Nanook of the North

 Hello Everyone,

In between major power outages lasting for 10-12 hours, I've been working on Timeless and attached the green border.

The snow started early on Monday which was ahead of schedule.  Our power went out Sunday night at midnight and didn't come back on until yesterday afternoon around 3pm.  We had the neighbors over for dinner and I fixed a delicious pot of meatball soup. We enjoyed our soup, salad, and a glass of wine or two and they walked back home.....right next door.  They no sooner got home, when the power went off again around 9pm and came back on at 4:30am.

 

Recipe for Sopa de Albondigas

Broth:
1 medium onion chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
8 cups beef broth or stock
4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon crushed oregano
1 teaspoon salt

Meatballs:
1 lb. ground pork
1 lb. extra lean ground beef
1/2 cup uncooked rice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten

Condiments to put on top of your bowl
chopped avocado
chopped fresh cilantro
chopped fresh tomatoes
sour cream
grated Monterey Jack cheese

To make the broth, sauté onion and garlic in the olive oil. Add tomato sauce, beef stock, fresh tomatoes, cumin, oregano and salt. Meanwhile mix together ingredients for meatballs. Shape into little balls and drop into boiling mixture.

Cover and cook for 45 minutes. Serve with the assorted condiments. This soup is actually better the next day. I mash up some of the meatballs prior to serving.

I didn't think to take a picture as we were ready to just dig in!

The ongoing snowblower saga continues.  Our son got sick and he didn't come up to try and fix it.  I just finished shoveling the driveway and now I need a long winters nap!  Here's the cabin from the street.  We are supposed to get another foot of snow today, more tomorrow and Thursday.

I took this picture of the deck off our bedroom yesterday at 4:30pm.

Here it is this morning.

Now it's time to quilt for a couple of hours before I go back on shoveling duty.  

Soon,

Lynn