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You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Lightening Stuck

August 25, 2011

Lightening Stuck

On my way back from Jefferson Vineyards (I was picking up an assignment – not drinking!) I got stuck in a TERRIBLE storm!!!

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It was very scary, and lightening nearly struck my car. I didn’t know where to go, so I went to the bakery!

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Matt gave me comfort

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And comfort food in the form of a cookie piece!

Back at home, I was still hungry. Perhaps my longer-than-normal run!? I had a taste of the granola bar Diana brought to HLS – delicious! It held together really well! And a small spoonful of SFB!

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My snack had to power me through a 7pm dinner because I had a play date with Levi!

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My favorite little friend lives just a few houses away so Jenn and I made a walking date. It was a little spoiled with the weather, but we had a good time anyways. Levi even fell asleep!

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Back at home, I was one starvin’ marvin! Must be that time of the month. I couldn’t keep my paws out of the bacon, cheese and beer while I cooked.

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And the crouttttonnnns!!!!

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Tonight I made a simple 10 minute meal out of a boxed soup, fresh greens and simple add ons

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Make Your Own Sweet Potato Soup

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes minutes
Total Time 10 minutes minutes
Servings 2 Servings
Author Kath Younger

Ingredients

  • 1 box Trader Joe’s Sweet Potato Bisque or Pacific/Imagine brand
  • 3 slices loganic bacon
  • 1 massive salad spinner full of kale
  • Grated or cubed cheese
  • Homemade croutons
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • Garlic gold nuggets to taste
  • Kosher salt to taste
  • Yogurt for garnish

Instructions

  • Cook bacon in pan and remove when brown on edges.
  • Add kale to bacon grease and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes.
  • Add soup and stir to combine. Heat till hot and then simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Preheat broiler and toss cubes of bread with coconut oil, salt and garlic gold nuggets.
  • Broil croutons for 5 minutes until brown at edges.
  • Pour soup into bowl.
  • Garnish with croutons, bacon, cheese and a dollop of yogurt.

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Too full for dessert!

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  1. Allie@LiveLaughEat says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    Ahhh you got to cuddle with Levi?! I hope you squeezed his chubby feet for me!

    Reply
  2. chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    What a cute bay – those cheeks… I just wanna squeeze them!

    Reply
  3. Hillary says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    Too full for dessert? I’m not quite sure I know what that feels like…

    ; )

    Reply
  4. Sweet and Savvy says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    That storm hit me earlier toady! It was crazy. Cookies are always a good pick me up:)

    Reply
  5. Lindsay @ Lindsay's List says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:25 pm

    Just wait…there’s always room for dessert! 😉

    Reply
  6. Lauren says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    Sounds like a good day-except for the lighting and storm! Just a warm up for this weekend, right?!? 😉 Earthquake and hurricane in one week? Once in a lifetime experience! What is Garlic Gold exactly? Sounds amazing, I LOVE garlic!

    Reply
  7. Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    Levi is adorable and you’re a natural. One day I know you will be an amazing mama, when ever that time is right. Now that you have the house bought 🙂

    Trader Joe’s Sweet Potato Bisque as a base for the soup…great idea. I like to use a can of soup or a box of any kind of broth if i have it on hand for my soups. Gives a nice depth of flavor.

    And glad you’re safe and no lighting struck you. YIKES!!

    Reply
  8. Melinda R. says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    What a cute baby boy! Hope your play date was alot better than your drive home!?

    Thanks for the recipe! It looks yummy!

    Reply
  9. Shaya says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    The safest place to be in a lightning storm is in your car!! If you were to get struck, the charge would flow through the outside body and dissipate into the ground 🙂 just FYI for next time!

    ps, I can never be too full for dessert. I have a whole extra stomach for it!! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    Scary! Glad Matt gave you some comfort!!! 🙂 AND you got a cute baby to hug today!!!

    Reply
  11. Christine @ BookishlyB says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    Matt’s expression is hilarious! Very scary experience with the lightening, though. I’m experiencing 102 temps out here in Southern California, though. Not sure which is worse…

    Reply
  12. erica says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    there’s ALWAYS room for dessert! lol!

    ok, lightning storms are scary! i wouldn’t know what to do!!!

