starting with soup

It's a new year & a new start.  cliche, non?  well, whatever, I thought it would be good time to get my butt off the couch & actually spend time with myself instead of the movie network. All this while doing something that I used to love - cooking.  Winter has finally shown itself and a roasted squash & apple soup seemed like the right fit.

Is there anything better than the smell of roasting vegetables covered in rosemary? 

Is there anything worse than taking your blender out of the cupboard only to find out that part of it is missing & now unusable, ugh.  I ended up having to hand blend the entire contents of the roasting pan. Which led me to dig out the apron my mother in law made me (and had yet to be used) as the soup ended up in my hair as well as all over the counter.  I can tell that this is going to be a fun year of experimentation

...and a tasty one at that.  First soup success!