...to have the day run smoothly

...and it did?

I should have played the lottery!  I may have won.

Mondays are my work day.  The kids had swimming.  I had a brigade engagement that started at 6:00.

This of course is the precise time the children are hungry and the time the big kids need to be picked up from swimming.

Well...remember how I wrote that our weekend was rather uneventful?

That is code for: No grocery shopping completed.  No meal planned.  No food to prepare for said, hungry family.

This morning while I was reading my favorite app on my phone (Zite) I came across this black bean soup recipe.  I decided I could throw this together quickly (ten minutes) since I always have these particular ingredients on hand.

As dinner time approached and the little girls began to complain about their hunger pains, I assured our nanny that none of the children would like this meal and they would all go to bed hungry.

Frankly, it is only a requirement that I provide meals for them.  Who said they had to enjoy it?

Remember the spaghetti and meatballs fiasco?

I knew I would like this soup...but who knew our kids would eat it?

And like it?

All four of them.

It was even reported that #3 asked for seconds!

If only I could have witnessed this miracle....

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Enjoy this soup with some fresh, warm, crusty french bread to take away all the health benefits of this low fat, no salt, high protein, low carb dish.