Saturday, February 13, 2010

Curried Butternut Squash Soup


I rarely follow a recipe to cook but a few people have asked how to make this soup so here goes! I don't cook or garnish with dairy and it's amazing how creamy and delicious this recipe is!

Curried Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
2 TBSP Olive Oil
1 Yellow Onion chopped
4 Cloves Minced Garlic
1 Apple Chopped (I usually use Fuji or Gala as it's what I keep around)
2 Med/Large Butternut Squash - peeled, seeded and cubed
4 Cups Broth (I use veggie but chicken would work too)
2 TBSP Yellow Curry Powder (+/- to taste)
Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions
  1. Heat a stockpot over med/med hi heat
  2. Saute onion, garlic and olive oil until onion is transluscent
  3. Add apple, squash and broth
  4. Bring to a boil.
  5. Add curry powder and salt and pepper.
  6. Allow to simmer, stirring frequently.
  7. Cook down until it is the texture you're looking for - about 30 min if you don't want it to be total mush
  8. Mash with potato masher to desired consistency - I like some "chewable" chunks to remain
  9. add any curry, salt and pepper needed to taste.
  10. Enjoy! I often serve it with beer biscuits (recipe as follows)
Drop Beer Biscuits (baking does need a recipe!)

Ingredients
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup beer (less or more to get consistency right)

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 450 F
  2. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt
  3. Cut in shortening until it has cornmeal consistency
  4. Stir in Beer until you get a not too wet, not too dry consistency. DON'T OVERMIX!
  5. Drop onto sheet pan as desired size
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown

Monday, October 13, 2008

Wanderlust

Jon and I will be traveling throughout southeast asia for the next 6 weeks.

Updates will be on our travel blog...

http://wanderyonder.wordpress.com

(Jon really wanted that name and was already taken on blogger)

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

i'm a gimp.

My last day of skiing was last monday. I ended my season on a bad note.

Skiing at Beaver Creek, third run of the day, tweaked my knee, no binding release.

Attempted to ski down and there was no stability under my right knee. Being with two of the people who love me the most, mom and Jon, they were insistent that I take a sled on an adventure to the clinic.

After my clinic visit, 2 orthopedic appointments, and MRI, x-rays, an allergic reaction to the medicine and a lot of hobbling around, it has been determined that I DON'T need surgery!

Turns out I actually compacted my tibia near where the bone flares towards the outside of my leg. Dr. HorribleBedsideManner informed me that this is an absolutely bizarre injury seeing as that this "almost.never.happens." unless a ligament is torn first.

Here I am now, relieved that I don't need a surgery, or crutches for that matter in my house that has a bajillion stairs. Yes, a bajillion. Thankfully they gave me a knee brace to hold everything in tact in the meantime that will end up costing me as much as a surgery in the end.

Friday, February 29, 2008

2007-08 Ski Days



keeping track of my turns...not including work days


day #32- Beaver Creek
closing day for my season...blown knee and first tobaggon ride

Delete Day #32

Do you really want to delete day #32?

Day #31 - Eldora
actually got to ski the mountain i work at...decided it's not too exciting...

Delete Day #31

Do you really want to delete day #31?

Day #30 - Winter Park
jon, isaac and mike...sessioned the
park...token dragalong girlfriend.

Day #29 - Aspen Highlands
they'd claimed 2 inches but the bowl was EPIC! hiked it 2.444354 times

Day #28 - snowmass
great snow!

Day #27 - Breck
first time at breck since early season...warm day, awesome snow!

Day #26 - Keystone
sick powder lines and a minor head injury...rip old helmet

Day #25 - A-Basin
cornice dropping, fresh lines and no crowds

Day #24 - Beaver Creek
freeeeezing day with Jon on SKIS

Day #23 - Snowmass
gave jon a good showing of what snowmass is and got some great runs in. ran into chris davenport back in HV glades...now have to go back to boulder.

Day #22 - Highlands
skiing with Ari and Jon...hiked the bowl...waist deep pow. EPIC

Day #21 - Highlands AND Snowmass
EPIC. tomorrow should be even more EPIC.

Day #20 - Eldora
few runs but it's just sooo crowded

Day #19 - Eldora
went up with the albuquerque kids and taught Bea to ski

Day #18 - Snowmass
Christmas tradition...gave Marks wife Amy a mini tour of Snowmass for the last cold hour of the day

Day #17 - Snowmass
got a harsh reality check on how out of shape i am...heavy snow and hiking to the wall

Day #16 - Snowmass
putting it all together clinic when there was fresh pow to be skied. cold and lame.

Day #15 - Snowmass
Mountain Adventures Clinic Day...not really all that adventurous. Taylor was stoked on the nascar course though!

Day #14 - Eldora
few icy runs...an excuse to drag jon from out behind a desk

Day #13 - Breckenridge
still needs some coverage but nice and sunny all day

Day #12 - Eldora
study, few funs, study, few more runs

Day #11 - Eldora
ignoring the fact that I have finals and got Jon out on skis (not his snowboard)

Day #10 - Eldora
wasn't much work so i got to play

Day #9 - Eldora
gnarly freshies!!!

Day #8 - Breck
some early morning turns before class

Day #7 - Breck
finally found some bumps but the skis got a gnarly gash

Day #6 - Eldora
really windy and bad shin bang but still outdoors

Day #5 - Breck

Day #4 - Keystone *sucks*
gondola 101 will never be the same and too many okla-homos

Day #3 - A-Basin
first windburn of the season alongside Danny Kass

Day #2 - A-Basin
long lift lines :(

Day #1 - A-Basin
1 run open on the way to Moab