Yummy Broccoli Cheddar Soup!

I have recently joined the Smart Phone craze.  I put it off for so many years…mostly because I didn’t want to pay for it.  I have so far managed to not get addicted to angry birds or many variations of scrabble.  What I did discover was some useful apps though! Particularly a free recipe app.  So if I am shopping at the store I can just look up a recipe on my phone.

I tried this recipe out last night and it was pretty tasty.  It was a little peppery for me so I may add less pepper next time, but if you like Broccoli Cheddar soup then try it!  It is quick and easy.

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion chopped

¼ Cup Flour

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon Dried thyme

¾ teaspoon pepper

2 Cups milk

1 Large bunch of Broccoli chopped into 1 inch pieces

1 ½ Cups cheddar cheese shredded

1 Cup water

1 Chicken Bouillon cube

In a saucepan heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add onion and cook until golden (about 10 minutes), stirring occasionally.  Stir in flour, salt, thyme, and ¾ tsp pepper; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Gradually stir in milk, chicken bullion cube, 1 Cup water; add broccoli and heat to boiling over high heat.  Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until broccoli is tender, about 10 minutes.

Remove saucepan from heat; stir in cheese until melted and smooth. Serve.

Enjoy!

Girlish Things

I have had an amazing time being girly and domestic this past week.  Its hard to fit in time to do this with having a full-time job and busy evening schedules but I absolutely love taking time to myself and enjoying sewing, cooking, gardening, etc.   I've taken some pictures of a few of the fun things I've been enjoying lately so this will be more of a picture blog than anything today:

I got to visit my sister and we took my nieces and nephew out to a You Pick farm and picked blueberries.  My nephew and niece poured their bowls into my bowl and then advised me that I owed them a quarter.  Apparently their parents give them a quarter when they fill up their bowls and consolidate them.  Good thing I had quarters with me!

I ended up with a ton of beautiful blueberries:

I then decided to try out my sewing machine that my mom gave to me for Christmas last year and made my first apron:

And now that I have an apron; I decided to break it in by making some yummy blueberry muffins with the blueberries I picked:

And finally, what better way to top off a week of being girly and domestic than to go to a tea party with some really close friends??  We had some amazingly good food that we all made and devoured.......I mean daintily devoured.  There's nothing like making chicken sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, salmon sandwiches, truffles, cookies, butter tarts, pastries, and chocolates covered strawberries with eight females running around  the kitchen.  So much fun!