well. i have officially gained back a couple pounds. sigh.

yesterday i made vegetable soup for dinner.... more a sort of minestrone actually (different vegs cut finely, handful of beans, handful of rice.) dad loes this soup.

i also made two buckwheat salads. i wanted to make a tabouley-salad facsimile. i used buckwheat thought because we have some that needs used. i mixed most of it with parsley tomatoes red onions and lemon juice. supposed to have other ingredients but oh well.... i was working from memory of what i'd eaten from Gooding's. i left about a cup behind and just dressed it with a little pesto sauce (from jar).

mom and i ate those today. mom liked both, but preferred the tabouley-salad-facsimile one she said the grain was a bit bland, but i think part of the reason is i overcooked it (had a few mishaps there ) and then it absorbed a lot more moisture from the vegs. she said the pesto one was a little too strong for her...i can make use less pesto next time. so then mom mixed the two and said that was good, so i am going to add a little pesto to the salad version. (the buckwheat-with-pesto version is all gone. )

my dad made an amused/disgusted face at the buckwheat. he sneered at us eating it. he had leftover veggie soup for lunch.
little does he know ...... i snuck in about a half cup of that over-cooked buckwheat ... i'm sure it mostly disintegrated by the time the soup was done.... hehe!

i found out buckwheat is another complete protein, it is gluten free, good for high blood pressure and lowering cholesterol! wooohoooo!

~ waves ~