{"id":4473,"date":"2022-07-15T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2022-09-11T12:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T03:10:25","slug":"july-2022-author-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/july-2022-author-life\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2022 Author Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Recipe\" class=\"wp-image-4474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-07-15-Author-Life-Blog-Featured-Image.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brr<\/em>, it\u2019s freezing outside here in South Australia. I feel like I\u2019m becoming less tolerant to the cold the older I get. Is that a thing? I\u2019d love to hear your experience in the comments below. One of the best ways to warm up in weather like this is with a good home-cooked soup. Mum\u2019s cream of cauliflower soup is a personal favourite. I thought I\u2019d share it here for you all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mum\u2019s Cream of Cauliflower Soup&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adapted from an old French recipe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>4 \u2013 6 Servings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00bc cup of butter (or vegetable oil if preferred)<\/li><li>1 large onion, finely chopped<\/li><li>2 celery stalks, trimmed and chopped<\/li><li>\u00bd cup of flour<\/li><li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li><li>Black pepper to taste<\/li><li>5 cups chicken stock<\/li><li>1 medium cauliflower, washed and broken into flowerets<\/li><li>4 tablespoons of double cream<\/li><li>Ground nutmeg and chopped parsley for garnish<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Melt the butter or heat the oil in a large, heavy pan over medium heat.<\/li><li>Add the onion and celery and cook until onion is translucent.<\/li><li>Remove pan from the heat and gradually stir in the chicken stock using a wooden spoon.<\/li><li>Stir in the salt and pepper.<\/li><li>Add the cauliflower and return pan to the heat.<\/li><li>Bring to the boil, stirring constantly.<\/li><li>Reduce to low heat, cover the pan, and allow it to simmer for 30 minutes (stir occasionally).<\/li><li>Remove from heat and puree the soup in an electric blender.<\/li><li>Return soup to the pan and place over low heat.<\/li><li>Stir in the cream with the wooden spoon and cook for 5 minutes (stirring constantly). Do NOT allow the soup to boil.<\/li><li>Serve the soup into bowls and garnish with a sprinkling of nutmeg and parsley.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brr, it\u2019s freezing outside here in South Australia. I feel like I\u2019m becoming less tolerant to the cold the older I get. Is that a thing? I\u2019d love to hear &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/july-2022-author-life\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 2022 Author Life<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4480,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}