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Pumpkin and Lentil Soup
I’ve been meaning to use lentils more lately, and last night I finally did it! I made this pumpkin and lentil soup in the slow cooker (easy to cook NOT in the slow cooker also- I just did it that way ’cause it worked better with my day…), and it was quite nice. It was strong, and I wouldn’t really recommend having this for dinner, and then lunch the next day- could be a bit of overload! I can’t remember if I put curry powder in this or not… if you think it’s not flavoursome enough, then add 2 teaspoons!
Photo via weightwatchers.com.au
Ingredients
| Serves 6 | ||
| 1 medium onion, chopped | ||
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| 1000 g fresh pumpkin, peeled, chopped | ||
| 2/3 cup dry lentils | ||
| 4 whole stock cube, dissolved in 4 cups (1 litre) hot water | ||
| STEPS: | ||
| I cooked this in the slow cooker- so basically just put everything in there, and cooked it on low for about 9 hours. Could have been done in a few- but that’s the beauty of the slow cooker!
Once it’s cooked just wiz it with a bar mix, or put it into a blender to pluse. It turns out really, really thick, and we ate it like that, but you could probably add some light evaporated milk to make it go a bit thinner. This recipe is 2 Weight Watchers points per serve. If you add the evaporated milk, it’ll be more. |
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Pizza Scrolls
For this recipe you’ll need to make up the pizza dough first, and then add the other ingredients.
Pizza Dough
Put 1 sachet of yeart (approx 2-3 tsp) of dried yeast into a mixing bowl with 1 tsp sugar and enough luke warm water (really, really important that it’s not too hot!! Better to be too cool, then too hot- you’ll kill the yeast!) to cover the bottom of the bowl.
Let it sit until the yeast is all frothy.
Add 1 1/2 cups of flour and 3/4 cup of luke warm water. Mix in your mixer using dough hooks.
Let this mix sit until it’s doubled in size. It’ll probably be pretty wet.
Add 1/2 cup of flour and mix again until flour is mixed. Let it sit again until it’s doubled again.
(I find that this mix, when risen properly can make about 4 pizzas, or 2 of these scroll logs)
Scrolls
Put 1 grated zuchini, 2-3 diced shallots (depending on their size), handful of fresh basil- finely chopped, and 4-5 cloves of garlic- diced or pressed, into a bowl and mix around.
Grate 3/4 cup of cheese (cheddar).
Roll all of the dough out onto a bench. Spread with some tomato paste. Add the zuchini mix, and the cheese.
Roll into a log, and cut into 12 pieces. Put each piece into the hole of a muffin tin. Cook for 20-30 mins in a moderate oven.
Weight Watchers:
Each scroll is about 2 points each, and you could cut down of the points by using cottage cheese instead of cheddar (1 1/2 points each), or using less dough. We find that four scrolls is plenty for lunch!
Homemade Food…
Lately (as in, this week) I’ve been into cooking a bit more. It really is a love of mine. This is the reason why!
M&D send me to a cooking class for my birthday this year. While my actual b’day was a while ago now, I just went to the class this last weekend. It was a FANTASTIC day. LOTS of fun! The place is called “On The Ridge“, and as you can see from the picture, it’s set in the beautiful area of Kureelpa, up near Montville.
The Amazing View
One of my favourite things to do was make pasta. I’ve made pasta before, but Tonya gave us some really good tips that I didn’t know before. On Tuesday night I made some pasta dough (100g flour to 1 egg and some oil) after home group, and last night Luke and I had some pasta with the pesto I made as well (I got the recipe for that from the class).
Pasta we made drying on clothes rack!
At the cooking class we split into groups to cook the various things- there were a LOT of different dishes (we got to eat them ALL at the end!). One group made Veal ‘Olives’ with mushroom, sage and proscuitto. Isn’t it nice to cook them out on the deck?!
Is there anything much better then cooking on the deck?
I would 100% recommend going to one of Tonya’s cooking classes. It was a fantastic day filled with learning and cooking in a BEAUTIFUL location. Lots of wine and food afterwards. We ate for SEVERAL hours after we’d finished cooking!! Rachel and I think this would be great for Carmy’s hens day as well- but we’ll see what happens with that- it could be a little too expensive for everyone, but I would go back in an instant! If you love food and cooking then I would definitely recommend this cooking school!
This was an Italian day, but there are lots of others themes as well. Check out their website for more details and FREE recipes!!
My group made the pesto for the pasta. Delish!
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