Soup!

Tonight, I made approximately this.

I used lasagna noodles and zucchini, but I made my own pasta sauce...

What I did:

Sautee the veggies sauteed (onion, cauliflower, zucchini, and kale) for about 10 -12 minutes.  Then add tomato paste (7 oz.) and garlic and good for another couple minutes.  Next add water 4-6 cups, and a veggie bouillon cube (or 2), some more tomato sauce (my home made was pretty much the equivalent of a big jar --24 oz.)  (Note The recipe for the homemade sauce includes oregano, basil, and chili flakes.) Bring everything in the pot to a boil. 

Add broken lasagna noodles -- my box said to boil for 4 minutes and then bake for 50 minutes.  I boiled them in the soup for about 15-20 minutes.

Yum.  Super easy. (That might be a pun; one that I may have made before.)  No picture, I'll try to get one next time.

Nick grew this

 
Probably my favorite plant.  

purple! take 2

I made the quinoa salad with purple cabbage for Christmas Eve and my goal was to use up the whole cabbage because I usually don't (when I make that salad) and I feel bad tossing the cabbage (after it sits in my refrigerator and becomes a new life form).

With this motivation, I cut it all up -- I had a lot, it was a big cabbage.  I decided to stir fry it with an onion in olive oil.  Then I added a little ginger (1/4 teaspoon), garlic (1 teaspoon of dried), soy sauce, and sriracha.  OMG it was good.  We made this 2 or 3 more times over Christmas break.  We like it on rice, on tortillas, and on sourdough bread.