Posts tagged: Quick and Easy Soup

Austria is a country known for extraordinary skiing. Those fortunate enough to have enjoyed the famous slopes also know that the resorts are renowned for festive après ski parties. Now, there is something new in the idyllic village of St Anton, a boutique ski hotel that epitomizes luxury.
Some might consider buildingan exculsive17-room hotel right next-door to one of the biggest après ski parties in Austria, outrageous. However, with long-term vision and a commitment to the local area, The Mooser Hotel opened its doors to guests, for the first time in December 2011.

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Recipes & Travel:
Austria, Healthy Cabbage Soup Recipes, Mooser Hotel St Anton, Quick and Easy Soup

For Nutmeg this is a terrifying blog post, so it is fitting that it arrives just in time for Halloween.
Ginger and Nutmeg left Calgary on September 30, 2010. Nutmeg has quite happily not set foot on Canadian soil for 13 months. What is so scary?  They are headed back to Calgary in the darkest, coldest month of the year!
Here are some fun statistics from their time abroad:

35,000
Kilometers driven in the trusty car by Ginger

15,000
Roundabouts

8,000
Photos documenting the year

5,000
Toll booths

395 
Number of days since Nutmeg has been in Canada

395
Wine bottles consumed more or less

150
Number of times Nutmeg went to a market

150+
Bike rides

50+
Churches visited

35+
Hikes

18
Ski days at new resorts

15
Gap T-shirts

13
Provencal deserts at Christmas time

8+
Concerts

4
Ferry rides: to Corsica and Sardinia

4
Pairs of runners

3
Masks from the Venice Carnival

5
Cooking lessons

5
Countries Visited:France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, UK

2
Jars Cherry Jam by Ginger

4
New pieces of art

2
Gym memberships

1
Mountain bikes

2
Pairs of Hiking boots

1
Wedding

1
Opera – Aida

1
Kayak trip

1
Trip to the Grand Prix in Monaco

1
Trip to Paris

1
Market bag

0
Number of sessions with a personal trainer

TOTAL
PRICELESS

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Recipes & Travel:
Provence Travel, Pumpkin Soup, Quick and Easy Soup, Travel in France, Vegeterian Recipes

Nutmeg has a very dear friend Sassafras.  They have been friends for several decades and even though they live quite far apart, they usually manage, to get in a ski or bike or hike weekend here and there.  So a bit about Sassafras (besides the great name). She is so smart she has two university degrees because engineering was not hard enough.  She loves the open water, craves mountain vistas, has a great laugh and generally embraces live.  Sassafras also loves to cook and has decided that she will help Nutmeg out and provide a few of her favorite recipes for all of you to try.  So as Nutmeg is digging out her puffy down jacket, the rest of the country is still experiencing summer, so Sassafras’s first recipe is a cool summer soup:  North African Spiced Tomato Soup.

 
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Recipes & Travel:
North African Cooking, Quick and Easy Soup, Recipes for Tomatoes, Vegan friendly, Vegeterian Recipes

Nutmeg has a bit of time on her hands this fall and this soup one of her new favorites:

Print Pear, Fennel and Acorn Squash Soup Recipe type: Soup Prep time:  15 mins Cook time:  30 mins Total time:  45 mins Serves: 4   This is an easy soup to celebrate the best of fall produce. Note: mild curry can be added as well (optional). Enjoy! Ingredients 1 Small Fennel bulb, diced 3 Shallots or ½ onion, diced 1.5 Tbsp. Olive oil 2 Pears cored and cubed 5 cups Vegetable or chicken stock ½ Tsp. cinnamon 1 Tsp. Fresh ginger, crushed 2 Medium Acorn squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 inch cubes ½ Cup Coconut milk Salt and Pepper, to taste Instructions Saute fennel and shallots in pan with 1 Tbsp oil until lightly…

Recipes & Travel:
Acorn Squash, Quick and Easy Soup, Recipes with Fennel, Recipes with Pears, Soup Recipes