Thursday, February 9, 2012

Creamy Curried Cauliflower Soup

I picked up this recipe for a Creamy Curried Cauliflower Soup on Wholefoods' recipes page the other day and decided I needed to try it. I don't really like cauliflower at all, so I'm not sure why this appealed to me. Maybe it was the cream-free creaminess of it, or the chance to use our new milk maker on some almonds, or the curry and onions already on my shelves. Somehow I decided this was something I had to try and so I went and bought my cauliflower (I'd recommend somewhere cheaper than Wholefoods, where the wrong scales in the produce section left me with twice the amount of expensive organic cauliflower I needed!). I set the almonds to soaking last night and this morning my husband put them through our handy-dandy Soyabella and we had tasty almond milk ready to go.

The whole recipe came together fairly easy, taking only a few minutes to chop everything up and throw it in the pot and then let it simmer awhile without much supervision at all. The end result was actually fairly tasty. Blending it takes away any textural issues with cauliflower and the curry spices it up nicely. I added some salt and pepper (on second thought I would have left the pepper out, it fought against the curry) and served it up in our colorful square bowls. With some buttered toast and a picnic blanket in the sun it made a delightful break in our day!


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Drawing Challenge Day 5

My Best Friend (seriously, only one guess this time)


And you'll forgive the fact that I cannot draw people and capture the love and whimsy in this drawing! :)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Drawing Challenge Day 4

My favorite place (you get one guess)


(And I'm back to Google Docs with only the trackpad on my laptop to draw...)

Monday, February 6, 2012

Peonies Popping

My little peonies are climbing towards the light. Last night I transplanted them from their initial grow-pot and they weren't happy about that at all, were sagging to the four corners of their pot. Today they've perked up considerably and are reaching once again for the sun!


Drawing Challenge Day 3

My favorite food [I don't really have a favorite food so I drew the favorite dish I made for my birthday, a baked salmon packet with veggies!]


(and yes, we're on to pencil and paper now!)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Drawing Challenge Day 2

My favorite animal


Still google docs but now I don't have my drawing pad so these are going to get harder. I might have to go old school and draw with paper and pencil and then photograph it for the blog.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Drawing Challenge Day 1

A drawing of me


[These are done with a drawing pad and Google docs]