Happy Holidays
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Sounds like a fab weekend
PB2 - please tell me that it is as good as the real thing? Where did you get it?
I am loving your enthusiasm and squash excitement - I never really got the whole squash thing, I tried jumping on the squash bandwagon but I was just never sure, which is a shame because you can have so many good red days on them - they are soooo good for you. I will try again.
Tell me more about what you do with yours (squashes / squashi?!) and get me revved up for them please...
xx
Wow Sally, your food makes me salivate! Not an attractive look before 8.30 in the morning! I need to get a little more adventurous with my food I think - you're inspiring me to step into the unknown! Haha.
It's thursssdaaaaay! I seem to remember you don't like Thursdays, but it just means it's Friday tomorrow and I bloody love Fridays! Eeeeep. Hope you have a great day x
PB2 IS as good as the real thing...honest to God. It's expensive (very) but I just do what I usually do with expensive food items (and it's not sticking my fingers in my ears and going LALALALA) and consider how much I would pay for an takeaway or the fact that I would quite happily spend a tenner on a bottle of white wine.
I get mine from Amazon and I usually buy the two pack which is one plain and one chocolate jar as it weirdly works out cheaper (unless you're already buying other stuff on Amazon for more than a tenner - I dunno, it's a weird Add-On programme or summat). I'm planning on putting some in my porridge tomorrow morning with a banana. ExperiMENTAL.
Linky http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_r=047R79D8MGGB8TQK5CP4&tag=minimins-21
SQUASHES! God, I love them. If you're going to try them again then the BEST way to have them is with a slow cooked chilli con carne and using them as a jacket potato. So, get an acorn squash (usually dark green and shaped like an acorn funnily enough - Asda had some today when I popped in and I just about managed to resist - even with that giganto boxosquash ) cut it in half, scrape the seeds out, spray with spray oil (I like to use the fry light garlic one), sprinkle with salt and then put them cut side down in a roasting tray or baking tray in a pre-heated oven. Bake on gas mark 6 for about 40 minutes or until tender, brown and the skin has gone all nice and crispy (I eat the skins as well). Bundle on some chilli, dollop of greek yogurt, cheese if you have a HEX free and you're done. 1/3 of your superfree pretty much covered and they are amazing. So much better than a jacket potato IMO. They're good with a beany stew this way and fish stew and ANYTHING stew like really.
I also LOVE them just cut into wedges, drizzled with 1 tsp olive oil, cumin and chilli flakes - like a sweet, spicy chip - oh and they're nice with smoked paprika as well.
They are delicious roasted up with peppers and onions and courgettes to go into a couscous, GREAT in a curry with spinach, FABULOUS in a veggie tagine with chickpeas. They are yummy whizzed up to make hummus...and this next link is something I'm DYING to try - I need a quiet couple of hours in the kitchen to do it though: Pumpkin biryani | BBC Good Food. I like it purreed up and added to quinoa to make a breakfast thingy (Although that canned stuff is better for that TBH)
I like them in soups, I like them in salads, I like them ALL THE WAYS.
I bet you're sorry you asked now aren't you?