Soup and Nonsense

I fixed the previous post, the pattern is no longer lumped into all of the text!

I mentioned recipes in the last post, didn't I? So, I'm vegetarian, my husband is not, he's been a very good sport about trying just about any recipe I get it into my head to try. This means, we eat meatless the majority of the time. This recipe is one I found on All recipes, we loved it so much that we used the some of the leftover as sauce on our tortellini. Fair warning: this recipe makes a TON. (I seriously have at least half a gallon left.) Also, butternut squash are a beast to cut if you have cheap knives.

Butternut Squash-Sweet Potato Ginger Bisque

2lb Butternut squash peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks 4 sweet potatoes 1 onion, peeled and chopped

1 (2 inch) piece of ginger 3 cloves garlic peeled and sliced 1 1/2 qts water or enough to cover

1 cup plain yogurt, or to taste salt and pepper to taste

Place the squash, sweet potatoes, onion, ginger, and garlic in a large pot. Pour in enough water to cover the vegetables. (I used two containers of vegetable stock plus two cups of water.) Bring to simmer over medium heat, and cook until vegetables are tender and can be easily pierced with a fork, 30 to 45 minutes.

Remove pot from heat. Place soup in batches into a blender or the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until smooth. Return soup to pot, and whisk in yogurt. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If necessary, reheat soup over low heat, but do not allow to boil.

My blender isn't the best, but the soup still turned out fantastic.


I tried to link my Etsy store and the Knots and Bubbles facebook page in the last post, but the links disappeared. I'll keep working on that.

I may, at some point, continue where the other entry left off the story of what happened while I was away for three years. Just not today.

I do have more patterns coming! I was asked about a (grown up) beanie pattern, and I finished that this morning, so it'll probably be next entry.

Nothing terribly exciting going on around here. I was supposed to be starting back to school this month, but there was an issue with my FAFSA that I didn't get fixed in time, so I'll have to wait until next term. I actually found a school that offers a bachelors in Forensic Psychology! I'll still most likely need a Ph.D to get a job in the field, but at least I'm not stuck in strictly criminal justice courses until I get to that level.

Until next time. :)