Catching up

After an absurdly busy couple of weeks, I've just got half an hour spare to make a post. I haven't quit the project, don't worry - far from it! I've been making a bit of progress on the knitting front, working on the study and doing a lot of cooking, besides seeing a bit more of the UK motorway system than I'd ideally like to be necessary in order to see family and old friends.

Here's a good one for you - baked stuffed squash. This one was extremely simple - I was planning on doing a sort of squash lasagne, using slices of squash rather than pasta (if you can imagine that), having got the idea from my clever cook of a sister (who happens to be obsessed with pumpkins and other squash type veg).

But on the day, I couldn't be bothered, so I simply cut the squashes in half, scooped out the pulp and seeds and filled them with a mixture of mashed fava beans, garlic, seasoning and onion mixed with a beaten egg, grated some cheese over the top and stuck it in the oven for half an hour. It came out like this:

And was very tasty. The squash was soft and sweet - even the skin was edible, though I'd probably, on reflection, fry the garlic and onions a bit before adding them to the stuffing mix next time, as the garlic tasted a bit 'raw', though if you used dried, powdered garlic rather than fresh this might not be an issue. And lord knows how many of the 5 a day an entire squash plus half a can of beans counts as.

And now my parental duties must take me out into the cold, muddy outdoor world at this ungodly hour! But I'll be back to continue this catch-up later.