PUMPKIN EXPERIMENTS : AND SO IT BEGINS

We bought a medium pumpkin on one of our shopping trips a couple of days ago, we've never eaten pumpkin before but we like butternut squash so why not try pumpkin too?

We've planned a rather interesting Roasted Pumpkin and Soya Bean Soup with Roasted Pumpkin Bread which will hopefully feature some of the roasted pumpkin seeds which we are going to roast ourselves. We've gone pumpkin mad here!!

We've actually gone experimentation crazy over the last couple of days with various foods and mostly in an effort to cut out chemical laden crap desserts like canned rice pudding and the like. Not only have we enjoyed what we have created but we are both actually feeling alot better and fitter for the change too. It's actually quite shocking how much better we feel in such a short amount of time (although we promise not to get evangelical about it) but it really does feel nice.

The last two days we have had baked apples filled with rum soaked sultanas and honey served with low fat natural Greek style yoghurt and another tiny drizzle of honey. If bliss came in a dish then this is it, so much so we've had it two nights on the run! Before that was roasted nectarines which we sprinkled with a tiny bit of honey and some cinnamon and it was absolutely amazing and I really can't see any reason to go back to stodgy over-processed rice pudding from a tin... ever.

We did start upon a path to a healthier, better lifestyle not so long ago but let it slip while we had some personal stresses and strains and we were shocked at how poorly we felt after eating pre-processed foods. This has been another of the myriad reasons we have put a stop to pre-processed food in all it's forms as well as looking more closely at how our food is produced and making informed choices about things that are going to be better for us.

So, we're looking forward to tomorrows experimenting and we'll be sure to let you know how it goes.