Pumpkin Soup Recipe

My mother a couple of weeks ago asked if I had a recipe for Pumpkin Soup, I unfortunately didn't but I hit Google and soon found some...I have yet to make it but I thought I would share my find with you and let you be my guinea pigs!  That and I doubt The Husband would like it...

With Thanks Giving a mere four days away I thought that this would be an excellent recipe it is low cost and I am sure very creamy and delicious.

Makes 9 Servings

Ingredients:
6 Cups Chicken Stock
1 1/2 Tsp Salt
4 Cups Pumpkin Puree, or 2 15 oz Cans Pure Pumpkin
1 Tsp Chopped Fresh Parsley
1 Cup Chopped Onion
1/2 Tsp Chopped Fresh Thyme
1 Clove Garlic, Minced
1/2 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
5 Whole Black Peppercorns

Directions


1. Heat Stock, Salt, pumpkin, onion, thyme, garlic, and peppercorns.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes uncovered.
2. Puree the soup in small batches (1 cup at a time) using a food processor or blender.
    PLEASE NOTE:  I believe you could skip this step if you are using canned pumpkin.
3. Return to pan, bring to boil again.  Reduce Heat to low, simmer for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir in heavy Cream. Pour into soup bowls and garnish with fresh parsley.

NOTE: If you are watching your waistline you can substitute the 1/2 cup heavy cream with 1/2 cup Fat Free Milk and add about 1 Tbsp Flour or cornstarch...by doing this you can achieve the same creamy and thickened texture that you would with the heavy cream.  You might also be able to make this into a more hearty meal by adding two cubed chicken breasts.

This recipe can be found on Allrecipes.com my tips and tricks cannot but the original can be found by clicking here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-soup/

Watch Your Drink,

The Stepford Husband

Bitchy Little Things

In case you don't know how to put on a rubber let this 11 year old kid show you how:

I am the type of person who thinks that if you are going to have children you should have a roof over your head, an established career, and well basically the mental maturity and the means to give that child everything it could possibly need.  I get it isn't a perfect world.

Now, I grew up in a very small town and I look at a lot of the women that I went to high school with, some of them have had a child, or are on their second...some of them constantly bitch that they had to move from their last place into a bigger one because of the child. Or that the baby wakes them up all the time and they have to go and work at the restaurant at 7:30AM.  What the fuck did you think being a parent was going to be like? Sunshine and friken daises with the happy smiling baby from the Pampers commercial?

SO...this is what was posted: Please note I have retyped it exactly as they did.

I figured because the baby was up at 5 am id just let him play in his crib for a while, thinking that he might go back to sleep... Wrong!! Ugh im sooo tired

My Comment:

Makes you re-think not using that condom doesn't it?

Their Reply:

There are times... But i love all my babies and i wouldnt change a thing about them!! 

Sometimes I think I am a bit to harsh when it comes to my exterior observances but I have a huge issues with people that have children when they shouldn't.  I mean are you doing any favors for yourself? Are you doing any favors for your child that you brought into this world unprepared?

Am I wrong?

In case you need another example of how to put a rubber on, here you go:

Watch your drink,

The Stepford Husband