We had Rotisserie chicken, mashed taters and black eyed peas. Pretty tasty.

Sounds good. Tonight we're having fish fillets. cole slaw/ fried potatoes. and sweet corn muffins ; makes me hungry just thinking about it.

Good evening, Yard.

Howdy Ray and the rest of the Yard.

Good evening Yard. Possible severe weather moving in later, so we will be laying low and watching the news. I hope everyone else fares well.

Yeah we are supposed to have some storms around 4-5 am.

Looks like we lucked out again ; lot of wind and rain but no tornado.

Good morning Yard.

It rained from about 5 this morning until just after 1 this afternoon, with more rain predicted.

Because of the stormy weather, there was A LOT of rain lightening and thunder, I got a little adventurous for lunch today.

Yesterday I roasted some broccoli and cauliflower florets in the oven along with some seasonings and it turned out pretty good. (Although I wish I had some Curry powder ) Patty suggested we should try our own version of Cheddar Broccoli soup with some cauliflower cause that’s what we had. (2 bags Cauliflower 1 bag Broccoli).

I started off making a roux using 3Tbl spoon butter and the same of flower, but I should have used 5-6 of each (hey it was my first time and I’m NOT chef Prudhomme) .

I put the veggies, roux and a 32oz box of Chicken broth, salt pepper garlic powder and just a touch of Chili powder in a 5qt pot and set it to gettin hot.

Once it was bubbling I used an immersion blender to get the veggies down to a lot smaller size.

After I did that and while it was still bubbling, I dropped in a block of cream cheese and a 12oz bag of shredded Cheddar Cheese. And started stirring until all the cheese was melted (I had softened the Cream cheese in the microwave).

Once everything was all combined and the cheeses completely melted I served us up a couple bowls.

Was it like Panera Bread Company cheddar and broccoli soup, nope, but it wasn’t half bad for a Rednecks first try.

I think I’ll put this in the Scrapyard Cooking thread (it’s a sticky)

Evening Yard!


Been out a bit. My part time gig has been piling on the hours lately. Not too much going on outside of work. It's been too windy to do much outside. When it wasn't blowing gale force winds, I was busy tinkering with my truck.

We went to town today and saw a lot of tree branches along the road. Supposed to be nice for a couple of days, then Tuesday they are predicting severe weather again. Springtime !