Sometimes, all you need are a few words, a few mere powerful words, with which to know your world. With which to paint your world.
Gospel Rehearsal: hugs smiles music voices harmony hugs secretchatter smiles singing hugs friendship.
Work: typing phone committees reports updates laughter coffee airport chatting friendmaking stress emails deadlines typing.
Future: dreams planning terrified trying pros cons emails health panic laughter warmth soulsister breathe.
Family: love support laughter teasingpoking hugs coffee strength always love.
Soup: roasted pumpkin forest rosemary golden simmer breathe smooth coconut richness vegan comfort spicy warmth calm.
Vegan Rosemary Roasted Pumpkin Coconut Soup
Adapted from Taste.com
Serves 4
- 1kg butternut pumpkin, deseeded, peeled, coarsely chopped (weighed after peeling/deseeding)
- 1 tb finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/4 cup olive oil (I used lemon-infused olive oil)
- salt and pepper
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp sambal oelek (or one small red chilli, chopped)
- 3 1/2 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup coconut milk/cream
- Preheat oven to 220°C (430°F). Toss the pumpkin, rosemary, and half the oil together in a large roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper, then bake for 30 minutes until golden and tender.
- Meanwhile, sauté the onion, garlic, coriander, spices, and sambal oelek in the remaining oil over medium heat in a large saucepan until the onion has softened, 5-10 minutes. Add the pumpkin mixture and stock, bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Using a stick blender, puree the soup until smooth (you can also do this in a blender, but who really wants to do all of that extra washing up?).
- Add the coconut milk and reheat over medium-low heat until warmed through, taking care not to boil or else the coconut milk may split. Season again, then serve. This soup will keep in the fridge for a few days, developing in flavour in a most marvelous way.
Question Time: What are your words for today?
Submitted to Ricki’s Wellness Weekend.
Soggy lawnmower jobs confusing pros cons pros cons pros cons cons cons cons cons cons chocolate need.
If it’s really cons cons cons cons cons cons darling, then perhaps it’s best to focus on the chocolate for now until something worthy of all of your inherent pros comes along?
Also, soggy lawnmower? Is this related to a certain photo of Facebook, or more to our really, really, really quite freakybrilliant mind connection?
I wish it was due to our mind connect our some photo on Facebook, but it has more to do with my struggling to mow a lawn with a reel (non-gas, or should I say, petrol) lawnmower after five days of straight rain, with the lawn having been ready for a mow over a week before that. We had ordered the mower though and it wasn’t delivered until this week.
There is one potential job that I love the sound of, but it’d be a 60-mile drive each way. Which in icy wintry conditions could mean a 120-mile deathtrap each day:/
Oh, that makes sense. Mine was about lawnmowers in the middle of a lake.
If you hadn’t mowed, maybe you could have grown a jungle! Complete with Sugar Gliders!!
I join you in :/ except for how you’re talking in Stupid American Distance terms, so I have no idea what a mile is.
Cute little sugar gliders:) Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you may have picked up on miles during your time here. 60 miles is almost 100 km, I believe. Far.
PS: I like how Stupid American Distance terms abbreviates to ‘SAD.’
All I picked up from my time at UVA was that everyone spoke in miles EXCEPT during marathons/races, when they all switched to kilometres clearly so it sounded like they were running further. I saw right through THAT I did.
Heh heh. SAD indeed. See also: Metric Ignoring Silly English Rebelling Americans Brigands Landed Earlier.
It’s a history lesson too!
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I thought you were doing Macbeth at the beginning there
Your day, to me, sound like so much perfection. So much perfection. (Except trading dog for cat.)
That soup is such a lovely color! I bet the coconut in it was divine.
My words: protein, water, work, patience, excel, data, matrix, TGI(almost)F, conference-call-layers-of-hell
Ohhh, that last one. Can be a real kicker. I hope you weren’t having to take Minutes, at least
It is blazing hot here, and yet this soup still looks fantastic to me.
Breathe. Just remember: toe-time.
I’m trying, my love, I’m trying. I’m just terrified of the cards all collapsing on me. I’ve spent so long building them upwards. *hugs*
P.S. I know it’s small in the scheme of things, I do I do! xo
excitement! My dad is arriving in town
Dads are loveliness indeed!
eat enchant elope enjoy
pray pamper perform prosper
love listen learn laugh
Oh! And on a day like today, your soup looks incredibly delissio.
