pretty lil flops

I would love to exclusively rave about my successes in the kitchen, but let's not forget about the failures. I am labeling these failures only because they failed in their goal oriented task of feeding the husBen....simply because he found them a bit unpalatable. I thought I should still document my efforts, however, because a) these soups are still beautiful and c) some people actually like borscht and/or gazpacho (like me!). 

A few months ago I experimented with borscht...

Now I know dinner is not going to go over well when husBen sees me cooking it and says, “That’s not for me, is it? You know I don’t eat those (beets).”

Oh, did I?

Seriously, who DOES eat beets? I think he was trying to say, “I am sorry, but what shade of normal are you trying to pass that off as?” I pulsed the food processor full of vibrant fuscia soup a few more times as if it would silence him.

If you like beets, this borscht is for you…in fact, if you had come over to my house when I made it, Ben might have tried to send you home with the whole batch.

Just recently, I tried to feed him chilled gazpacho. He took one cautious sip (after an already judging glance down at the bowl of bright green soup in front of him) and honestly/politely let me know that it was so hot that it almost tasted like "nothing." I ate alooot of left over gazpacho that week :)

Recipes (in case you are a fan of either of the "failures"):

http://cooking-books.blogspot.com/2011/08/cold-summertime-borscht.html

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Creamy-Cucumber-Gazpacho-105401