GCC: Butternut Rice Laksa Soup

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This weeks Gutsy Cook selection was hard for me.  Especially since I was the one that picked all four choices.  And my pickings were based in how interesting they all sounded and the unusual way they were in using this month ingredient – Rice.

We had Horchata, which you all know I had in my kitchen bucket list for a while now.  Then a Persian recipe called Adas Polo, which appeal to my love of lentils. We had an Indian twist with the Rice Flour pancakes know as Kalappam which is the usual side dish to non-vegetarian curries.  And finally we had a twist to an Indonesian dish from the Peranakan culture – a Pumpkin Rice Laksa Soup.

I wanted to make all four of them.  But faith stepped in and gave us beautiful chilly weather this past weekend here in Florida.  Our temperatures dipped into the 50’s, which called for lots snuggling, lazy TV watching which just comfort food.  So the soup won this hands down.

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Snap Thursday - Spooky

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I been letting go guys, can you tell?

I took this shot without even looking at my viewfinder. I simply put the camera down on the ground and using my wireless clicker, took the shot. If I remember correctly I had the setting on the camera turned to “P” meaning the “program setting” - How crazy is that?  

Teaches you a thing or two.. mainly that my camera is telling me that it knows what the hell she is doing and that sometimes I don’t need to get up all on her business with complicated manual settings.

Yes, my camera is a she and I’m totally going to name her “know it all”.

Remember to head over to Knitty Baker who is our Snap Thursday host and take a look at what others have shot.