Now that, indeed, sounds like a wonderful day.
I’m glad laughter is an element in all your things. Well except for the soup, but that makes sense because it’s difficult to drink soup while laughing.
More painful than difficult. Though, of course, that’s only a guess, but I’m assuming that snorting soup out your noise because you started laughing is as, if not more, painful than doing the same with jelly. And, unfortunately, I do speak from experience there…
stroll, calm, fatigue, weekend (!), Whitlam, Slessor, shrubbery, travel, future, change, bounce … and breathe
This soup looks divine, perfect for the wintery winterness that we’ve been dealing with lately. I love adding a touch of spice to my soups but for some reason haven’t ever used sambal oelek … this will be remedied.
Love your words! Most, most are wonderful, and one even makes me think of Monty Python
Sambal oelek is just my lazy “haven’t gone to the shops of fresh chilli” condiment. But it’s so good!
I love all the word poems you’ve inspired here! And that soup looks divine. Word.
Me too! I’m honestly so delighted that people are playing along
Love it. My week has been clouds sun walks tea husband laughing cosy grateful Skype nervous anticipation wine vegetables love love love.
Oh! I love it! That week is all sort of magical [words]!
What a nice warming soup. Sunshine in a bowl.
I think I stuffed up……..last week I sent a little package to your home address, as I thought you’d be back from your parents’ house by then.
So it may be waiting at the post office for you. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I hope work is no longer as intense for you, and you are getting more sleep and rest. I was worried about you driving after so little sleep.
Take good care of yourself sweetheart. xxoo
Oh Margaret! Is that what the little card is?? Perfect timing! I found the “come to the post office” notice in my letterbox today (in truth, it could have been there a few days; I always forget to check at my place) as I am, indeed, back at my place. Oh squeeee! Hopefully I can get to the post office before it closes tomorrow morning
Thank you darling. The worst stress/deadlines are, indeed, over now. I can breathe and see again. xo
Phew, I’m glad it’s in a safe place. I love those “Come to the post office” cards.
Lucky you live in an area where the post office is open Saturday mornings. Places like that are few and far between!
I’m glad the stress has died down. When I’m in the middle of a phase like that at work I try to remind myself that I’m so fortunate to have a job that has an impact on many people’s lives. The documents you write go out into the world and have an effect on many people.
Enjoy your massage this weekend. :p
I know, I’m very lucky! Only for a few hours though, on Saturday. By which I mean: if I actually manage to sleep in, then I might end up having to get it on Monday…
I’m so tired!
Yes, the work I do is important, and I am glad to be a part of it. That helps.
mmmmm roasty toasty sweetie creamy joy in a bowl right there
My words are icky yuck smelly gross BOOSTY VOMIT (Boosty ate Misty’s play dough..mmmm salty…. and then vomited blue/green/yellow foam all over the carpet. Glorious)
Oh, you poor thing! That sounds a bit like the first few days of my housesitting for my parents, when I came home to Jedda having had accidents of *every* kind on the carpet. There was even blood. You poor thing!
Your words paint a utopian picture my friend
Why do we always tend to lose sight of the beauty!
Like this soup – who could argue with having a sip
Cheers
CCU
Thank you dear! What’s that song? “You gotta accentuate the positives…”
I lost count of the number of times I serve pumpkin soup this winter alone! Delicious!
It’s just the perfect winter soup, isn’t it?
During the recent exam period, I went crazy with pumpkin soup!!! HAHA I had it for lunch and dinner very single day for a week!!! I must have turned orange
I bet you were the prettiest orange human ever!
I love how you roasted the pumpkin. I think that adds a different dimension to the soup over the ones made from boiled pumpkin. What a lovely vibrant colour. Excellent comfort food Hannah. Your gospel singing nights sound like they would be very therapeutic after long, draining work days xx
Singing, and my friends at singing, have absolutely helped me get through the past few months
I couldn’t not roast the pumpkin; I’ve been on a ROAST ALL THE THINGS kick lately. Roasted cauliflower and roasted Brussels sprouts are like crack.
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That, Kath, sounds like one heckuva day of triumph.
I’ve never made a pumpkin soup using coconut cream/milk before. Wah, sounds delish!
