My Intellectual Development Goals
For Intellectual Development
1. Take the GREs
2. Apply to Grad School
3. Re-Read Moby Dick
4. Read 2 non-fiction history books
5. Walk the freedom trail
6. Read 5 books recommended by others (0/5)
7. Visit a museum I’ve never been to
8. Read 15 books previously unread from the BBC top 100 list (0/15)
9. See “Schindler’s List”
10. Finish a book in a day
1. My company offers tuition reimbursement. There is no reason why I shouldn’t take advantage of this benefit. In order to do that, I first have to take the GREs
2. Adding to no. 1, it has been my mother’s new obsession to tell me how lucky I am that I can still recieve tuition reimbursement as many companies have cut it from their benefits. I want to at least have figured out what program I want and applied to grad schools by the end of 1001 days.
3. Junior year of high school, I had the WORST English (Language Arts?) teacher ever. She would come in and sit at her desk and do nothing. We would be assigned books to read but not really. There is no real consequence for not completing the task. As long as you could answer general questions that were found in any well written cliff’s note, you were ok. The one I avoided most vehemently is Moby Dick. I think I owe it to Herman Melville to give his book another chance
4. Ben loves history. I want to read these non-fiction history books for him. I hope he appreciates that.
5. I live in Boston and have for my whole life. I know there is a lot of history and I really appreciate it and I think the freedom trail would be a good way to explore it that I have never experienced before. (Plus Ben really wants to 
)
6. The best books I have read are the ones that someone else has recommended to me.
7. I love museums.
8. I have already read 24 of these books. 15 more is a reasonable number. Who knows, maybe I’ll finish more!
9. I need to watch“Schindler’s List”. I have been to the Holocaust museum in DC and Israel (twice) and I have never seen this movie. I’m a bad Jew.
10. This goal also has to do with relaxation. Taking the time to read is important. If I am able to finish a whole book in a day, it means that I was able to take large chunk of consecutive time for myself.
Recipe Swap
I was recently asked to participate in a recipe swap. I thought (with influence from Liz) that I would share the recipe I chose. My mom sent this recipe to me because it’s SUPER easy and everyone loves it (in my family at least).
I will also try to post some of the received recipes as well!
Leek and Kohlrabi Soup
2 1/2 Tbls butter
4C leek chopped coarsely (2 or 3)
4C kohlrabi coarsely chopped (2 or 3)
1 small turnip (3/4c) coarsely chopped
2 1/2 Tbsp flour
5 or 6 cup chicken stock (I use the pareve soup mix)
1/4 cup chopped dill
salt and pepper
1 med potato (1 1/4 C) diced
2/3 cup sour cream (room temp)
Melt butter in large sauce pan over med high heat. Add leeks and saute till limp not brown (4-5 min). Add kohlrabi and turnip reduce heat to med low and cook 1 minute stirring constantly. sprinkle flour over vegetable and mix thoroughly. Gradually blend in vegetable stock (I put in H2O and bouillon mix at same time) Stir in dill and salt and pepper. Cover and simer 12 minutes. Add potato cook covered 10-12 minutes more.
Combine sour cream and 1/2 c soup in bowl add to soup.
(If you make it ahead of time, don’t add the sour cream until you are about to serve it)
Garnish with dill and if you want can add a dollop of sour cream.
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