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Jun. 14th, 2014 08:25 amI'm just home now so that makes me super lazy - I mostly watched Netflix ('Orange is New Black' Season 2 - I didn't binge too much and I did love the Season - and more "Brothers and Sisters"), read (still on "Dresden Files"), and go for a walk. I do miss going to work and having a schedule, and talking to more humans but at the same time, I'm very glad to be home now since walking is not so easy anymore and I get tired.
My Mom came over on Tuesday and Thursday, since my Dad was commuting to work and she got the car for a day. And I had a doctor check-up on Tuesday that she wanted to go to because of ultrasound - the baby is weighing 4lb 15oz already. Bear put together the baby dresser/changing table so my Mom and I organized everything on Thursday. And with her compulsion for super neatness since also tackled my closets on Tuesday and made me throw out a lot of things like an old vacuum cleaner - we are getting a new one, it is time. I'm not too messy but my Mom needs everything on a very high level of neatness. Still it is nice to have most things organized. Now Bear just needs to put together the crib we got in IKEA on Sunday. We also got a crib mattress, a toy organizer and a few toys/books. My parents came with us since they wanted to buy the crib for us. It was a fun morning even with my silly head being all squishy.
On Monday, I was finally able to make another soup, since I'm finally home all the time and not staying in a parental house half the week. when Mom came over on Tuesday, she brought some kholodnik soup (it is summer cold version of borsch) but I wanted to make butternut squash soup again for a while, so I went with it.
Soup Project 2014: Soup 10 - Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
1 butternut squash (pealed and cut up into small squares)
1 onion (chopped)
2 carrots (peeled and cut into small pieces)
a little olive oil
salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste (optional)
dill or parsley
a dollop of sour cream
Directions
1. I use a pan first and then transfer it all into a pot but it could be just made in a pot. Pour olive oil to cover the bottom and add onion to fry for about 5 minutes, until golden.
2. Add squash and carrots. Stir. Add a little water. Cover. Let it fry/stream for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Boil water separately (I have an electric tea-pot).
4. Transfer veggies after 40 minutes to a pot or if already using the pot, add boiling water to the preferred consistency.
5. Mix with a blender. Add more water if needed. Let it boil just for a bit.
6. To a bowl of soup, add a little sour cream, and some dill or parsley. Enjoy.
My Mom told me how to make this soup since she saw it on TV. Last time I made it I had no blender and I just mushed everything but that is not the same. It is much better with a blender - I have one of those inverted ones that you stick right in a pot - I love it. I didn't make a lot of the soup - only for a couple of days but it was definitely delicious.
My Mom came over on Tuesday and Thursday, since my Dad was commuting to work and she got the car for a day. And I had a doctor check-up on Tuesday that she wanted to go to because of ultrasound - the baby is weighing 4lb 15oz already. Bear put together the baby dresser/changing table so my Mom and I organized everything on Thursday. And with her compulsion for super neatness since also tackled my closets on Tuesday and made me throw out a lot of things like an old vacuum cleaner - we are getting a new one, it is time. I'm not too messy but my Mom needs everything on a very high level of neatness. Still it is nice to have most things organized. Now Bear just needs to put together the crib we got in IKEA on Sunday. We also got a crib mattress, a toy organizer and a few toys/books. My parents came with us since they wanted to buy the crib for us. It was a fun morning even with my silly head being all squishy.
On Monday, I was finally able to make another soup, since I'm finally home all the time and not staying in a parental house half the week. when Mom came over on Tuesday, she brought some kholodnik soup (it is summer cold version of borsch) but I wanted to make butternut squash soup again for a while, so I went with it.
Soup Project 2014: Soup 10 - Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients
1 butternut squash (pealed and cut up into small squares)
1 onion (chopped)
2 carrots (peeled and cut into small pieces)
a little olive oil
salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste (optional)
dill or parsley
a dollop of sour cream
Directions
1. I use a pan first and then transfer it all into a pot but it could be just made in a pot. Pour olive oil to cover the bottom and add onion to fry for about 5 minutes, until golden.
2. Add squash and carrots. Stir. Add a little water. Cover. Let it fry/stream for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Boil water separately (I have an electric tea-pot).
4. Transfer veggies after 40 minutes to a pot or if already using the pot, add boiling water to the preferred consistency.
5. Mix with a blender. Add more water if needed. Let it boil just for a bit.
6. To a bowl of soup, add a little sour cream, and some dill or parsley. Enjoy.
My Mom told me how to make this soup since she saw it on TV. Last time I made it I had no blender and I just mushed everything but that is not the same. It is much better with a blender - I have one of those inverted ones that you stick right in a pot - I love it. I didn't make a lot of the soup - only for a couple of days but it was definitely delicious.