Pumpkin and coconut are a match made in heaven. Fo’ shiz. Just like pate and beautiful bread.
YUM
I love pumpkin and coconut soup! Mine is more simple, just stock, roasted pumpkin and coconut milk but it never fails to put a smile on our faces
There’s something magical about the combination, isn’t there? Funny, I never thought I’d see a day when my recipe was more fancypants than yours!
Could do with soup riht not
Is that meant to be “right now”? Are you drunk?
*giggles*
Can I please climb into that second picture? I’d like to be a mini person walking among the pumpkin and rosemary and taking bites as the whim takes me.
(But I’d also like to be able to leave the pumpkin forest. I’m not sure it would be a fun place to live forevermore.)
(And I don’t want to ruin your soup.)
I think, Kari, if you were a magical fairy living in that pumpkin rosemary forest, then your magic would be sprinkled through the soup by way of your nibbles. You wouldn’t ruin it at all.
Daughter: loved loving fun washingwashingwashing carsinging chocolate smart loyal loving loved
Beautiful soup … Thanks for the lovely pot of on our return from hols. I’ll be making this version of pumpkin soup.
You make my heart soar, mama. So much.
You’re going to miss my washing so much! I can tell
Definitely go for butternut when you make this; I used a different pumpkin but it wasn’t the greatest!
Oh sure cos I love washing SO much! I will miss other things. And I will aim for butternut. I tend to like Queensland Blue/Jarrahdale for baking but Butternut for soup. (It was pretty tasty even though it wasn’t butternut when you made it for us.)
I will miss many things, but shhhh. We must be silent on all such matters
See, this was my first time in years braving the not-Butternut waters, and I ended up burned. Boo! It was called Sweet Gold, or something? Sweet bland, more like!
Rosemary and Pumpkin… My dear Hannah you really know what makes my heart sing. And OMG you are awesome beyond words for adding sambal to your pumpkin soup too… I want to try!!! I can think of nothing that packs a bigger punch than this. LOOOVE!
I will retrospectively dedicate this soup to you, Winston. And admit that I’ve been known to eat teaspoons of sambal oelek straight before.
YAY Pumpkin soup! It’s my ultimate comfort soup during winter
I can have SO much of it! LOL it’s quite crazy its like I never get sick of it 
i usually just boil my pumpkin but I think roasting it will be nicer and the addition of coconut milk YUM!
I’ve made many cook-the-pumpkin-in-the-soup versions before too, but roasting does create a really nice depth if you have time for it! And coconut milk generally makes things better
Pumpkin and coconut? YES PLEASE! With rosemary that’s just the perfect soup made in heaven. So perfect for a cold winter night like this one.
Oh yes, absolutely! We were already having -5 nights in Canberra in May, so it’s been soup season in my house for quite some time now
I looooove pumpkin soup – my words for today – soup, busy, cafe, pop up bookshop, friends, late, tired
That sounds like a pretty lovely day to me. Sometimes tiredness indicates good times indeed
What a gorgeous soup! Part of me can’t wait for Canadian winter to come back so I can enjoy some of these comfy, warm flavours again.
My words: sleepy, late, chaos, natural, dizzy, quiet, rest, weekend and juicy. Love the little game you prompted!
Oh, but aren’t Canadian winters extreme and soul-destroying?! Tell me other good things about winter, please!!
I’m so delighted that everyone played along! Dizzy and juicy? Those are unique words indeed!
Wow, this sounds and looks amazing!!! I love this type of pureed soup–especially when they’re full of color because it just looks so appealing in my opinion. I want soup for dinner now!
Fabulous lunch bubbly whale spouts naptime tired late night cycling
Oh I do love a pumpkin soup, and I particularly love a roasted pumpkin soup. I must say that I usually use jap rather than butternut. I was a bit surprised at the rosemary/sambal olek combo. I can see the asian flavours with the coconut of course- how did it go with the rosemary? Of course that’s the great thing about pumpkin soup, each batch is a little bit different, yet still fully delicious.
Louise, your day sounds wonderful. Any day with whales is a wonderful, wonderful day. Particularly because it usually means being on holiday!
You could definitely leave the sambal oelek out if you want, or simply use fresh chopped chilli (which I didn’t have on hand). We really liked the unique flavour combination – Mum’s even made this for friends of hers since