Take any members of the squash family, in this instance I had a Abel and Cole fancy squash and some leftover courgette

Meatless Mondays {week 13}

Apologies for the delay in publishing this week’s post, it’s been one of those weeks. So we’re into week 13 of Meatless Monday, the kitchen is pretty much there! Just final final finishing touches now to do; fitting the cupboard door under the sink, creating a cuddy for trays (once they arrive from IKEA), and attaching the kickboards buying and putting up the blind and completing the picture wall. It’s so nice to be cooking again and now I have started properly planning my weekly meals and food shopping in a bid to be more thrifty and more organised too, read all about it here. Here’s my quote of the week for this week, serves as a good reminder in the chaos of life too, sometimes we can be far two hard on ourselves, far too self critical, just need to remember to stop sometimes, and remember all that we have managed to achieve 🙂 :

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Here’s what I had today:

Breakfast:

Lemon, honey and ginger
Lemon, honey and ginger and granola with organic semi skimmed milk

Lunch:

  • 3 plums, a penguin bar at the last portion of veg balls and spaghetti from wk10
  • last portion of veg balls and spaghetti from wk10

Dinner:

For dinner I cooked one of my favourite veggie dishes, which I come back to time and time again, squash and goats cheese pasta, originally introduced to me by my lovely friend Christina, but I have taken it and adapted it along the way. Here’s how you make it:

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Squash & Goat’s Cheese Pasta

Ingredients

  • 1 Pumpkin/ Butternut Squash/ Other Squash (you can also add in courgettes to bulk out further)
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 pack Goats Cheese
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 500 g Pasta shape ones work best
  • 1 pack walnuts halves
  • A spoonful honey
  • A knob butter
  • A handful Fresh Sage

Instructions

  1. Dice Squash in to chunks (de-seed, but save the seeds to roast as a nice snack :)) along with onion and garlic and place in a roasting dish in a pre-heated oven (200'C) with a splash of olive all and salt and pepper and roast for 40 minutes, turning half way

  2. 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time, put your pasta on to boil for 10 minute (bring water to the boil in the pan with a lid a couple of minutes before this)

  3. Toast your walnuts in a frying pan with a little butter and honey until golden

  4. Dice up your goats cheese ready to go

  5. Once all the components are ready, combine in a large bowl, season with fresh herbs of choice, and serve straight away and enjoy.

  • Take any members of the squash family, in this instance I had a Abel and Cole fancy squash and some leftover courgette
  • Cut up roughly and add some oil, an onion, a couple of cloves of garlic and some salt and pepper and roast in a over at around 200'C for 20 mins initially
  • 20 minutes on the clock. Whilst this is happening boil up some water for 500gs of pasta and once boiled (this can take a while) add the dry pasta to the water and cook for 10 mins
  • Then take out, turn and put back for another 20 minutes until lovely and golden and soft
  • Another 20 mins on the clock
  • Once cooked put somewhere just to keep warm, like the top oven
  • Mix a heaped spoonful of honey in about a cm of boiling water in a mug
  • Mix until combined
  • Melt a little butter in a nonstick frying pan
  • Add a pack of whole walnuts and toast on a medium heat and coat in the butter
  • Grate a block of goats cheese ready
  • Add honey and water mixture to the walnuts and cook until all liquid evaporates and your left with golden honey coated walnuts - yummy!
  • Get ready a large mixing bowl to combine all ingredients together once the pasta is cooked
  • Drain and add pasta to bowl
  • Then add squash, onion and garlic
  • Then add walnuts
  • Then add goats cheese
  • Mix all together
  • Add some fresh basil (or herb of choice) and season to taste too
  • Serve and enjoy!
(Ingredients: Pattipan Squash, Round Courgettes, Red Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Set Honey, Butter, Walnuts, Goats Cheese, Pasta, 
Basil-from my windowsill)

Hope you guys have a good week. Please do send me your thoughts and any other veg recipes you have for me to try – hope you have a lovely week 🙂

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