Blessings on the blossoms
Blessings on the fruit
Blessings on the leaves and stems
And blessings on the root
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Our Yo Yos
Biscuits
170g Melted Butter
1/3 cups icing sugar
55g custard powder
220g plain flour
Mix all ingredients together then make into balls and squash with a fork and bake for 20mim in oven at 180 C.
Icing
2 tablespoons icing sugar
1 tablespoon melted butter
1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Mix all ingredients together and then ice biscuits when they are cool (the icing will harden later).
Our Vegetable soup
1/2 JAP Pumpkin
2 brown onions
3 cloves of garlic crushed
1 cup soup mix
3 zucchinis
4 large carrots
1 head of broccoli
1 cup peas
3 Vegetarian chicken stock cubes
Chop all ingredients then place into large pot with soup mix and stock cubes. Cover with water , bring to the boil and then simmer for one hour. We know it is yummy but if you have leftovers freeze it for another night.
Pumpkin Soup
2 chopped onions
3 cloves of crushed garlic
2 large carrots
1 large potato diced
2 veg stock cubes
One can of coconut cream
Black pepper to taste
Parsley for garnish
Brown onion & garlic in oil in a large heavy-based saucepan
Add diced pumpkin carrot and potato
Cover well with water
Add stock cubes and some pepper
Bring to the boil and simmer until vegetables are soft
Remove from heat
Blend with food processor, or bar mix, until smooth
Stir in coconut cream
Serve and garnish with chopped parsley
Nana adds chopped red capsicum, celery and chilli. She doesn't use coconut cream but instead she garnishes with natural yoghurt and chives.
The riper your pumpkin the better the soup!
Garlic is liberally used to help thin the blood, lower cholesterol and to help protect us from flu.
See Healthy Hints page. "Building up the Immune System"
Pumpkins
Seeds provide zinc and other useful minerals
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 C. Remove seeds from pumpkin,separate seeds from the stringy core and rinse.
In a small saucepan add seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to 1/2 cup of seeds.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to every cup of water.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes
Remove from heat and drain.
Spread out about 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the bottom of a baking tray and spread the dried seeds out onto the tray ( a single layer).
Bake on the top rack for about 10-20 mins or until seeds are lightly browned.
Remove from oven and let cool. When totally cooled crack seeds open and eat inner seeds. Some people eat seeds whole.Eat fresh or store in a sealed container in the fridge.
Pumpkins are very easy to grow - just throw seeds out onto some dirt in a sunny well-drained position where you don`t mind giving the vines free range. They don`t like being controlled.
When harvesting, cut the pumpkin, a hand-width from the pumpkin, along the vine. This little appendage helps to keep the pumpkin longer!
Store in a dry place, preferably inside as rats etc. might want a feast!
