tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44538789706046151922024-03-04T20:05:19.791-08:00Will Run For PeasAdventures in running, meatless cooking and eating, and everything in-between.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453878970604615192.post-38722000251585160642014-10-19T09:23:00.001-07:002014-10-19T09:31:00.513-07:00Will Run For Smoky Butternut Squash Bisque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">As a rule I find it pretty hard to get excited about pureed vegetables especially butternut squash. Peeling the squash and then roasting is way more work than I am willing to invest for squash soup. Who knew that you could just cut the squash in half, roast it and then throw it in the blender? Imagine.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Cut your squash in half and roast at 425 degrees for approximately 1 hr. That's it. Just cut it in half and place it on a baking stone. No cursing the squash as you try to peel it and cube it. In the mean time heat 1 T of butter in a frying pan, add 1 chopped cooking onion and saute until really brown and crispy (the more brown and crisp the more flavourful your soup will be). Spoon your cooked squash into your blender (minus the seeds and skin obviously), add vegetable stock, and browned onion. Blend on high until smooth. Add several drops of hickory smoke (note: a little goes a LONG way! My favourite way to ruin a pot of soup is to pour way too much liquid smoke directly into the pot until it tastes like a piece of charcoal) and blend some more. If you want some added protein add canned white beans or chickpeas and puree a little longer. If you are feeling fancy add some grilled cheese croutons and/or coconut bacon. </span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">After two years of being a ridiculously slow cyclist I decided it was time to give clipless peddles a try. Plus everyone in our spandex bike gang (from ages 30 to 67) that I cycle with have clipless peddles. So after listening to some advice at the bike shop (don't stop peddling!), watching countless youtube videos, and getting a pep talk or two I headed out to the lawn with my bike (pretty sure my neighbours think that I am crazy). Naturally I fell when I was moving at a speed of about zero kilometres and my left foot wouldn't unclip from my peddle. There I was spandex clad, lying on my lawn attached to my bike. Awesome.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> It shouldn't be a surprise that our winters are long, cold, and full of snow (and I curse the people who complain about this even though I am one of them. I am a jerk.) But sometimes I can't help but take it personally. Doesn't the universe know that day after day of indoor recess wears on a person? Doesn't she know that four dogs who haven't gone for a walk in days is a little much to handle (even if one is named Lenore and is the cutest bulldogge that you ever did see)?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">2013 was a pretty amazing year. I had a lofty list <a href="http://willrunforpeas.blogspot.ca/2013/01/will-run-for-parsnip-ity-fries.html">of events</a> that I wanted to complete and I completed each and every one of them. The highlights of my year were shaving 5 minutes of my marathon time and completing my first (yes, there will be more) 1/2 ironman.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The year was amazing. Then it wasn't. One of my worst nightmares came true. I lost my mother. She passed away suddenly at the beginning of December after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I was lucky in that I always appreciated how wonderful my mom was and told her so often. She regularly told me that she was proud of me and that she was so lucky to have me. I am so grateful for the relationship that I had with her.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Now sometimes I pull out my mom's cookbook when I'm missing her (which is always) and laugh as I read recipe titles like hot crap (crab) dip or ingredients like 900 kg (g) of pasta. I hope that you enjoy her recipes as much as I do.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> They do however make fudge & drop off just a piece or two on your doorstep. I'm convinced that my cousin jennifer-lynn who is currently very busy growing baby *Penny is trying to fatten me up. She's mean like that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">With that being said unless you can be responsible & eat just one or two servings of fudge (clearly, not describing myself) I suggest not licking the <strike>bowl</strike> spoon or eating a few pieces as you pack it into a container. Instead make it for a special occasion (every day from now until Christmas holidays is not a celebration) and get it out of your house fast! It's that ridiculously delicious.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Mix all ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl until well combined. Pour into a silicone loaf pan. Sprinkle with chopped crystallized ginger. Place in the freezer for 1 hour (checking repeatedly to see if it's ready won't help). Remove from freezer just before serving. Share.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">This More Sourdough Bread Than Egg Bake recipe is one of my go to recipes when I'm having company for breakfast/brunch. It's really forgiving and works with just about any combination of eggs + bread + cheese + add ins. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Combine bread, eggs, onion, steamed spinach, cheddar & parmesan. Pour into an oiled 2 quart ceramic or silicone baking dish. Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And I've come to realize that running the least amount possible between now & my next half-marathon at the end of October may not be the best strategy if I want to be able to climb the three flights to my classroom on the Monday after the race.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, dates, pecans and cinnamon. In a medium bowl combine melted coconut oil, applesauce, sugar, and vanilla and zucchini. Add wet mixture to dry mixture stirring until just combined. Your batter will be thick enough to make you think that you might have forgotten something. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan (silicone is my favourite) and bake for 50-60 minutes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I usually spend most of the time immediately before a race wondering what in the world I was thinking when I signed up, wondering if I could switch to a shorter distance, and convincing myself that I am not going to embarrass myself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I might have quit over and over again but I also started again. I did lots of math. 90K = 10 + 10 + 10.... or 10 + 10 + 10 + .5 + .25.... I bribed myself with honey stinger waffles. I thought about race day. And, I thought about soup.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I want to not drown during the swim leg of my first half-ironman. So, twice a week I put on my superhero wetsuit and swim across one of our many lakes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Lake swimming is scary when you convince yourself that your own arm is a <b>muskey</b> (5-36 pound fish) waiting to gobble you up. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Okay, so we (well, not really me) still need to hang some light fixtures and put up some new trim but all of the big stuff is done. No more addition standing on hockey pucks (I kid you not), no more sheds falling into the creek, no more extension cords running through the walls, etc., etc. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We were kind of getting used to having our contractor around. It's pretty awesome coming home from work every day to find another project complete: a new deck,a fenced in back yard and my favourite our pergola.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What do mud & chocolate cherry creamsicles have to do with one another? Nothing really. Surprise. But I do love chocolate cherry creamsicles almost as much as I love climbing through mud puddles on my stomach.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">5. Sign up for the right wave. You don't want to find yourself crying your eyeballs out at the top of a climbing wall (climbing walls are scary!) while someone uses you as a stepping stone. This didn't actually happen (the stepping stone part anyway) but I could see how it might have. Everyone seemed to be great about encouraging each other when someone was having difficulty with an obstacle.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">She wanted to let us know that she was okay with us cycling BUT that she lived on the road that we were cycling on and that she was going to call the police! We were riding three in a row (a single file line actually) We were clearly very menacing.<b> So. Much. Spandex. </b> A bike gang? </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you for being there after I ran 29 kilometres in what felt like a frying pan last Saturday. The chocolate puck that I ate at the coffee shop (who is going to waste a brownie?) will never compare to you.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I just worked from 5 p.m. to 1a.m. and then 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. (never doing that again) is it so hard for you to pick me up on time after my shift? What? I drove myself to work! I should probably take back all of the mean things that I thought about you shouldn't I.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had no idea that demolition, a Nim bin, and a new deck were the way to my heart. Thank you! I even thought for a second that I wished that it was Monday so that I could come home to more awesomeness. We're lucky to have you. I just might learn to like this house that I've hated for the last 2 years.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you for saving all of your brilliant ideas, full sentences, and learning strategies for when the Superintendent, principal, and the school board's communication officer came for a surprise visit to our classroom. It's true that you've been driving me absolutely insane for the last week but I'll forgive you.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm sure that you would have loved cheese with your taco salad but I couldn't help myself. An entire block of cheese unattended on the kitchen counter was just to good to pass up.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 C chia seeds</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1/2 C hulled hemp seeds</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1/4 C dried diced apple</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1/4 C toasted buckwheat (also known as kasha if you're rummaging around the Bulk Barn)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Toast buckwheat in a dry frying pan for approximately 5 minutes. Allow buckwheat a few minutes to cool. Combine all ingredients in a medium sized bowl.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">To serve measure 2T of chia cereal + 4T of milk, juice, or water. Wait patiently for 2-5 minutes. Top with fruit, additional milk, or enjoy as is.</span></div>
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