...and I have another colorful recipe to share.
Not because I have been cooking 24/7, but because nothing else exciting has really happened in my life this week!
Not because I have been cooking 24/7, but because nothing else exciting has really happened in my life this week!
Seriously. My schedule since Monday has been: wake up, go to the lab, spend all day on Excel (I am definitely the Excel MASTER now....trust me), mayyybe work out, go home, inhale dinner, wonder how it is suddenly 9:30 pm, repeat. Uck.
Luckily, however, I hit upon inventing the most DELICIOUS soup recipe I have ever made (aka better than the only other delicious soup recipe I have ever made) and can now say, the BEST way to clear out your fridge before a long break is to cook all the produce in a pot, then blend it into a creamy soup (ala babyfood style). In this manner, I present to you
THE BEST Butternut Squash Soup EVER
(please ignore my failed attempt to make an artistic yogurt swirl)
Ingredients:
-one butternut squash
-2 apples
-a few carrots and celery sticks
-1/2 red onion
-vegetable broth
-olive oil
-nutmeg (generous sprinkle)
-allspice(another generous sprinkle)
-salt
Directions:
-Peel and chop squash, microwave ~5 minutes until somewhat soft
-Saute onion in olive oil in your biggest pot
-Chop/peel the apple, carrots, celery
-Add the squash and rest of the chopped produce to the pot
-pour in Vegetable Broth until fruit/veg are barely covered by liquid
-simmer away while you make a quick batch of Pumpkin Cornbread
-Season soup with salt, nutmeg, allspice to taste
-Blend in a blenderrr in batches until creamy, adding more broth if it's too thick
-freeze leftover soup so you can eat it all winter long and never have to crack open a can of nasty Campbell's again.
-freeze leftover soup so you can eat it all winter long and never have to crack open a can of nasty Campbell's again.
Tip: when blending hot soup, DO NOT SEAL THE LID ON THE BLENDER. The hot liquid will build pressure.
Note: If you love cornbread, you HAVE TO TRY THE PUMPKIN CORNBREAD.
So yeah,
I am also driving to Indiana tomorrow to kickstart Christmas Break with a family get-together at my Aunt and Uncle's house. Which is always craaaazy fun :) I will also get to see my sister, who's flying in from ABERDEEN!
where she has spent the whole semester with the hot Scottish rugby players.
I have missed making fun of her so much!
There is also supposed to be a snowstorm tomorrow. Of course. Hopefully I can outdrive it!!!
Speaking of driving, I have definitely NOT had a chance to clean my apartment or pack at all OR (worst of all) check out new books on tape since finishing finals.
AHHHHHH
oh well.
[rainbow pic by sistah, edited by moi :)]