Recipe Experiment...

I recently picked up ingredients to make Happiness Soup (yellow squash, onions-my addition, lemon juice, basmati rice, turmeric-actually I used yellow curry since I already had it) and on a whim, I also picked up Cascadian Farms French Cut Green Beans with Slivered Almonds. I had intended to eat them separately, as I have before. While I was eating some of the Happiness Soup at work, I thought it might be neat to add the green beans to the rest of the soup mix, but later decided against it, because I had two squash still left and enough onions as well. So, I decided to cook tonight and actualize my ideas! So here is what I did:

Heated a small pan on medium and added 1-2 TBS of butter and melted, added 1 cup of the basmati rice and covered all the grains and cooked a little longer, then added 2 cups of water. Covered and cooked til done, about 20 minutes. Mainly just followed directions on bag for cooking.

In another pan, a 10" saute pan, I melted another 1-2 TBS of butter and added 1 diced squash, let that cook a bit, and some diced onion (I used pre-diced, and just added how much I wanted...probably about 1/4-1/2 cup) and sauteed a few minutes more. Added the frozen green beans and cooked til heated through. Added about 1/4-1/2 tsp of yellow curry powder, stirred in and mixed well to distribute the spices/seasoning. Once the rice was cooked, added the rice to the squash and green bean mixture, and mixed well. Lastly, I topped it all off with the almonds.

That is all. A nice veggie meal. With essense of India.

Anyone want to see pictures?

( Since Romi wanted to see it )