Monday, May 14, 2012

ShE's NoT yOuR aVeRaGe Mother's Day

J. Lamb 2012

Okay blogger, I give. You refuse to let my upload pictures to anyplace, save for inside my posts. I get it, you've become difficult to work with. I have a picture here above to use for my title, but NOOOOO you have to be difficult. Fine. I'll just have to deal with it (and maybe pout just a tad).

So, what do NoT sO aVeRaGe MoM's do for Mother's Day? Well, I don't know about you, but I made my family come with me to take pictures. I followed people around and pointed out things I wanted to be cleaned as well.

I did a little leisurely shopping (sans kids). And then, I insisted upon making my family dinner. Eh, what can I say? It's all about Mom on Mother's Day, right? Well, Mom is happy when she gets to make dinner and it was darn good too. Lol.

Chicken Spinach and Garlic Soup (GF and Dairy-free of course)

2 cans reduced sodium white beans (I use S&W brand)

2 cups baby spinach (rinsed and drained)

1 can chicken

3 cloves garlic

1 qt Free Range Chicken Broth (Pacific Natural Foods brand)

1 teaspoon rosemary

2 teaspoons Worcestershire (Lea and Perrins)

 1/2 red onion (minced)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon curry


Heat oil on medium heat in your big soup pot and add onion and canned chicken . Stir occasionally. Add beans, garlic, spinach, rosemary, curry,  and about 1/2 of the chicken broth to blender. Blend well. Add blended mixture into your pot and stir to mix. Add more chicken broth if too thick and Worcestershire. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.


Full disclosure here, I did add some leftover rice and beans to this as well and it was so yummy good! The kids were taken aback as to how green it was, but no one complained about eating so much spinach! Ha-ha!


Everyone cooperated, no one complained, and no one bickered all day. Sounds like a perfect Mother's Day to me! Hope yours was great too! ;)