I made a Halloween Pumpkin this afternoon. We bought the pumpkin from a small independent garden centre, they grew the pumpkins on their land (well that's what the labels said in the greenhouse).
As, I carved the flesh out, Jane started making the soup, Elsie, our puppy whippet, moved around our feet trying to help too. Howcroft teamwork.
The photo shows the finished soup (other vegetables were used in the said soup) and the finished pumpkin lantern. My pumpkin lanterns always smile and the soup is our Friday lunch
BTW : I'd like to point out that I often cook in our house, especially at weekends, I have some "stellar dishes" in my repertoire.
It's almost like a "Before" and "After" shot and the pumpkin is happy to have had a "liposuction".
Pumpkin soup is delicious especially with a bit of sour cream.
I hope we'll see some pics of your culinary creation soon :-)
Snap, I made soup today but mine was ham & lentil with left overs! For our lunch over the next couple of days!
You will be eating birthday cake this weekend then, hope we see a photo of the birthday girl!
Lovely capture of this combined piece of work! Much easier using a pumpkin than a turnip though, which is what we had to do as kids! Soup was still the by-product though. :-)
You a cook? It never passed my mind that you sometimes take time to cook at home. Well, that's maybe because the only thing I can do in the kitchen is make myself a Nescafe coffee with milk, and that is when I can't get it from Christine.
@newbank Newbank, I don't follow recipe books although I do a great French Onion Soup based on Delia's recipe
Pork in creme fraiche with mushroom , onions, garlic and brandy .
Mediterranean Sea Bass (pastas bravos, tomatoes and green veg)
Fish Pie
Tuna steaks in white white, tomatoes , onions , green veg and new potatoes
Tuna and Pasta
I do a fabulous tapas selection , changes slightly depending upon the season of the year !
@phil_howcroft Sounds delicious. I do a mix of following (to a degree) recipes for new ideas and just making it up as I go along. Eldest loves his food. One of his favourites is 'Mummy Pasta'. Which is basically pasta with a sauce created from whatever leftover bits are left in the fridge and freezer, bit of this left over cheese, bit of that left over cheese, maybe a slice of bacon, or a chunk of chicken, maybe a bit of cream, maybe a bit of soft cheese, probably herbs from somewhere, most often topped with croutons from stale bread... No two mummy pastas are ever the same but they all fall under mummy pasta heading and sound better than 'we have no food in the house until I shop this is the best it gets!'
Pumpkin soup is delicious especially with a bit of sour cream.
I hope we'll see some pics of your culinary creation soon :-)
@ljmanning good shout Laura
@corinnec LOL yes before / after is a good shout Corinne :)
You will be eating birthday cake this weekend then, hope we see a photo of the birthday girl!
Pork in creme fraiche with mushroom , onions, garlic and brandy .
Mediterranean Sea Bass (pastas bravos, tomatoes and green veg)
Fish Pie
Tuna steaks in white white, tomatoes , onions , green veg and new potatoes
Tuna and Pasta
I do a fabulous tapas selection , changes slightly depending upon the season of the year !