Before the day closes, I wanted to wish you all a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I never gave it much thought growing up, that is, until I discovered how Irish I am. Oh, yeah – the Bairds, the Allens, the Glenns – it’s all over my mom’s side of the family.
Learning about our heritage helps us thrive. It helps you take the good with the bad. Just about the time you think you’re from a long line of nobodies, you discover that grandmother of noble birth or that war hero that saved his country. And then, just about the time you get all puffed up from that knowledge, you stumble across the double spy who got hanged for a whole bunch of things you’d rather not talk about. We’ve all got stories that go back to the beginning of time and it enriches us to learn about them and appreciate those who went before us and the struggles they endured.
In honor of the day, I wanted to post a photo of a recipe I made recently, but now realize that I didn’t. Well, I did make the recipe and it was delicious, but I didn’t take the photo. Be that as it may, I highly recommend you give it a try. “Irish King Trimmy Bisque” (page 169, Trim Healthy Table) is a recipe your family will enjoy and never have a clue that you’re helping them be trim and healthy. It’s an energizing “E” meal on the Trim Healthy Mama plan, loaded with chicken, leeks (oh, how I love leeks!) and other ingredients that give it a rich, soothing, comfort-food flavor. I was a little surprised at finding chamomile tea bags in the list of ingredients, but I said, “Well, Serene,” (even though she wasn’t there to hear me, of course), “you haven’t let me down with one of your Trimmy Bisques yet…” and brewed the tea and put it right in there. And yes, it’s wonderful.
The only thing I like to change in the Trimmy Bisque recipes is that I put less of the ingredients in the blender than recommended. We don’t like our soup quite that smooth.
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Making a great soup is a wonderful family activity while we’re all cooped up waiting for this virus to pass and this makes a big pot that will give you plenty of leftovers to freeze.
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I thought you might like to close out this day by gaining a little appreciation for its namesake. Saint Patrick should mean much more to us than wearing a green outfit and having one too many green beers. I’m thinking he probably contributed much to my family’s heritage of faith – and maybe yours, too.
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