Fresh Brewed Knits

So last month I was at my local yarn store and was looking at some really beautiful soft sock yarn and another knitter was looking at the yarn, too.  We began talking about knitting styles, and she said "Have you ever done two at a time?".  Excuse me.  Two at a time?  Are we talking about knitting?  Then she said she magic loops socks two at a time (which I also magic loop and knit with one circular needle when making socks or other things with small circular diameters), but have only knit one sock at a time.  I told her I have read about two at a time but felt it would be too much trouble trying to keep the strands of yarn from being tangled all the time and keep each sock in order.  Well, she kind of made me feel that I was an inferior knitter because I did not knit socks two at a time.  Well, I thought, I'll show her.  So, I bought a book on the subject and looked at some resources on Ravelry.com and proceeded to knit my socks.  And by golly, I did it.  It took me a bi

When it gets cold outside, I usually want a bowl of steaming hot soup for dinner.  Here's my version of  a quick-to-fix wonton soup that will warm you all over. It takes less than 30 minutes to make and will make you feel happy that you did!  The recipe: 1 bag Trader Joe's frozen Chicken Cilantro Mini Wontons Couple of handfuls of roughly chopped Bok Choy (I used 1/2 package of the baby bok choy from Trader Joe's) Rinsed and then chopped. 2 cans (approx. 14.5 oz each) low sodium chicken broth 1 Tablespoon soy sauce Pour chicken broth into a pan and bring to a boil.  Toss in the chopped bok choy and bring back up to a boil.  Add FROZEN wontons and bring back up to a simmer.  Gently simmer for 5-6 minutes until wontons are heated through.  Add soy sauce and serve & enjoy.  Makes 2 hearty main dish servings. ETA:  Keep pan covered to prevent broth from evaporating while cooking.