It’s stormin’ heavy in Portland this weekend. A good time for soups, stews and slow cookers. My building’s library is drowning in cookbooks. So, when stuck for a topic, I went looking thru them for seasonal concoctions.
Golden Autumn Stew*
2 cups cubed, peeled yukon gold potatoes
2 cups cubed, peeled sweet potatoes
2 cups cubed, peeled butternut squash
1 cup cubed, peeled rutabaga
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup sliced celery
1 lb. smoked sausage
2 cups apple juice or cider
1 tart apple, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1 teaspoon sugar or honey
1. Combine veggies in slow cooker
2. Place ring of sausage on top
3. Add apple juice and slices
4. Cover. Cook on high for 2 hours and then on low for 4 hours or until veggies are tender
5. Do not stir
6. Remove sausage ring, season with salt and pepper. Place veggies in bowl. Slice meat in rings and place on top.
*- From “Fix-it & Forget it Recipes For Entertaining: Slow Cooker Favorites For All The Year Round” by Phyllis Pellman Good & Dawn J Ranck
Roasted Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 pounds sugar pumpkin or butternut squash, halved and seeded
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered through the stem
- 2 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps wiped clean
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 5 cups homemade or store-bought low-sodium vegetable stock
Directions
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut pumpkin into 2-inch pieces. Combine pumpkin, onion, mushrooms, and garlic on a rimmed baking sheet. Add oil and 2 teaspoons salt; toss to coat, then spread in a single layer. Roast until pumpkin is tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, about 30 minutes, rotating pan and tossing vegetables halfway through. Let cool, then remove skins.
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Transfer vegetables to a medium saucepan; heat over medium. Pour in 2 cups stock; puree with an immersion blender until smooth. With the blender running, slowly add remaining 3 cups stock, and puree until smooth. Bring soup just to a simmer. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper. Cover to keep warm
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4:15pm — sorry folks, all week there’s been a resident who has been living in the computer room in my building ranting and making a general disruption (either drugs or mental health issues) mgmt refuses to deal with it. she has the window wide open with rain and wind pouring in and pounding the table and her feet and singing along with the videos (she has no headphones) I can’t even, going back upstairs. I’ll tip and comment later. blueoregon