mini-project. I'm sure we'll be up to our ears in my practice onions, but at least I can always put them to good use in spaghetti sauce, stir frys or veggie wraps.