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Roasted Cauliflower Soup (plus recipe)

A couple of weeks ago I was at Three Angels Diner (Broad St, Memphis– go there!) and had a taste of my bro-in-law’s roasted cauliflower soup and I liked it so much I decided I wanted to try and make it at home.  I searched for some recipes online to use as a general guideline and here’s what I ended up with:

Ingredients

2 cans of vegetable broth
2 cups (or so) of water
2 heads of cauliflower, chopped into florets
1 small onion, wedged
3-4 cloves garlic, peeled
2 carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 large potato, chopped
extra virgin olive oil
1 bay leaf
1 tsp-ish thyme
1 tablespoon-ish Tony Chachere’s (or other comparable seasoning blend)
salt and pepper
paprika for garnish

How-To

1. In a large baking dish, toss florets, onion and garlic in EVOO and roast for 40 minutes at 375°, turning once or twice during baking.

2. Boil the broth and water then add the potato and let cook while the other vegetables are roasting.

3. Add the vegetables from the oven into the pot and toss in the bay leaf, thyme and seasonings.  Let simmer for about 20-30 minutes.

4. Puree soup in batches.

This soup is naturally vegan and is filling and delicious.  If you aren’t vegan, you could even put a little cream in the soup or top with cheese or sour cream.  If anyone out there uses this recipe, I’d love to hear about it!

KCC

New photo series: Isolated

My first series of 2012… clouds.  Who doesn’t like clouds?  Earlier this week when I saw there would be a day of isolated thunderstorms I knew I didn’t want to leave home without my camera.  All of these photos were taken between 9:00 and 10:30 AM.  I love when the sky has so many noticeable changes in a such a short period of time and that’s exactly how it was on this particular morning.  Here it is… Isolated.

 

- KCC

*shrugs*


Last weekend I started crocheting a shrug.  I’ve decided I do not like the word “shrug” when it comes to wearable objects… sounds kind of carpet-y (looks kind of like a carpet, too).  I’m pretty sure only ladies over the age of 60 wear shrugs… but what the hell, I’ll give it a shot.  After all, I love old lady stuff. I bought six hanks of this Cascade brand yarn a few months ago and I really didn’t know what else to do with it.  I found a free foolproof pattern on Ravelry and altered it a little bit.  We’ll see how it turns out if I ever finish it… stay tuned I guess.

KCC

Sinkside

 

I was walking through the kitchen the other day when I noticed my wise old owl was glowing with fresh sun.  Sometimes I really love mornings.

Things kept above my sink: Wise Old Owl glass bank, thin glass jar used as a temporary drying place for paintbrushes, pink basket of fruits, aqua melamine bowl of onions and other vegetables and bowl of gums & candies (not shown).

Gingersnaps! (plus recipe)

I’ve been obsessed with these gingersnap cookies lately.  A co-worker had gotten some from a relative and offered me one.  I declined at first- because I don’t like gingersnap cookies… OR DO I?!  I do!  These aren’t hard/crunchy box-tasting cookies like I had expected… these are chewy-soft spicy goodness.  I was so surprised at how much I liked them I basically begged for the recipe.  The photo above is from the batch I made earlier this week.  I can’t remember if I have ever made cookies from scratch before, but these were MEGA EASY.  Here’s how I made them::

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup molasses

1 egg

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/3 cup white sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°

2. In large bowl, mix together to brown sugar, oil, molasses and egg.  Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger- then stir into the molasses mixture.

3. Roll dough into 1 1/4 inch balls and roll each ball in white sugar before placing 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheets.

4. Bake for 8-10 minutes in preheated oven or until center is firm. Cool on wire racks.

 

The original recipe said to bake for 10-12 minutes but my co-worker and I both found they were ready after only 8 minutes.  These are so yummy and I hope you try them, too!

 

– Kandi

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