Mashed potato topped with mushrooms in a sweet & salty sauce

I threw this together for lunch yesterday & thought it was worth sharing because it's delicious, quick, & easy, & if you already have some left-over mash it would be even quicker :0

My Dad's mash

Ingredients:

- 4 medium sized potatoes - Roughly chopped

- A fist sized chunk of pumpkin - Roughly chopped

- 1 tbs of Nuttelex

- 1 tsp of salt

- 1tsp of pepper

- Soy milk (as required)

Method:

1. Wash, peel & chop the potatoes. Peel & chop the pumpkin & put the lot into a steamer.

2. Steam until everything is very soft & easily mushed with a fork.

3. Tip out the steaming water & tip in the potato & pumpkin, to this add the salt & pepper & mash until it's as smooth as you can get it.

4. Add the Nuttelex & mash that through. Finally add a bit of soy milk for creaminess if the mix is a bit stiff/thick.

The pumpkin makes the mash yellow, but more importantly it adds flavor, & gives it a much smoother, richer consistency. My father always made mash this way, & as a kid I remember being confused the first time I saw someone else's mashed potato because it wasn't yellow.

Mushrooms with sweet & salty sauce

Ingredients:

- 6-8 medium sized Mushrooms - Cut in half & sliced

- A half dozen sticks of Asparagus

- Half a small Onion - Finely diced

- 1 small clove of Garlic - Minced

- 4 tbs of Mirin

- 1 tbs of GF Soy sauce

- Pinch of Salt & Pepper

- 2 tps of Sesame seeds

- 1 tbs of Oil for cooking

- 1 tbs of Nuttelex for cooking

Method:

1. Prep the onion & garlic, put it into your skillet/frypan & set aside. Prepare the mushrooms & asparagus, but keep separated. *To prepare asparagus snap off the ends (they will break where the woody part of the stem ends, so don't cut them!) Then chop them into 3rds. If you've got particularly thick asparagus you might want to slice them longways first so they're not too chunky...

2. Add the oil, salt, & pepper to the onion & garlic, & saute for a few minutes until slightly glassy. Add the mushrooms, Nuttelex, mirin & soy sauce & continue to saute.

3. After the sauce has reduced & thickened slightly check the flavour & adjust as required, then add the asparagus & sesame seeds & saute for a few more minutes until the asparagus has softened.

All finished~

I really enjoyed this meal & I will most definitely be making it again.

If you give it a go, I hope you like it!

Bye for now : )