Butternut Squash Soup

• 2 medium butternut squash -roasted & gutted
• 1 large onion diced
• 3 cloves are garlic chopped
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of curry powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 5 cups of veggie stock or chicken stock
• salt & pepper to taste

-Cut butternut squash in half and dab the halves with olive oil & salt. Roast in the oven at 400 degrees until soft. This should take about 20-30 minutes. When done, let cool and scoop out filling- set aside. Heat up your soup pot (medium heat). Add oil & onion-garlic mixture. Sweat onions/garlic until soft. Add all of the spices and stir to get that nutty flavor. Add the squash, stir around until incorporated. Pour your stock in and let simmer for roughly 25 minutes. Transfer to blender, or use an immersion blender. Now you’re good to go!

***I topped this with a little plain yogurt & chopped chives. I think that sour cream or marscapone would be delish too!   This soup is not only comforting but extremely creamy.  This is surprising because there’s absolutely no cream involved***

first of all- Red Sox won!!!!! *woot woot!* We are on cloud nine in the bean household.

back from oregon. tons of fun. one the best trips up there ever. i loved every moment of it. Even staying up til 5:30am…. Worth every second. Right now i’m trying to heal as I caught the cold/flu bug. Here’s the breakdown:

happy birthday erin. i love you!

dear oregon,

please don’t rain on me (too much) while i visit you.  i’ll be forever grateful.

much love,

tracy

We were watching the movie Weather Man for the second time last night. For all you haters, it’s much better the second time around. We love that dry humor/comedy in my household. We LIVE for it.

Michael Caine’s character says this to his son, played by Nicholas Cage:

“The harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing. Nothing that has meaning is easy. Easy doesn’t factor into grown-up life.”

Ain’t that the truth!

this weekend was filled with:

-pumpkin butter & toast (oh yes, it’s that time of year)

-craft mafia with the girls & a yummy comforting lunch at Park Chow in SF (fun & yum!)

- eating at chez panisse with the family (excellent! pictures need to be uploaded still)

-relaxing time at home with the hubby (briefly)

-checking cellphone for Red Sox updates/watching my hubby go nuts! YAY RED SOX! Good Luck Wednesday!

-making pom-poms for craft room (thanks martha stewart!)

-finishing a painting for my friend (can’t wait to see her this week)

-making broccoli-lemon soup (recipe posted tomorrow perhaps?)

more soon! time to watch dexter!

Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I was dragging ass for the most of the morning. At work I just couldn’t get my excel spreadsheet to work right…In the midst of figuring it out I had like 20 more things to fix/do. I called one my favorite people in the world to vent and she reminded me that I should write 3 good things down a day in my journal. Today this goes in my written journal- and online. It’s a reminder to remember that there can be good parts of the day among all the crappy parts.

So here goes….three good things that happened today:

1. the Red Sox won tonight (woot!)

2. i had a good workout at the gym that went by faster than I anticipated
3. my neighbor brought casey & i home caramel apples:

4. (just cuz i’m on a roll) I’m happy for my new flash & my new keyboard. Yay technology.