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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    HelenDaveKids wrote: »
    OOOOhh Ed, my dream man. Buying presents, shopping on the way home.......Even your ingredients sound exotic

    Naff off Helen, I saw him first smiley-gen121.gif.

    Funnily enough I'm cooking butternut squash today :)
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    Funnily enough I'm cooking butternut squash today

    What are you doing with it? Ours tends to get roasted or souped, can't say we're particularly imaginative. I bet it'd make a great dessert (a la pumpkin pie) :)

    Feeling quite Christmassy today, I may need to go shopping for some family prezzies...
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning, one way I use butternut squash is to cut into chunks (sometimes leave skin on, others not), chop 1 red onion, 1 chopped aubergine (if aubergine is small I don't bother to leave it with salt on, to draw out the bitterness). Put into oven proof dish, sprinkle 1 heaped teaspoon of Ras el Hanout over, either a little stock or water, then cover with foil and roast for about 45-60 mins.

    It can be served with couscous, quinoa, bulgher wheat, rice - anything really.

    Tilly
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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    That sounds delicious Tilly, although a don't know what ras el hanout is! :o
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    http://moroccanfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/ras_el_hanout_recipe.htm


    Working on my iPad so liks are a little tricky x x
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    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    I'm doing THIS :)

    Nom nom nom :)

    LOVE butternut squash so am sure Tilly's recipe will feature. Only discovered recently it doesn't need to be peeled so I do use it more now - always used to take chunks out of myself trying to peel it :o.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Thanks for the recipe GG (just gate crashing Ed's diary :)). I will have a go at that one in the week.

    Tilly x
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    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    If you don't peel it, is the skin ok to eat? Doesn't mess up digestion or anything? :rotfl:
  • gallygirl
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    If you don't peel it, is the skin ok to eat? Doesn't mess up digestion or anything? :rotfl:
    Am guessing it probably....em...... adds roughage ;).
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • BookWorm
    BookWorm Posts: 2,527 Forumite
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    Morning :)

    gallygirl wrote: »
    Only discovered recently it doesn't need to be peeled so I do use it more now - always used to take chunks out of myself trying to peel it :o.

    Wow I didn't know you could eat the skin either! Like GG I always used to have scary moments trying to peel them! Thanks for the heads up!
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