March 5th "Cheese Doodle Day"

Here is how you can celebrate today's festivities:

Casual: Eat cheese doodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Committed: Have a cheese doodle party
Hard-Core: Furniture your entire house with cheese doodles, and while you are at it, you can decorate  your  own clothing.

Color Challenge!

Today's Color Challenge is "Color Yourself Smiley" by wearing something Lavender (light purple). You wear your lavander-colored clothing to everywhere you. Suitable for any event, formal or informal.

We love Mushrooms Company Presents Today's Recipe 
Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp/75 g butter
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 12 ounces/340 g button mushrooms
• 4 cups/900 ml light chicken stock or broth
• 1 sprig of flat parsley
• Salt and pepper
• 2 ounces/56 ml high-quality sherry (don't use the cheap grocery-store variety; it's salty and unappetizing and will ruin your soup)
• Method 
• In the medium saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons/28 g of the butter over medium heat and add the onion. Cook until the onion is soft and translucent, then add the mushrooms and the remaining butter. Let the mixture sweat for about 8 minutes, taking care that the onion doesn't take on any brown color. Stir in the chicken stock and the parsley and bring to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat and simmer for about an hour.After an hour, remove the parsley and discard. Let the soup cool for a few minutes, then transfer to the blender and carefully blend at high speed until smooth. Do I have to remind you to do this in stages, with the blender's lid firmly held down, and with the weight of your body keeping that thing from flying off and allowing boiling hot mushroom purée to erupt all over your kitchen?
• When blended, return the mix to the pot, season with salt and pepper, and bring up to a simmer again. Add the sherry, mix well, and serve immediately.
  
  -Smiley:)