Just a few silly shots of our Halloween pumpkins.
Carving away…
Finally done.
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Round-up here! The theme this month was to use a neglected gadget. I didn’t have to look far for this one — my immersion blender. Ever since I got my food processor, I’ve hardly ever used it. I only grabbed it last week for the white bean soup because both the food processor bowl and the blender were dirty. But for this Tenth Weekend Cookbook Challenge, it was the hand held blender I turned to first. The dish I chose was a Curried Acorn Squash and Leek Flan from the Williams-Sonoma Autumn cookbook. The original recipe calls for pumpkin but I had an acorn squash, so that is what I used. The only other thing I changed in this recipe, was that I didn’t make the sauce described in the cookbook. For that they took some of the squash and cream, held it out of the flan, and used . . . → Read More: WCC10: Curried Acorn Squash & Leek Flan
At Thanksgiving this year, we are having two non-meat-eating guests, which is not a super big thing as I myself was one of those types for many years. Because of this, I understand the holiday meal made of mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls. So, I have been trying to come up with some sort of main dish for them, along with the non-meat sides, of course. I kept envisioning a vegetarian shepherd’s pie, which after throwing all of my ingredients together, is pretty much the kind of dish that I came up with here. And the best part? It can be made and assembled the day before, stored in the refrigerator and baked in about 30 minutes — while the turkey rests, I’m thinking. Perfect! Aside from it fitting in the schedule nicely, it was also very good. jwa and I had a practice meal last week — I . . . → Read More: Autumn Vegetable Stew with Mashed Sweet Potato Topping
This is one of the best kinds of recipes — one of the recipes where you just throw everything together that you think will be pretty good and it is. The kind that works pretty much like you hoped it would. One of the things that I love about Fall soups is that you can just simmer vegetables with broth, blend them up and the result pretty much always works out. This soup also has many of my favorite Fall ingredients — squash, sage, hazelnuts and pears. In fact, that’s pretty much how I came up with it — everything I like about the season in a blender. In this version I used vegetable stock and water, as I was testing it out as a soup for vegetarians, but feel free to use chicken broth. Or even a combination of chicken broth with a little apple juice. Really, . . . → Read More: Soup Experiment: Delicata Squash & Sweet Potato Soup with Hazelnuts & Sage
I have been on a soup kick, which is pretty easy for me because I love soup. Mostly creamy soups but I don’t feel that guilty about it, because I almost never use actual cream. I use a potato for creaminess. Oh, and a big blender. This soup came about because I had four zucchinis that I needed to use. I grabbed a sweet potato to add to the fun and some mint from out front, for I love the combination of zucchini and mint. Going with the green theme, I tossed in a handful of pistachios and ended up with a great, filling and healthy soup. And it’s even better the next day! Zucchini & Sweet Potato Soup with Mint & Pistachios |
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