Pumpkin and Feta Pie Recipe

As promised in my last entry, here is the recipe for the Pumpkin and Feta pie (pictured below)...

RECIPE: 700g butternut pumpkin....4 garlic cloves.(unpeeled)...5 tblspns olive oil.....2 small red onions.....halved & sliced....1 tblspn balsamic vinegar....1 tblspn soft brown sugar....100g goats or feta cheese broken into small pieces.....1 tblspn chopped rosemary....1 large sheet ready rolled shortcrust pastry........

Preheat oven to 200ºC. Place pumpkin & garlic cloves on baking tray drizzle with 2 tablspns oil... bake for 25-30 mins.

Leave to cool. Meanwhile heat  2tblspns oil in pan, add the onion & cook over medium heat stirring occasionally for 10mins. Add vinegar & sugar & cook for 15 mins or until onion is caramelized.

Remove from heat & add to the pumpkin. Cool completely.

Add the cheese & rosemary to the pumpkin....squeeze out the garlic flesh & mix it through the vegetables. Season with salt & pepper.

Roll out the pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper to a 35cm circle. Remove the top sheet of paper & place the bottom paper with the pastry on a tray. Arrange the pumpkin & cheese mixture on top, leaving a 4cm border. Fold over edges, pleating as you fold, and bake for 30mins or until crisp & golden.

Look at Old Betsy Bedford now!!

Now I feel we're finally getting somewhere....she's a looking swell now. (the old Betsy Bedford) Starting to shed the "messy" and looking kinda "sassy."  Now all we have to do is give the old sheila a bit of a facelift on the outside and she'll look as good as new. (the boys are supposed to be starting to prepare her for her paint job this week) meanwhile Katie's cafe has turned into Helena's cafe as I do the cooking and cleaning for the hard workers in the household.
Love the vegetarian food we have stuck to eating....havent had caffeine for a month...but I think I will this morning (run out of herbals) oh well hello Earl Grey ....nice to taste you again.
Made the best pumpin and goats cheese and caramelised onion pie (yum)........(stay tuned for the recipe)...  (TO DIE FOR).   Katie made some great eggplant antipasto and gorgeous salad. (good enough to serve in a Cafe)

Better get back to work.....come to think of it the "oldboy" could do with a bit of a face lift too......well......so could I......I guess.....travel or facelift.....tavel is more FUN!!

More De-Tox meals for all the "Foodies" (Scrumptious)

Our De-Tox Food Photos...YUMMY.....Breakfast, Lunch & Dinners!

                                                                  

Still With the family at... ( Katie's Cafe )

Having a bit of a juice & vegetable De-tox while staying at my daughter's place. WOW....headaches...backaches...body aches galore...we thought we were dying at one stage while all the toxins were being expelled from our bodies..( was this really supposed to be good for you) ....but after a week the pain started subsiding...until it disappeared altogether.....and we noticed our skin getting firmer and clearer...some weight was coming off...and the recipes were absolutely fantastic.....(highly recommend the Womens Weekly Detox mag) we've decided to stick to VEGO food for now as it all tastes "sensational" and so many recipes out there its unbelievable and so good for you.....( best part is how nice the kitchen smells after cooking and preparing without meat ) dont even want to eat meat anymore.
The vego food is so photogenic...I will load some onto my blogg as soon as I find out how to work my new I-phone and work out how to get the pictures onto my computer......
Havent had a game of golf yet.....cant wait......need some exercise!!

Easter time spent with my Family (Krista's Cafe )

At least I thoroughly enjoyed the Easter Festivities in the company of my daughters and grandaughters. We happily ate and drank and got very merry enjoying scrumptious fare prepared by everyone contributing to our culinary feast.
I must say...The (piece de resistance) was the amazing Polish dessert ( Kolutzkie )cooked for the very first time by my gorgeous grandaughter whose cooking skills are becoming quite awesome...she can experiment on me anytime.
I had to take some photos as this was definately my favourite Cafe on my trip so far....and cheap too...
I only had to spend a couple of hours.... cooking my kids favourite Polski gwomkis. (Cabbage Rolls )well worth it watching them enjoying the same recipe my wonderful late mother used when we were kids. Hopefully my grandaughter can pass the recipe onto her children one day.
Well I had better get back to Betsy....and the old boy whose working tirelesly ...good excuse for a few beers I say.....no..he really loves it..... (thats the renovating)...... and the beer!

Waiting...Waiting....Waiting....Couple o'days.....Couple o'months.....

Well I wish I could say that I was on my way toward the wild blue yonder of Queenslands coastal highways, heading towards Cairns, but unfortunately Miss (Messy) Betsy Bedford (the bus )... is not quite ready to hit the road just yet.
Lots of work still to be done....as we finish one thing...another thing pops up that has to be done......bit like renovating a house really!!
Its Only...been 4 months now since we made the decision just to pack our golf clubs and take off on a new adventure...but the old boy tells me it all has to be perfect....so nothing goes wrong when we are travelling.....famous last words......usually its always the unexpected things we dont plan on that happen....isnt it....men!!
Anyway last weekend I organised the kitchen and made a few changes....he wasnt happy about as he had to rip new things out that he had put in.....well shouldnt they ask us first before going at it like a bull at a gate....fancy forgetting the lounge.....anyway I took a few (before) photographs so we can see the difference.....I hope to be posting the (after) photographs soon....very soon....please God!!