A movie review and a recipe

OK, first the recipe.  This is delicious, easy, cheap and pretty fat-free.  And it has stuff you probably have in your pantry.  Here in Tex Ass, where it is important to have cold things to munch on already in the fridge, this concoction acts as dinner sometimes, spread on a cracker or dipped with pita chips.  Essentially it's like hummus but better in some ways.  Let's call it White Bean and Roasted Pepper Dip.
1 can white beans (cannellini), drained
1 cup (or thereabouts) roasted, skinned red pepper, either from a jar (rinsed) or from a real red pepper that you have roasted
3 ounces softened cream cheese (fat-free or reduced fat is fine), or about a third cup, you could probably use greek yogurt as well
juice of a half lemon
1 garlic clove, rough chopped
Salt and Pepper

Put all the ingredients in the food processor and whiz it til smooth.  Refrigerate for at least an hour so the flavors blend, but it is even better the next day.  Keeps for several days, covered in the fridge.  I know it sounds sort of boring, but it isn't, and it's a lovely color and it tastes delicious, and how cheap and easy is it!  I made mine in the blender, worked fine, just had to scrape the sides down a time or two.

Movie Review:  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.  You should probably see Part 1 first, but even if you haven't you will still appreciate this one.  It's quite good, the effects are often excellent and the color palate is dark, gloomy, portending evil.  I like that sort of thing.  (And yes, I sometimes like light and airy and pastels, too, but really, not so often.)  Harry and his friends do what they are all supposed to do so there's some satisfaction in the resolution of the story.  There are some twists and surprises, of course.  And to tell you the truth (no spoiler here, don't worry) it could have ended about 10 minutes earlier and the last scene omitted and I would have been a tiny bit happier.  See it on a big screen.  We did not opt for the 3-D showing, not being big fans, and I don't think we missed out on anything because of that.

OK, that's it for this morning.