This winter has been a season of soups. The coldness has brought many pots of carrot ginger, split pea, garden veggie and chicken with barley to our table. Today, we decided to delight our taste buds with a new recipe from the Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen cookbook. With so many delectable recipes to choose from, we settled on this Yellow Pea with Coconut Milk soup.
With the perfect music to set the mood, the children and I began preparing our meal. Jasper was in charge of spices. A little turmeric and cardamom sent our senses into overdrive and had us giggling with delight. Samantha helped chop the cilantro but quickly fled the kitchen as the onion rolled into sight.
The preparation brought such warmth to the house. The exotic smells and the anticipation of our meal had the children dancing and singing. On a couple of occasions, I was greeted with songs and gestures from Jasper's nursery class. How I love to get a glimpse of his school life.
The soup was poured and garnished just as John walked in the door. The children and I were excited to share our afternoon's creation with him. The conversation was light as we inhaled the food in front of us. That was until it happened.... First a scream, then a little blood and then a huge smile.
With Samantha's second bite of soup, her tooth fell out onto her spoon. She was so delighted that she turned to me and said, "Mama, we made magical soup. Soup that makes teeth fall out". We did indeed...
2 comments:
How exciting! A first visit from the tooth fairy¡
Samantha, Noah says, "I'm not sure about this loosing teeth. Did it hurt?"
The soup looks delicious. I adore soups and make them all the time from homemade stock. How funny that she should lose her tooth while eating soup! She looks to be very similar in age to my Sebastian who just recently lost his 5th tooth (he is 7). I loved reading what she said about the magic soup! So sweet.
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