28.11.08
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Thanksgiving was fabulous.
thursday morning i woke up with the biggest craving for acorn squash. so, since we had planned on a really low-key, low-stress ready-made sort of a day, i needed to go over to the store for these surprisingly delicious vegetables. walking around the produce section, all sorts of harvest-ey sort of plants drew me in. i walked home with yams, heritage tomatoes, bell peppers, and what i thought was a sweet potato but turned out to a rutabaga (it most definitely turns out i am not
a farm girl). wanting to do something a little more exciting with my veggies, i found this delicious recipe, and tweaked it to what we had on hand.
the acorn squash i baked alone, cut lengthwise, scooping out the seeds, placed on a pan face down with a bit of water covering the bottom of the pan. 350F for about 50 minutes (absolutely delicious just adding a little bit of salt to the cooked product).
the soup though. the soup was the grandest part of the meal. the only veggies i had on hand for this project were a pair of yams, that rutabaga, most of a large onion, and a couple of carrots. i wasn't sure what it meant to "sweat" vegetables, so i simmered them for around 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. once i had all the ingredients in, i had just finished the fried green tomatoes (unconventional for thanksgiving, i know, but those tasty heritage tomatoes just begged for it), and had the remains of the milk dip left over, so probably what ammounted to an egg and maybe 50-100ml of milk, which i added to the soup, this gave it a really nice texture, along with the oats (which I'd never put into a soup before.) the only other major variation from the recipe was that I needed to let it simmer for a really long time until we were all around and ready for dinner (maybe a couple hours).
the best part of the afternoon? i don't cook very often, and i was having such fun that the time just slipped by so comfortably.
plus, it was raining outside, and the last 4 days have been the first rains we've had in san diego. hopefully we'll go walking around mission trails tomorrow, the wildflowers will be amazing!
thursday morning i woke up with the biggest craving for acorn squash. so, since we had planned on a really low-key, low-stress ready-made sort of a day, i needed to go over to the store for these surprisingly delicious vegetables. walking around the produce section, all sorts of harvest-ey sort of plants drew me in. i walked home with yams, heritage tomatoes, bell peppers, and what i thought was a sweet potato but turned out to a rutabaga (it most definitely turns out i am not
a farm girl). wanting to do something a little more exciting with my veggies, i found this delicious recipe, and tweaked it to what we had on hand.
the acorn squash i baked alone, cut lengthwise, scooping out the seeds, placed on a pan face down with a bit of water covering the bottom of the pan. 350F for about 50 minutes (absolutely delicious just adding a little bit of salt to the cooked product).
the soup though. the soup was the grandest part of the meal. the only veggies i had on hand for this project were a pair of yams, that rutabaga, most of a large onion, and a couple of carrots. i wasn't sure what it meant to "sweat" vegetables, so i simmered them for around 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. once i had all the ingredients in, i had just finished the fried green tomatoes (unconventional for thanksgiving, i know, but those tasty heritage tomatoes just begged for it), and had the remains of the milk dip left over, so probably what ammounted to an egg and maybe 50-100ml of milk, which i added to the soup, this gave it a really nice texture, along with the oats (which I'd never put into a soup before.) the only other major variation from the recipe was that I needed to let it simmer for a really long time until we were all around and ready for dinner (maybe a couple hours).
the best part of the afternoon? i don't cook very often, and i was having such fun that the time just slipped by so comfortably.
plus, it was raining outside, and the last 4 days have been the first rains we've had in san diego. hopefully we'll go walking around mission trails tomorrow, the wildflowers will be amazing!
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