D&J's Day Together

aka: Candy Roastarama









Let's see... Today it snowed in Hot Springs- pretty much all day long. We were going to go to Asheville, but we nixed that plan and stayed in. Our mom gave us a killer candy roaster* to bake, and unfortunately I did not take a picture of it before we started. It was a real beauty. We cleaned that bad boy out, cut it into sections, and baked it with a little water. Then it was almost lunch time, so I went ahead and whipped up a little coconut squash soup.

My recipe:
1) Sautee some celery, chopped onion and garlic in a soup pot for 10 minutes in coconut oil.
2)Scrape about 4-5 cups of winter squash meat out of a pre-cooked squash and add to soup pot.
3) Add a can of coconut milk, 2-3 tsp coriander, 2-3 tsp tumeric and whatever other spices you like. Fresh grated ginger would be good.
4) Puree with an emersion blender or even a regular mixer.
5) Add salt and pepper to taste.





After lunch we commenced making whoopie pies with some of the remaining candy roaster meat. I found a Martha Stewart recipe that tasted good, but the little half pies spread out and got too thin for my taste in the oven. I added ground up chocolate chips to the batter for shits and giggles. We made a cream cheese frosting for the middles of the pies and assembled them late this afternoon. Check them out.




The fun wasn't over yet, and we did a little laundry then headed out to the closed in front porch sun room to decorate Jenna's Christmas tree. We realized this was the first time we had decorated a Christmas tree without our mother's participation, and we are hoping she likes the job we did. If not, oh well...




We did a good job today, if we do say so ourselves.
Adios!
Love, Dana and Jenna

* Did you know? It is believed that candy roaster squashes originated in our fair state of North Carolina.