When you’re cooking thanksgiving dinner… we all know how hard it is to accommodate vegetarians, much less vegans. HOWEVER… my sister being vegan, my mom and I have been coming up with recipes so my sister can be full and happy come Tofurky Day.

My girlfriends mom handed me some Butternut squash from their garden, so I decided to make a dish for my sis. It’s super easy and delecious:

Holiday Sauteed Butternut Squash and Pear:

So first you want to get all of the innards out of the butternut including the seeds. I used the bowl of the squash for serving (and keeping the dish warm) by coating it in Olive Oil and popping it in the oven while I prepped & cooked.

So here’s what ya need:

1 whole butternut squash. thinly cut.

1 pear thinly cut

1 onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 tsp cumin

1tsp chili powder

1tsp cinnamon

1tsp nutmeg

1tbs salt

1tsp pepper.

sweat the onions & garlic in pan with olive oil till translucent [onions]. Put in butternut squash, pear, & all spices… and just cook till squash is soft. Take hand blender and blend till all the big pieces are gone. serve in the roasted Squash bowl! It will be way too much to fit into the bowl, so let it overflow :) garnish with whatever you want. Thyme, bay leaves… for color and aroma.

It’s really yummy, and was a hit at my family’s early thanksgiving dinner tonight. So enjoy while the Butternuts are still in season!!!

-alexa

ps. you’re going to be seeing A LOT of blogs about food as I am in Culinary School at the moment… and I can’t stop cooking. :)

pps. I’m not kidding about the roasted squash bowl keeping the dish warm. It really does, it’s crazy!

A gift from a friend… and I’ve never been so excited. WANT A HAND TYPED LETTER?!?!?! send me your mailing address and you’ll get a nicely typed letter in the snail mail box.

I love this thing.

that’s all.

My schuckin’ heaven! #italianfest #nofilter (Taken with instagram)

martinrivas:

Hi everyone.

Stories and photos are streaming in from Upstate NY, particularly in creekside towns north of the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County, NY… and the devastation can only be compared to what happened with Katrina.

CNN, Fox News, the major networks and other news outlets aren’t racing there…

I tried! I really tried to write a song today, but as a good friend once said: life gets in the way of life. It’s my mamas bday and I have to work :( so sadly no song today, but… However…. I will do my darndest to write two tomorrow. SO! Forgive me, I just can’t do it today.

Forgive me! Alexa

As promised… and I hate to give up on my promises… here is the second song of the 20 day trial project “Song A Day” entitled: Ballroom Beast

I truly love Garage Band for many reasons. I love it’s raw sound when you record right into the computer… I also love its temperamental nature and its moodiness.

I also adore that I paired it with the Rouge Chipotle Ale… spicy!!!    :)

anyways, I hope you have as much fun listening as i did writing it. I look forward to tomorrows song too! think I’ll watch a bunch of romantic comedies all day….

STILL LOVE YOU THE CORRECT CREEPY AMOUNT!

-alexa

I’m doing it… I’m back to writing for a new record. So in order to get myself back in the swing of things, I’m writing one song a day. AND because I dont care at all what you think, I’m posting them on tumblr everyday for you to listen.

I LOVE YOU ALL! (maybe even too much. Sometimes it feels creepy)

-alexa

How I feel about animals (& bugs) Part 1:

1) I believe that pigeons are robots. More specifically, alien robots.

2) I hate moths

3) I also hate ants

4) I am convinced that animals with a winged counterpart are inherently jealous of their flying brethren . (see picture above)

5) cats are evil geniuses

6)birds are the best thing ever invented by dinosaurs.

7) owls are the best things ever invented by birds.

8) most edible fish on the cuteness scale goes to the Pea Pufferfish

9) mice are cute, stop killing them. At least let your evil genius do it.

10) the Rats of NIMH are real.

I want.

Ha!