pumpkin soup♪

I made pumpkin soup yesterday.
It's very basic, super easy to make.
The essentials are:

pumpkin filling (un-sweetened! It's not for pie, but savory soup~)



chicken broth



fresh sage



also:
cumin
milk
salt & pepper

After it's done it looks something like this:



A single chopped sage leaf on top, garnished with crumbled feta cheese.
It turned out yummy, but I think I will add more pumpkin next time (I used one can, I feel that it would be better with two cans), to make the soup a bit thicker.
It will also probably go really well with croutons or crackers.

I also made myself open-faced tuna-salad melts:



With swish cheese and tomato slices. Yuuum

That's all for
now


Happy Halloween!

happy birthday, mr. president.

Purchased this summer. Random contents:

With mom, before she was committed,







With husband #1:



With husband #2 (the one that probably truly loved her most, and my favorite):



With husband #3 (not my favorite, but certainly the most imposing..&creepy):






How come these hideous guys got one of the most beautiful women of all time? A mystery.











Taking a break on set of "Gentlemen prefer Blondes" (1953), with friend/co-star (& another of my favorite screen sirens) Jane Russell:



Here is the duet in which they wore those costumes:



And,



after this (in)famous gig:



It's pretty impossible to not be fascinated by such a woman, no? She's magic.

♪♪♪♪♪♪

My first attempt at making チャーハン.



I had a recipe to follow, but I modified it.
Instead of frozen veggies, I used all fresh ones. I also added black olive.
Instead of oyster sauce, I used fish sauce -- because I had no oyster sauce. But you know, it turned out great! I've to get some oyster sauce from the market for next time though.
I cooked the soy-sauce-marinated shrimp in their shells to contain their flavor, and peeled them after cooling.. Yummylicious.

Our simple lunch was paired with a spinach & tomato salad.



I also made the salad dressing:
extra virgin olive oil,
balsamic vinegar,
minced garlic and
Bulgarian feta cheese.



Yum yum.(-^□^-)