Creamy Arugula Soup with Parmesan

Ingredients:

5 cups arugula, washed and spun dry

1 leek, sliced

5 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tbsp butter or olive oil

1 onion, chopped

garlic powder
4 cups chicken broth
1 chunk Parmesan rind
200ml cream

salt and pepper

Method:

Warm the butter or olive oil in a large pot set over medium heat and add the onion. Sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the leek, the potatoes and the chicken broth. Cook until tender. Add arugula, cream and grated Parmesan, garlic powder, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 10 minutes. Off from heat, purée the soup using a blender. Serve with grated Parmesan and drizzled with olive oil or cream.

Veredict:

A Wintery nourishing soup that will comfort your stomach after days of alcohol and junk food. 

I know I always add fattening ingredients but this soup wouldn't be the same without the Parm cheese and the cream.

♥ Sunday Best ♥ #42

Eye candy alert on the front row! I love Jessica Hart's bare legs, houndstooth jacket and messy bun; Nicki Minaj looks adorable with that big blue hair and pastel tights; Lynn Yaeger, well... she's Lynn Yaeger, it's all about her iconic signature look! This photo was taken in 2011, during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, where these three attended the Betsey Johnson Spring 2012 fashion show.

Take a break and watch this adorable duck being vaccumed! It's an order.

I want these adorable clutches. All of them.

I came across this dreamy tune while watching The Following and ended up listening to the whole album.

Now, a little bit of Science. Do you know what Aerogel is? I didn't... until now. And I'm fascinated! 

Aerogels are solid materials, yet they don't resemble a gel in their physical properties, even though they are made from gels - confusing, I know. So you can have an idea, a brick can be supported by a piece of aerogel with a mass of only 2 grams, I shit you not! We're talking about a synthetic porous ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas, resulting into low density and low thermal conductivity - some call it "frozen smoke" or "solid air". Apparently, it feels like styrofoam to the touch.
Aerogel was first created by Samuel Stephens Kistler in 1931, as a result of a bet with Charles Learned over who could replace the liquid in "jellies" with gas without causing shrinkage (Walter White would've love hanging out with these guys!). Interesting, huh?

I need this!!!

This is incredible!

She's so pretty, isn't she?

Have you ever wondered how fireworks look in the daylight?

Good idea for a tattoo.

Weekly Randoms #6

Baby Lips in Peach Kiss! Honestly, the package is pretty but this lip balm can't do the miracles that Carmex does for my lips.

Might as well face it, I'm addicted to tea!

Here are some new books that arrived this week, waiting for me to read them - I have to finish Justine first.

Oh, how cosy it is to be wrapped in layers of tartan!

Did I ever mention there's a gecko on my kitchen wall? Souvenir from Barcelona.