Root Vegetable Soup

My neighbors graciously gave me some rutabagas and beets before they left for Paris on Saturday. I'm pretty sure their trip trumps my root vegetable soup, but I'll take what I can get. I had never cooked with rutabagas before, so I was hesitant of the soup, but look at that color! It's gorgeous!

I roasted diced onions, sweet potatoes, beets, rutabagas, carrots, garlic and pasilla peppers at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. I seasoned the veggies with salt, pepper, and cayenne before roasting.

In small batches I blended the roasted veggies with milk and vegetable stock, until smooth.

I let the soup simmer for a while to let the flavors blend more.

All served up and delicious! I was surprised at how well the soup turned out and will defidently be making it again!

Pinterest Challenge: Sweater Mittens

It's Pinterest Challenge time over at Young House Love! Autumn in Colorado brings warm afternoons but frigid mornings, I saw these sweater mittens on Pinterest,  and I knew they would be perfect for autumn mornings.

I found this sweater fabric in the remnants bin at Joann's. I've been waiting for the perfect project idea to create with it. Since, the material is thin, (more like a sock material than a sweater) I decided to line the mittens with fleece.

Start by tracing your hand, to create a template for the mittens, tracing bigger than your hand to allow for hem allowance.

Using the template, pin and cut out the sweater material and the fleece lining.

Sew the bottom of the mittens.

Lining up both sides of the mittens, inside out, sew the perimeter of the mittens.

Turn inside out, and stay warm on these frigid mornings! I have a cashmere sweater with a hole in it that would make wonderful mittens as well.

Happy Pinning! For the last Pinterest Challenge hosted by Young House Love I made a necklace from another era.

Let it snow

It started snowing late last night and continued through until early this morning, here in Denver. Dante loved chasing snowflakes and biting at flying snowballs. School was already cancelled due to fall break, so I'm spending today: organizing my desk, pulling out all of my cold weather gear, and getting ready to sew a few quilts for the many newborns that have entered my life.

 

More snow is expected tonight, so stay warm.