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WIMFD: Pumpkin soup with red pepper mousseUntil only last year had I ever ate pumpkin - it always struck me as being kinda gross - probably because the only time I really ever saw pumpkins was when I was a kid carving them at school and I can't imagine eating anything that had been molested by dirty kid hands. Anyway, last week T was in San Francisco for work and called me one night so I could keep him company while he ate his dinner. He described this fantastic pumpkin soup that he was drinking and it sounded interesting to try to duplicate. I ended up using this recipe on Epicurious (which btw, is where I get most of my recipes, that site is the awesomest ever) and it turned out great. Based on the comments I had modified the recipe slightly using more chicken broth than water to make sure it wasn't bland, as well as more carrots and onions. Highly recommend this recipe, its great for fall. WIMFD: Orecchiette pasta with sausage and roasted peppersYes, I do cook a lot these days but no, cwkeating, I didn't take any pictures (though I should have). As a result, this blog entry will probably be more boring than my normal boring entries about cooking :) I (heart) pasta and lately I've been inspired to learn how to make more interesting pasta dishes at home after having some fantastic but somewhat overpriced meals at union, tavolata and stumbling goat. I made something similar to this recipe last night, I roasted yellow and red peppers and kept them as thin strips instead of making a sauce. Overall the recipe I used was pretty good, but the pasta really could have used some acidity to it - and I think using some tomato paste or even some balsamic vinegar would have made all the difference in the one I tried. I think I'll try the recipe again with some modifications. I know its sort of cheating to use boxed pasta (and that it makes a world of difference) so I think I'm going to try to make my own pasta at some point...I just have to convince T to let me buy more kitchen apparatus' ... can someone please tell him that counter space is totally overrated? WIMFD: Chicken with black-pepper maple sauce &Roasted butternut squash with lime juiceI've made this chicken recipe before but cheated since it was last minute and I only had chicken breasts and not a whole chicken. This time I actually followed the recipe exactly - it was a lot less daunting than I expected since I got the butcher to do all the work of cutting the backbone off the chicken for me so that it could easily be cooked flat. I thought the squash with lime would be a nice switch up, since usually I make squash candied instead of savory. I also had a potato leek soup, but since I didn't have any milk or cream the texture was pretty pitiful...oh well, can't win them all. Anyway, dinner was great, it went over well with my fellow 'my significant other is in another city more interesting than Seattle' friends who got together to eat and drink.
OMG BARBAPAPAawww, total blast from the past....
I just read a blog entry about the Barbapapas - a cartoon family of shapeshifters. I used to love them and watch their cartoons all the time. I even had Barbapapa story books, though I'm sure my mom sold them years ago at one of her garage sales ... I've mentioned them before to people here in the States and it seems that no one ever heard of them, looks like it was just in europe and canada ... Anyway, looks like you can find most of the old episodes on youtube. I'm totally going to re-watch them all! corn mazes are fun(belated posting)
A couple weeks ago Tom organized a trip to a corn maze - I've never been to one and it seemed like a lot of fun... We went through the first time with the map (which turns out to make the maze a lot less fun) and then the second time without (much better). In combo with a perfect day of sunshine, some spiked beverages and goofing around in the corn field, I couldn't have asked for a better saturday afternoon.
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