    Reply
  13. lynn @ the actor's diet says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    between the earthquake and storms, mother nature has not been kind to you lately!

    Reply
  14. Mom says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    Hi Levi!

    Reply
  15. Ali @ Peaches and Football says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    Sweet potato soup? OMG that sounds great! I feel so deprived not having a Whole Foods or a Trader Joes within a 2+ hour drive. 🙁

    Reply
  16. Lynda @ healthy hoboken girl says

    August 25, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Love little Levi!!! What a cutie pie!!

    Reply
  17. Molly @ RDexposed says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    Bakery: check
    House: check
    Baby: ……!

    Reply
  18. Kate (What Kate is Cooking) says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    I’m terrified of lightning, but inclement weather is kind of exciting! Stay safe!

    Reply
  19. Hannah says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    Oh, if only we all had bakeries and husbands to be our ports in the storm! 🙂

    Reply
  20. Cait's Plate says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Awww Levi is too adorable! I love the picture of Matt providing you comfort. Haha. Also? I spent like 4 hours on Etsy today after seeing your tweets – I blame you for my lack of productivity today! 😉

    Reply
  21. Amy* says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    Driving in storms is scary! The last time I drove in one, I almost cried!*

    Reply
  22. Angie @ Musings of a Violet Monkey says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    Crazy weather these days, eh? Sorry you were spooked.

    What a cutie that Levi is. I love getting my baby-fix elsewhere for now, until it’s the right time for me to have one of my own!

    ~

    Reply
  23. Deva (Voracious Vorilee) says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    he is such a cutie – and you are gorgeous :-)! I hate driving in lightening storms :-/ pouring rain and I don’t get along very well at all!

    Reply
  24. Annie@stronghealthyfit says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    What a cute kiddo!

    Reply
  25. katie @KatieDid says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    loganic bacon! I had that today- Vermont smoked and cured, and it’s SO much tastier than the normal bacon I have eaten in the past. You look like a natural with the kid!

    Reply
  26. Baking N Books says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    You look SO different with your hair down!

    Unfortunately – even when I’m too full (which is always), I still eat dessert. Not good I know it.

    Reply
  27. Angel7 says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    We had terrible rain and thunder last night–I am not sure if there was lightening, though, because I was in bed while it was going on.

    http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  28. Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    I love thunderstorms, but sometimes they really are scarey. I bet you were happy to see Matt!

    Reply
  29. Ash @ Good Taste Healthy Me says

    August 25, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    omg I would’ve been scared to death! I hate storms.

    That soup looks delicious!

    Reply
  30. Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    I love build your own eats! The soup looks perfect! I’m glad you are safe and ended up having a nice evening!

    Reply
  31. Meaghan O'Connor (My Spoonful of Inspiration) says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    I love the ‘Play Date’ bib. 🙂 So adorable. Looks like a … fall … dinner to me! Yum!

    Reply
  32. Sarah @ Sarah's Modern Bites says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    HHH I always manage to get caught in storms! Lucky you had a safe and DELICIOUS refuge 😉

    Canned and boxed soups make such great bases for awesome meals. It’s fun to change it up and to think outside the BOX 😉 Your soup looks awesome 😀

    Reply
  33. Courtney @ The Granola Chronicles says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    I love using the soup from TJ’s as nice starters and adding in other goodies.

    And too full for dessert?! Come on! 😉

    Reply
  34. kaila @ healthy helper! says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    Mmmmm I looove sweet potato bisque!! So creamy and delish!

    Reply
  35. Raewyn says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    Mmm, that bar looked good! Big congrats on the house deal, Kath!!! So excited for you and Matt! 🙂

    Reply
  36. Sara says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:16 pm

    What a cutie! Love the Play Date bib.

    Reply
  37. Brittany @ Itty Bits of Balance says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    AW! Levi looks so lost!!!

    Reply
  38. Jennie @ What's Jen Eating? says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Hi Kath! I’ve been reading your blog for a while now…but don’t think I’ve ever commented.
    When I heard about the hurricane this morning, I immediately thought of you and some of my other favorite East Coast bloggers (Caitlin and Anne). Glad you’re surviving. 🙂 Your soup looks yummy!!

