Cream of butternut squash soup

September 4, 2009 by  
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 Cream of butternut squash soup

This soup is just great to enjoy with bread slices. Let’s imagine that you are dipping a crispy bread slice into a warm thick soup with beautiful orange color and creamy texture, then gradually taking a first bite, feeling the first impression coming from the good smell, you’ll appreciate a good treat of the day. 

It is very easy to cook this soup, it matters only that you gather all the necessary ingredients. Cooking time is just within 30 minutes and you will have a pleasant soup for either breakfast, lunch or dinner, but I prefer having it for dinner with the freshly baked bread which I spent the whole afternoon to make it. 

Cream of butternut squash soup

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Creamy pasta with asparagus and peas

July 28, 2009 by  
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 Creamy pasta with asparagus and peas

I cooked pasta again. Pasta now is often in my cooking list of the week. I never thought  I would be in love so much with pasta like this before. Just by a proper way of cooking pasta with basic principles about the nature of pasta in mind, we can always make a good pasta dish. 

Once I hosted a year-end party with around 20 friends at my home, most of whom are Vietnamese students studying in Singapore. That time I treated them with only pasta, pizza and wine. I made three kinds of pasta and three kinds of pizza. They were all finished much faster than I could imagine, which caused me think whether I had prepared enough or not :D

That’s one  good memory about pasta since I started to venture into this interesting section of food. I’m often eager at trying new pasta dish and revisit the most amazing recipes when I want to treat my family and friends. This pasta with asparagus and peas is also very easy to eat, very refreshing with the crunchy texture of the asparagus. Some cream is used helping to combine all the ingredients harmoniously. Pasta with veggies is never out of fashion for me. 

Creamy pasta with asparagus and peas

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