The first pumpkin here at hq finally ripened on the vine... it took a LONG time to get to this point, and we were both thrilled and trepidatious about cutting into the little beastie, and finding out what it was like inside. Because you never really know with the first home grown gourd.
Thankfully it was a delectable golden yellow: firm, juicy and everything we'd hoped it would be - to look at at least. But the proof as they say is in the eating, so I whipped up a one pot blonde minestrone (which also utilised some of our humungous harvest of zucchini) complete with oversized parmeson and garlic crouton to see how it tasted.
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Looks absolutely divine. Our self seeded pumpkins did nothing but flowers and 2 tiny ps that fell off last week.
mmm. the thought of pumpkin and sage has given me my first stomach rumble of the day. this is going on my grocery list this week. thanks!
happy to be of service!
Great looking dish!
Since you're using homegrown ingredients, come share your post in our Grow Your Own roundup this month! Full details at
http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2010/03/announcing-grow-your-own-40.html
oooh we love nothing better than homegrown - will go and check it out now! Thanks for the hot tip.
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