Thursday

Frozen vegetable soup with lemon chive cream (recipe in the comments)
Sauteed grape tomatoes with garlic

Hot tea
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I cut a recipe for brocolli soup with lemon chive cream out quite a while ago and it seemed very spring-y. When we planned to make it last week thoguh, I wasn't sure if this was going to be different enough than the fresh garlic broccoli soup we made back in March to make it worth having a second recipe in the repertoire. BUT we were pretty excited about the lemon chive cream, so we decided to try it. Thankfully, fate conspired to make sure this was different enough to be a repeat performer. When I opened the bag our broccoli was in to begin chopping it, I discovered it was completely infested with little tiny mites. Ahh, the occasional joys of organic produce :) Thankfully we had an equivalent volume of frozen mixed vegetables (Zucchini, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and onion) and so we punted with that. The result is so incredible that we have a new recipe! This is easy, unusual, and incredibly yummy. Enjoy!

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Easy
Chopping: Leeks, garlic, lemon zest, scallions, Parmesan
Time: 30 minutes (most of which is rice cooking time)
Make ahead: This was excellent for lunch the next day

Reaction
J: "I can't believe this is made with frozen veggies!"
M: "Serendipity in the frozen food aisle"