Dead easy, this one. A soup.
First off, chop an onion and sweat it in butter in a big pan. Add a carrot and a few potatoes, diced small. After it's suitably sweaty, toss in a can of chopped tomatoes. Stir a bit, then add boiling water and salt to taste. Continue simmering.
Meanwhile, take your pumpkin/squash. Cut it into chunks and peel. Put most of the chunks in a separate pan, cover with water and boil covered until soft. With a few of the chunks - dice them (Keep the dice reasonably chunky) and add to the other veg.
When the main lot of pumpkin, once soft, liquidise it with a hand blender or implement of your choice. Add the pulpy pumpkin to the main soup. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Stir in some single cream and serve. I reckon a topping of grated Swiss or Cheddar cheese might add to it.
(I get all my cheese from a delightful Palestinian fromagerie that's opened in my neighbourhood. It's an offshoot of the well-known Occupied West Bank company, Cheeses of Nazareth).
I've been carving pumpkins in exchange for donations to the Kashmir Earthquake Appeal. Here are some of the results:
Felllow Pastafarians will recognise the Flying Spaghetti Monster (all hail, me hearties). According to this guy, the theory that the world was created by His Noodly Appendage is a valid , scientific one ...get this...'...because it has been used to describe biological phenomena.' Sure, he was actually talking about Intelligent Design, but the same applies. Ramen!
By the way...did you hear about the guy who forgot to take his homeopathic medicine? He died of an overdose. (Bi-dum Tish!)
