November 11, 2010

Mofo Day 11



Tonight's dinner: it started with a roasted butternut squash...



I then decided to make the requisite vegan squash risotto. I sort of followed this recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/champagne-risotto-recipe/index.html

Except mine had champagne*, leeks, nutritional yeast and sage.


I also roasted some brussel sprouts and chickpeas...


Dinner was on the table in less than an hour...whoohoo!


*not really champagne, but cheap sparkling wine from the Chevron....yay America!

...and after he was full, my darling life partner made me this:


*SIGH*

4 comments:

  1. Ba ha ha! That's pretty freakin' cute! :)

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  2. Haha, love the pacman! I mean, the food looks amazing, too... but c'mon, you've gotta love pacman. :)

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  3. that looks super yummy. i haven't made risotto in a while. i think im going to have to buy some arborio, and use up my butternut squash

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  4. My first time making it from scratch and it was easy!!!

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