All Dressed Up and ... Someplace To Go!

Carol on the Run, of course! 6:00 at Running Room. It's a beautiful day. The sun is shining and clearing off the sidewalks. Should be great fun. See you there.

I'm going to spend the afternoon in the kitchen (we need cookies after all!), so don't have much time for a post. Here's supper, which will also be the January Running Room eMagazine recipe:

Wild Rice Soup

3 Tbsp. butter
1/4 c. minced onion
1/4 c. flour
4 c. chicken broth
2 c. cooked wild rice
1 c. chopped, cooked chicken (or 2/3 c. minced ham)
1/4 c. chopped celery
2 carrots, finely grated
1 1/2 c. fat-free half and half
2 Tbsp. sherry
3 Tbsp. sliced almonds

Melt butter in saucepan; saute onion until tender. Blend in flour and gradually add chicken broth. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens slightly. Stir in rice, chicken or ham, celery and carrot; simmer about 10 minutes. Blend in half & half, sherry and almonds. Heat to serving temperature.

Today's thought for the day, or the season actually, will be some lyrics:

So here's my lifelong wish,
My grown-up christmas list.
Not for myself,
But for a world in need.

No more lives torn apart,
That wars would never start,
And time would heal all hearts.
And everyone would have a friend,
And right would always win,
And love would never end.
This is my grown-up christmas list.
--Grown Up Christmas List, sung by Amy Grant

Have a wonderful day.