-- chicken soup shortcut and other mundane Sunday stuff

So Dan's been sick. We were foodshopping when he started to go downhill again fast so when we got home, I made some of the fastest chicken soup ever. Here was my secret to getting a pot ready in 1/2 hour:

• chicken broth
• lime juice
• cilantro cubes I had in freezer
• sauteed thinly-sliced onions in garlic, olive oil and white wine
• dried mushrooms
• frozen spinach
• carrots, steamed in microwave and sliced into soup (normally they take forever to soften)
• frozen chicken meat (from the last time we had a ready-made chicken)
• rice
• salt & pepper
  

Boil all up and season broth to taste. The lime juice adds a nice touch, I like my broth flavorful and tangy.

Then we watched Dumb and Dumber (a movie I originally avoided because it sounded so stupid until multiple friends vouched for its hilarity). They were right, I recommend it as a fun watch.

Believe it or not, one of my 2009 goals is to... get this... watch movies! Catch up on flicks that everyone knows about but me. I almost never watch TV or have time to get to the cinema so I joined Netflix. (Somehow this is an easier resolution than dropping 10 lbs....)