Carrot Ginger Soup

Carrot Ginger Soup

I’m over at Guinea Pigging Green today sharing the recipe for this delicious, cozy soup. Ever since the weather shifted to become cooler, I’ve been trying to soak up every minute of Fall. It’s my favourite season and it’s so short in Canada, but in Busan I’ve heard it stretches out over a few months. I now consistently need a scarf when I go out, and have started to add some layers to my outfits as well. I’ve been drinking hot beverages and gravitating towards warm meals, including soups. At home, my mom makes a soup every week for lunches and dinners and I’ve been trying to follow suit, although less reliably than once a week. This is only my second of the season, but I am hooked on the simplicity of them – both the making and the eating. My mom will laugh because I never wanted to eat much soup at home, but how things change when you’re living on your own!

Carrot Ginger Soup

I’m excited to start making soup more often and eating it in the cool evenings after work. This one is perfect because it has a little bit of a kick to it from the ginger, garlic and black pepper. Plus it’s bright orange! So it’s beautiful to boot.

You can find the recipe right here.

Butternut Squash and Onion Frittata

You know what feels pretty dang frittata’d right now? Me.

I’m not throwing a pity party (as my mom would say), because I’m not feeling sorry for myself. I promise! But I am feeling a little fried, tired, stressed. It’s just the facts. It’s just the midterm-exam-season facts. Nearly all of my friends are in a similar state. We got the blues.

But by the time you’re reading this, I’ll probably be writing my last midterm exam! I’ll be thrilled. After today, I’ll be able to catch up a little. Get some errands done. Do some readings I’ve missed. Do a project for the magazine that I’ve been putting off. And perhaps make some more recipes as delicious as this one!

For Thanksgiving dinner this year, my dear mother made a very similar (though probably prettier, and tastier) frittata to this one, which was a hit! Well, a relative hit, because the vegetarian option just can’t ever really compete with the turkey option. I for one, however, adored it, and vowed to make it for school lunches as soon as I got back to Montreal. It was two weeks until I finally got my act together, but hey – it didn’t disappoint!

It’s inspired by Joy the Baker’s baked potato frittata – the number of eggs and baking time are the same. Let me tell you, both times I’ve had it, it’s come out wonderfully, peeling itself away from the edges of the baking dish and being done exactly when the recipe says it should be. We swapped out some of the ingredients though, and I’m sure you could put absolutely anything you’d like in it.

Ingredients

  • the neck of a butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes
  • 1/2 a large onion (I sliced mine, but you could also dice!)
  • 7 eggs
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • Salt, pepper and spices, to taste (I used thyme, oregano and basil in mine)

Method

Preheat the oven to 400. Toss the cubes of butternut squash in oil, salt, pepper and the spices of your choice (I used garlic powder). Note: I baked the round bottom part of the squash at the same time as the cubes, de-seeded, sliced into wedges and seasoned in the same way. I didn’t use those parts in the frittata, but ate them as a delicious snack!

Bake the squash for about 20-30 minutes, checking and turning the pieces if necessary until they are soft.

Meanwhile, cook the onions at medium-lowheat in a frying pan in a little oil until they are very soft, about 15 minutes.

Beat the eggs together, add the cream and the spices of your choosing.

Put the squash and onions in the bottom of your pan (I used an 8×8 baking pan, greased) and pour the egg mixture over top. Mix slightly to make sure everything is evenly distributed.

Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes at 400, then remove the foil and cook for 10 minutes more.

Eat warm!

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The flavours are so autumnal, I loved every bite. I always forget how much I love butternut squash until I have it again after a (much-too-long) hiatus. Plus this is a great lunch to pack for school or work. Delicious, nutritious, it’s all good.

Inspired By Autumn

{Mini, white pumpkins are tucked into all corners of my apartment. They like to hang out on the towel rack in my bathroom, the stack of plates in my kitchen, and on top of my vintage cake stand}

Fall is my favourite season, but in Montreal, it doesn’t last half as long as I would like – the weather likes to race towards its preferred and longest season: Winter. (Ugh..) But this year I’m really trying to make the most of my beloved Autumn, as long as it sticks around. I’ve been apple picking, hiking, baking, eating soup (and flagging recipes to make it!), and going on little strolls in the crisp night air, kicking up leaves all the way! What have you been doing to celebrate fall?

At home, I’ve been having lots of fun with festive, harvest-like, Halloween-y decorations. It’s been really comforting to create a few little autumnal touches for my humble little apartment – it makes it feel more cozy and homey. And it feels like I’m making an effort to appreciate my favourite season! In the coming weeks, I hope I’ll have a chance to snuggle up more into the fall weather, and celebrate with warm apple cider, carved pumpkins and roasted root veggies. Mmm.

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