SAT studying and soup for dinner

 for the past month, chanda has been studying periodically for her SAT exam on saturday. she has been taking sample tests on the khan academy website and reviewing their algebra lessons. this evening we were reviewing percentage questions.

 i finally pulled out the sweater i had started knitting when my dad was in the hospital in middletown, connecticut two years ago. it's the portland pullover by carrie bostick hoge, and it was printed in my taproot magazine that i enjoy getting seasonally. as you can see above, hermione was not letting me work on it this afternoon . . so i decided to make dinner instead.

i had sweet potatoes in the refrigerator from my thursday veggie box, so i decided to do a combination sweet potato/mulligatawny soup, which was basically sweet potatoes plus indian spices: curry, garam masala, cinnamon and cumin.

this curry was a leftover from san francisco! i finally combined it into the jar on the right.

i also used a special sea salt/herb blend from morgana's austrian host mom . .

along with a special olive oil from heritage trees in italy. my kitchen is a global kitchen!

ah! my sweater is finally accessible . . 

i forgot to take a dinner table pic of the soup . . here it is . . i pureed the sweet potatoes and chicken broth and added sautéed kale and challots.