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 26, 2011 at 8:24 am

      🙂 Thanks for your comment

      Reply
  39. Tara says

    August 25, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    Kath, I am in a diet rut right now (I even hate to use the word DIET, but since nothing else has worked, I am a calorie counter lately!!!!)…so I just wanted to tell you how much I love coming here for “KERF”spiration. I have been following you for about three years now…have hardly ever missed a post (you and I are born only 1 day apart!). Anyway, just wanted you to know how grateful I am for all you do. You are SUCH an inspiration to me. Just tonight I was thinking about how much I dreaded cleaning our house tomorrow…until I thought of how you would probably be so positive about it…so then I thought, “Chin up, Tara!” Also, thanks to you, I never go to bed now without an empty email box. 🙂

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 26, 2011 at 8:24 am

      Thanks and good luck!

      Reply
  40. Pilar says

    August 26, 2011 at 12:54 am

    Ohhh, that hit the spot…no Trader Joe’s around here but how hard can it be to make a sweet potato bisque? Substituted the beer for a chilled rosado from the ribera del duero. Love your posts by the way, keep it coming!

    Reply
  41. Khushboo says

    August 26, 2011 at 1:30 am

    “Too full for dessert”…nuh uh, I can’t believe that ;)!

    Reply
  42. J3nn(Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says

    August 26, 2011 at 2:30 am

    I love dressing up boxed/canned soups.

    I need a bakery to find refuge in. 🙂

    Reply
  43. Jumanah @ Healthy Living in the Middle East says

    August 26, 2011 at 2:44 am

    I feel like I have been hungry ALL the time lately too! The other day I was toasting some almonds to top some rice, and ended up eating them all BEFORE I could use them as toppers!

    Reply
  44. Aine @ Something to Chew Over says

    August 26, 2011 at 3:14 am

    Yum dinner looks great! 🙂

    Hope the weather gets better!

    Reply
  45. Kelly @ Foodie Fiasco says

    August 26, 2011 at 3:17 am

    I’m so glad you decided to not drive in that lightening! I hope everything is okay! 😉

    Reply
  46. Kerry says

    August 26, 2011 at 6:31 am

    Ah Levi is so cute! Hope the hurricane doesn’t cause too much damage for you guys!

    Reply
  47. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says

    August 26, 2011 at 6:44 am

    What a little cutie!

    I love what you did with that soup. That’s such a great way to jazz it up!

    Reply
  48. Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says

    August 26, 2011 at 7:05 am

    Aww Levi is so cute 🙂 Great ideas with the soup, it looks pretty amazing!

    Reply
  49. Katie says

    August 26, 2011 at 7:29 am

    My hunger was crazy yesterday but our dinner of corn and bacon chowder with Dakota bread croutons filled me up. I was too full for the dessert I had planned and too tired! Levi is adorable. My kids are 4 and 5 so I miss the cute baby stage. Although my son chopped potatoes and sliced bread while wearing his little apron and told me how much fun cooking is.

    Reply
  50. Jenn says

    August 26, 2011 at 8:23 am

    I think Levi may have as many drool bibs as Kath has table linens…okay, nearly as many ;P

    Thanks for hanging out with us. We will sure miss you when you move, but love, love that new house!

    Levi sends hugs and “high-fives” to Kath’s Mom 🙂

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 26, 2011 at 8:24 am

      Hee hee – let’s walk again soon!

      Reply
  51. Jaime says

    August 26, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Where do you get your spoons? I love your flatware!

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 26, 2011 at 2:04 pm

      I inherited them from my grandmother

      Reply
  52. Jaime says

    August 26, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    darn it! I wonder where I can find some like those. Maybe flea markets?

    Reply
  53. KatieG. @ Just Roll With It says

    August 26, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    I think I need soup for dinner, it’s rainy here…

    Reply
  54. Eileen says

    August 28, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    That soup looks absolutely delicious, and I think it could motivate my husband to eat kale!

    Levi is soooo adorable. I love that name, however, it would sound ridiculous with our last name, so I smile every time I hear it on behalf of those who “get” to use it! 🙂

    Reply
  55. Diane says

    August 29, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Sculpin IPA! mmmm good choice 🙂

    Reply

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