pumpkin and feta risotto & virginie's birthday

Our usual Saturday routine is enlivened by an afternoon's trip to Kingston for Virginie's birthday BBQ. We couldn't go last year because Milo was suffering from a pseudo-dose of the pox, and ridiculously Matt has never had it. What an arse!

This year we're fully up for it, if only because the Kings do amazing food. Beforehand though we have lunch whilst Milo is power-napping, a cheeky risotto to use up the squash in the veg bowl and give us the necessary energy to run around a garden all afternoon:


It's pretty good even if I forgot the feta.

As predicted I was right on both counts RE the BBQ. Matt King does an amazing array of dead animal whilst Virginie creates lashings of amazing French salads - including a curious cucumber and cream number which I'm not sure about, but Ana loves. Obviously Milo eats none of it *apart* from handfuls of crisps, houmous and small Apericubes. He attempts a little burger but he's more interested in running full-pelt into a large beanbag in the lounge.

After a virtually vegetarian couple of weeks my arteries almost go into meltdown with the amount of delicious meat they have to process. The combination of meat and bean bags ensure we all sleep like dogs tonight.

sources
pumpkin & feta risotto - Donna Hay, Instant Cook, p66