By the pricking of my thumbs, pumpkin wicked this way comes... 10/10, all ghoulies and ghosties welcome

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For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

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I can only really cope with pumpkin soup.

I can;t bear to carve my wonderful pumpkins

I have pissed about on pc since lunchtime

If you were 5, and you had a brand new pair of winter shoes, and you had "lost" them where do you think you might have put them?

I have looked and looked.

Bottom of the toy box? Under the stairs/sofa?

under bed? In bed?

Behind the sink? In the washing machine?

Find them yet?

I have looked everywhere

Definitely not in his bedroom, looked in most of the toy boxes etc

Understairs cupboard

Wardrobes

Drawers

Aaaagh I can;t afford to buy him another pair. he will have to wear wellies all winter.

Isn;t there a saint you can pray to for lost things...I am desperate

Hullo....I am catching up, but have apparently had the flu of the swine.

So when hungry have worked my way through the crap stuff that gets shoved to the back of the cupboard.

My DD puts shoes and stuff 'in' things, so would recommend bags, drawers and inside toys of the right size!

Pink....hi! LO sounds fun

Christmas..... Nooooooooooooooo!!

ABW if you are around my phone is on charge as it died from me listening to music all day.

oh mits, belugh, poor you.

I have a pumkin and ginger loaf in t'over which smells divine...

St antony of padua for lost things you never know...

Glad to hear you're on the mend Mits.

Have you checked in the car FK ?

banana
apple
grapes
salad
carrot
coleslaw
dried fruit
oj

Baby Lemur and I went for a walk today and the tree's were looking spectacular. A real proper Autumn day

OMG!! Pumpkin and ginger loaf is a blardy triumph!!

I bet your house smells delicious Moll.

Have you saved a pumpkin for carving?

DD keeps saying things like 'the leaves are all going yellow and orange, it must be autumn'. Is she really not even 3 yet?!

Courgette frittata and peas and sweetcorn for dinner. Lots of fruit for lunch. Raisins, apple juice.

Rubbish at 10/10 at the minute. Want to get running. Might need kick up the arse!

Have not read thread. In Yorks with ex in-laws [fixed smile]

Been to Railway Museum in York today, lots walking. NO F&V. I don't think they have ANY here. Only quavers, cocopops and countless juice boxes for DS. And then, as a treat, Smarties. They are, however, tolerant of our veggie status and one has to be thankful for small mercies...

oh SB, I wish I hjad known, we could have met up!?

don't suppose you fancy whitby on weds, do you..?

Or Lincoln on your way home?

Are you ex-ILs American? ExH is isn't he?

oooh i could do lincoln

Moll, pleeeeease post recipe for pumpkin & ginger loaf!! Sounds great and we have the mighty carve up due anytime now.

I really want to go to the Railway museum with DS, SB. Hope your visit is nearly done.

Am not supposed to be at home today but childcare plans have gone a bit awry. DS & I are going to make popcorn and smuggle it in to cinema to see UP.

Oh we found the shoes

Down the side of the garage covered in mud

But at least found and don;t have to buy a new pair

Yay for shoes!

I am offering myself up as official tour guide for any veggers wuishing to visit Railway museum. I have spent much of the past 12 years there...

I do worry about the fact that this recipe basically disguises the pumpkin under a false moustache of honey and a trilby of ginger but it is Very yummy and both boys adored it.

6oz melted butter
5oz clear honey
1 lareg beaten egg
9oz raw peeled pumpkin grated
4oz light muscavado sugar
12oz self raising flour
1 tbs ground ginger

you could add some sultanas if you wanted

oven 180degreesC
Grease loaf tin
mix honey/butter/egg together. Add pumpkin. Then mix in everything else.
Sprinkle top with a little demerara sugar
Bake 50 mins
Serve with butter.
Nom....

hello

dd LOVED brownie camp!! am so proud of her bless her little brownie-fied butt

today we have survived the hell that is shopping for school shoes. but school trousers are currently evading us
dh is decorating ds's bedroom. so also a plus that we survived ikea too...

i am keeping quiet downstairs with a cuppa and letting them all get on with it

i need to harvest my 2 pumpkins this week for halloween! i am more proud of them than anything else i have grown this year

moll - that recipe sounds lush - will give it a bash is i have enough pumpkin..they are so very little...

hurrah for finding the shoes! if any of these blasted school shoes find their way anywhere unsuitable the dcs will be following them shortly after...you are v patient!!!

{{{{{{}}}}}} wintery pumpkny gngery hugs all round

oh yeah, while i'm here...

apple
banana
roasty veg flatbread thing, must count at least as 1
smoothy

walking miles and miles round ikea and shopping mall......

the marshmallows didnt set btw. i love hugh but his recipes are a bit questionable...

ditto the fudge (hugh again! c'mon whittingstall!!)but i boiled it up again, bubbled the crap out of it and added lots of chocolate

its setting now, oh yes, it is setting now...