Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

   

 
Winter and Spring on campus.
It is quite lovely in southern Illinois right now. School has just ended so Carbondale will be quiet for a few months. Here are two more picture from school.

Tonight I will be going to see The Sound of Music. I don't even think saying, "god help me", is an appropriate response to what I have gotten myself into. The worst part is, it was my idea.

You see a friend of mine has never be to a theater departments' performance. This is something I find inexcusable in the life of a college student. Honestly, these tickets are dirt cheap for students. Why wouldn't you go? Our university even has an incentive program to encourage students to attend cultural programs offered.

My family happens to have two extra tickets just laying around. O.K., my parents really didn't want to go, they are conveniently out of town this weekend, and my husband gave the blank look only a wife could interpret when I said there were tickets. So, it's girls night out.

Last month I saw A Chorus Line. I love that show. That was actually the forth time I have seen it. Unfortunately, that was also the worst performance I have ever seen. This does not bode well for tonight's show. There are no strong voices and all of the dancing looked like it took a lot of work on the part of the performers. A least there is minimal dancing in The Sound of Music.

Wish me luck. Maybe tomorrow, notice I said maybe, I will post a review. Oh my gosh, that would be two post in a row!

I must have been extremely tired Friday night because I made way too much couscous, way too much. Honestly, I am fully aware that one third cup of couscous is more that enough to feed two people. As a matter of fact, I can make a quarter cup of couscous and feed two people. So why in the world I would make a full cup of couscous I can not comprehend.

It all probably started Thursday when I made mango chutney as the base for the couscous. I made too much chutney. But that didn't bother me, I knew I could make a dozen different things with the chutney later. As a matter of fact, I plan to make salsa with it tonight and have black bean quesadillas. However, knowing what to do with one food does not change the fact that Friday night I was facing more than two cups of left over mango chutney couscous. So ...

Look what I did!!!
That's right, I made a quiche.
 
 

Did you know it is possible to make crust for a quiche with left over couscous? Well you can! Add about a tablespoon of melted margarine and press mixture into a pie pan. Add you custard and vegetables and you have quiche. This quiche has broccoli, kale and a few vegetable from a frozen stir fry package. I used Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. This biggest surprise was how easy the crust was.

 I will definitely never worry about making too much couscous again. Truthfully, I will probably be making way too much couscous often.