Pomegranet, Mango & Avocado Salad

1 ripe avocado chopped finely

1 fresh ripe mango chopped finely

the seeds from 1 pomegranate- preferably red and tangy

1/4 of a small red onion chopped finely

a handful of coriander leaves chopped finely

a sprinkle of dried chili

the juice of two limes

Mix the above, and serve, keeps for a day or two in a sealed tub in the fridge, but best eaten fresh, and you will want to eat it all anyway, so there shouldn't be much left!

I adapted this recipe from one I found on a packet of dried pomegranate seeds, but then found we preferred it made with fresh pomegranate.

Butternut Squash, Spinach & Blue Cheese Lasagna

• Bake the Butternut squash whole and peel and get rid of seeds once cooked, or peel and chop into roughly 1.5 cm3 shapes.

• Brush with olive oil and bake till cooked but not too soft.

• Spinach, as much as you like, if fresh chop and steam, microwave or stir fry, anything to make it wilt. Frozen spinach works well too.

• Cheese Sauce

         2 oz flour

        1.5 litre milk (Soya milk works well)

         Blue cheese to taste (or aleternative vegan cheese)

• Mix the flour with some milk to make a paste, add more slowly to avoid lumps

• Put in heavy bottomed saucepan on medium light and stir continuously to stop it sticking to the pan, test to see if it has warmed up then crumble as much cheese as you like into it and keep stirring until it thickens, usually happens just when you think it's never going to!

• Cover the pan with cling film if not using right away to stop it forming a skin.

• Put 1/4 of the cheese sauce to once side and mix the spinach with the rest of it.

• Place some of the Butternut Squash in the dish, pour some cheese and spinach over it, put lasagna sheets on top, and so on until you run out of them, then pour the rest of the cheese sauce on top and back in a hot oven (200 C) for roughly 40 min. 

I once eat this in a restaurant and this is my interpretation of it, I am a bit vague about quantities because it really depends on how big the butternut squash is and how big the dish your dish is. But perhaps next time I make I'll try and measure and weigh and update this post.

The time I made this one it came out a bit dry, I overcooked the sauce!