Butternut Squash Curry-Coconut Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 medium onions, finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon  minced gingerroot
• 1 tablespoon  curry powder or paste
• 4 cups water (can substitute chicken broth or vegetable broth)
• 7 to 8 cups diced butternut squash (1 large 3-pound/1.4-kg squash)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoons salt
• One 14-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions:

1. Warm oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Stir in onions, garlic, gingerroot and cook 5 minutes. Sprinkle on curry powder and cook 1 minute, tossing continuously.

2. Pour in water and bring to a boil. Mix in squash, sugar, salt, and lower heat to a lively simmer. Cook 30 minutes, or until squash is very tender. Pour in coconut milk and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice.

3. Puree soup in batches in a blender and return to a smaller pot, if desired. Reheat before serving, if necessary.

From Vegetarian Classics (Quill) by Jeanne Lemlin




 

Swedish Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1 3/4 cup milk
2 T sugar (you can add more if you want )
pinch of sea salt (you can add more too)
3/4 cup of AP flour (sometimes you might need a bit more)
1 Oz melted butter

Instructions:
Get a medium bowl and add the eggs, sugar, salt, milk and whisk until blended. Add the flour and keep whisking. The mixture will be thin but not too thin. This a trial and error recipe, you will find the right consistency when you cook the first one. Melt the butter in the fry pan (i use a 8 in pan)that you will be using to cook the pancakes, once its melted under medium heat add it to the mixture and whisk. Don't worry about the butter getting a bit solid because of the milk. It will melt when you cook it.
Now, return the pan to the stove, let it get hot again and add around 1/2 cup of the batter to the pan and swirl around. Let it cook a bit, for like 1 min or so, then turn with a spatula. Here is when you will know the consistency of the batter ok, If it breaks easily, it is too thin, go ahead and add a little bit of flour, but don't add more than 1/4 cup. It is hard for me to explain the consistency but you will found out!
Keep cooking the rest. 
We add honey to them and roll them, when we eat them.