I know that it’s irrational, but I’m angry with the weather.  It’s just a general consuming rage that can’t be tuned and targeted at any one or anything in particular, but still I find myself glowering when the sun starts to set at 7:30 pm, scowling out the window at the frost on my car in the morning, and muttering rather salty things under my breath when I see that the temperature has dropped to 3 degrees above freezing.  IN OCTOBER.  It’s true.  I have a general angst and bee in my bonnet, and I attribute it to the fact that we got conned out of an Indian summer this year.

I love those long, hot, lazy days of Indian summer where the sky is at it’s brightest blue.  The air feels crisp and the light is golden.  The smell of fall is just starting to seep into the periphery, but it’s the warm and slightly sweet smell of dry leaves and crackling fireplaces – not the musky cold smell of late fall, which in Canada is more like First Winter.

This year there was no Indian summer.  One day we were slick with sweat and drinking margaritas on the deck, the next day we were bundled up in oversized sweaters and wooly socks, wondering what happened. I still keep buying corn and tomatoes in an attempt to capture some of that late summer spirit, but alas – it’s already too late.  So fine, FINE.  I may not be able to embrace the fact that it’s late fall already, but I’ll at least send a nod in that direction….via roasted root vegetables, a sure sign that fall is upon us. 

Root Vegetables with Anise and Thyme

• 3 large carrots
• 2 large parsnip
• 1 celery root/celeriac
• 8 cloves of garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3/4 tsp anise seed *
• 1 tsp thyme
• salt and pepper

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This post is tagged Anise, Carrot, Celeriac, Celery Root, Fennel, Parsnip, Roasting, Root Vegetable, Vegetables