Beauty No. 22

Souptastic Saturday!

 

Carrot, potato curry soup!

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite things to do is experiment with food. I love it when I put a bunch of food together in a pot and it comes out tasting wonderful. It's like a surprise at the end!

This wonderful soup is perfect for the fridgid weather here in Münster! My husband and I were walking home from the library and it was just sooo cold. I think it's funny that German people (in my limited experience) walk or bike everywhere - at least in Münster - and they don't plow the walkways, bikeways or roads! It is really funny to watch people try to ride their bikes in 8 inches of snow! Anywho, here is my recipe for carrot, potato curry soup! Enjoy!

 

Ingredients:

4 large raw carrots

4 large yellow potatoes

1 large yellow onion

1 cup green onion

3 cups veggabtle stock

1 1/2 cup of milk (I used fat free, but I bet whole milk would taste great!)

8 cloves of roasted garlic

2 tablespoons of ground curry

Salt to taste

1/4 heavy whipping cream for the top

 

Tools:

Cutting board

Large bowl

large pot
strainer

Immersion blender (I am sure a hand mixer will work fine, just make sure not to splash everywhere)

ramakin for garlic

 

The how to:

Turn the oven on to 350 and on bake.

Pour vegatable stock into the large pot. Begin to boil. Cover with lid.

Cut all of your veggies into very small pieces. I cut them into about half inch pieces.

Put veggies into boiling stock and cover with lid.

While veggies are boiling put the garlic into the ramekin. Place into the oven for 10 mins.

After the veggies have softened drain the excess liquid into the bowl through strainer.

Once the veggies are seperated from the liquid add garlic and begin to blend with the blender. Little by little add the milk. Once it becomes mashed potato like conscitency add the curry. If needed add more milk and if the soup mixture is too thick, add veggatalbe stock one ladle at a time.   

 

I like to eat this soup with a little thicker texture, however it tastes just as good if it is a little soupy ;)

 

I also like to put a tiny bit of heavy whipping cream on top and garnish it with either chives or basil!

 

ENJOY!

 

 

 

 

 

Have a beautiful Saturday

- Becky -

Beauty No. 16

 A peek into my life

great 20's music for easy listening 

 



Beauty No. 8

Today was one of the first days that hasn't rained! Also, it was above 45 degrees! We had to do somehting nice outside today so we went on a bike ride and had a picnic today! It was absolutely perfect! It was about 75 degrees, the sun was shinning, and where we had our picnic there was a man playing old violin tunes. It was picture perfect!

A day of Sunshine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    

O gift of God! O perfect day:
Whereon shall no man work, but play;
Whereon it is enough for me,
Not to be doing, but to be!

Through every fibre of my brain,
Through every nerve, through every vein,
I feel the electric thrill, the touch
Of life, that seems almost too much.

I hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.

And over me unrolls on high
The splendid scenery of the sky,
Where though a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleon,

Towards yonder cloud-land in the West,
Towards yonder Islands of the Blest,
Whose steep sierra far uplifts
Its craggy summits white with drifts.

Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms
The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!
Blow, winds! and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach!

O Life and Love! O happy throng
Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!
O heart of man! canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is, and as free?      

Here are some of the pictures, these are my favorite ones from today!




This was our lunch! Water, Salami, Camabert, Pistachio spread, Walnut bread, and Ameretto cookies!

 

 

 

 

 

Doesn't this look so Romantic?

Beauty No. 4

Here I am in beautiful Germany! My husband and I have been relocated to Muenster Germany! So far it has been wonderful! Although it has been tough leaving my family and our new little nephew. Here are some pictures of our little journey to the center of the city!

Hope you enjoy, and remember, the little things in life are sometimes the most beautiful.