Food Co-op January 2011

For $10 we received one bag spinach, one head of cauliflower, a five pound bag of russet potatoes, three tomatoes, five pears, five apples, five tangelos and two zucchini. The tangelos were especially good.

Orders for February are due Friday, February 4th, with the pick-up on Saturday, February 19th. For more information, visit the food co-op site at www.foodco-op.net.

French Onion Soup and Quiche

Recent cooking adventures...

Spinach and Mushroom Quiche. (It was delicious-best warm but good cold.)

The start of the onion soup-browning the onions in butter. (Not looking very brown yet.)

Homemade croutons. (Here's a chance to use the broil feature on your oven!)

Golden onion soup. (Color aided by the addition of beef stock.)



Finished French Onion Soup topped with Swiss cheese and croutons. (It was wonderful!)

The recipe is really similar to a lot of French Onion Soup recipes that you can find on the web. Pioneer Woman has a wonderful version that's almost identical to the recipe we used except we used Swiss and not Guyere and left out the wine, garlic and Worcestershire sauce. As you can see from the pictures we're still fiddling with the camera. These were the best shots out of dozen of tries. Thank goodness we don't have to buy film!

And now for something new...

How much do you remember from your high school education? Test your knowledge with the SAT Question of the Day! Fun, fun, fun!


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(hint: for even more fun, sign-up to have them send you the question of the day, each and every day, through your e-mail account! Amaze you friends, Astound your family! Prepare & petrify (I mean terrify) [no, no, I mean thrill and delight! (yes, that's it!)] your children for what lies ahead!

Disclaimer: We actually enjoy answering the question of the day-we're pretty good at the language-not so good with the math at our home.