came over, one of her past life jobs was as a stylist. Now she is a "Handy Gal" personally assisting people with her whiz-ablities. Well there is nothing like a barter. She helped me throw out bras from circa 2000, and well about 99% of my closet, but it was good. The cloths really did not serve me. If a friend is going to come over and spend a good amount of time watching you try on most of your wardrobe food must be involved, but shoot if I am going to cook I should at least invite my roommate who is a vegetarian and provides me with a ton of free magazine from her advertising job, some including cooking magazines. I saw a veggie burrito recipe from one of them, but then my sister makes hippie burritos, which is a hodgepodge of whatever you can find. veggie burritos with out the burrito this time consisted of: (trying to remember it all)
olive oil for pan
half a scallion
some garlic gloves
3? green onions
handful of chopped asparagus,
1 yellow bell pepper
half a sweet potato finally diced
1/4 of a raw beet ( because my roommate loves beets and I bought some in Bolinas, Ca when I went to visit my sister and went on an amazing hike to bass lake (this hike could be a single blog post it was amazing!
spinach
1 can Trader Joes refined black beans with jalapeno
paramasian cheese
I heard that chow mein started with a foundation and just random meet and veggies thrown in. during the gold rush era.
It was a great success and a boost to my culinary ego.
Besides the beets that I bought in Bolinas I also bought a Kuri Squash because my sister bought one and has done some amazing stuff with squash so I thought it would inspire me. All else fails you roast a squash because they are impossible to cut raw.
I love google I found a recipe that could be used as a dessert. Winter squash with crême fraiche and honey I did not have creme fraiche so I used Greek yogurt and it it worked out ok, and my roommate hates Greek yogurt.
Winter squash with crême fraiche and honey
This may sound like a dessert, and you can eat it as dessert if you like. But it's also a great side dish, for roast pork, roast lamb and so on. The cinnamon and cayenne add just a bit of zing that brings it all together. I could eat bowlfuls of this.
- About 4 cups of cut-up kabocha or kuri squash (here I used the orange-skinned Knirps, or kuri squash kind)
- 1 cup crême fraiche
- 3 Tbs. honey
- 1/4 tsp (or a pinch) each of cinnamon and cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp. salt
Put the squash back in the pan. Add the crême fraiche, honey, and salt. Stir gently and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add the cinnamon and cayenne; mix well. (It will disintegrate somewhat, don't worry about it.) Serve while hot. This also re-heats in the microwave very well, and leaving it in the fridge for a day deepens the flavors.
I also added some Chinese five spice blend.
The roasted winter squash with feta cheese sounds tasty and will be on my to cook list next time I have a winter squash.
