Rainy Sunday

On this rainy fall day it seemed like a good idea to get some baking in. This soup recipe was passed on to me from another Angela in my knit group. I changed it a bit.

Sweet Potato Apple Soup

• 3 small sweet potatoes
• 1 1/2 apples
• 3/4 large onion
• 1/2 can lite coconut milk
• 1 tsp curry
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 4 garlic cloves
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• salt and pepper to taste

Roast veggies in the oven at 350 degrees until soft. Simmer the veggies in the vegetable broth with the coconut milk and spices until cooked all the way through. Then blend.

The soup is good but a bit sweet for my taste. Next time I'm going to try it like this.

• 4 small sweet potatoes
• 1 large yukon potato
• 1 apple
• 3/4 large onion
• 1/2 can lite coconut milk
• 1 tsp curry
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 4 garlic cloves
• 4 cups vegetable broth 

 

Spicy Cauliflower

• 1/2 head of cauliflower
• 3 garlic cloves
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• ~1 tsp of chilli powder
• ~1 tsp cumin
• ~1/4 cup of bread crumbs
• pinch of olive oil

Cut cauliflower and garlic cloves and put in a bowl and toss with some olive oil. Sprinkle the spices over the cauliflower. Toss a bit more olive oil and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees until fully cooked.

This recipe is a mix of a couple different recipes I found online like this and this. It is pretty spicy! I might leave out the cayenne pepper next time.

GRANOLA!

look at those grains!

 I've made this several times. You can check out my original post here.  I made some small changes but the most important update is the temperature and time in the oven. I have a bad habit of over cooking it so turned the heat down and the time in the over.

• 6 cups rolled oats
• 1 3/4 cup oat bran
• 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1/3 cup sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/2 flax seeds
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes, stir, then bake for another 15 minutes.