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Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party ~ Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe!

Welcome dear friends to this week's Say G'day Saturday Linky party! I'm so thrilled that you have visited today!
Poofy Cheeks

This week has been a bit crazy at our place. It was back to school week but poor old Big Al was sick so he had the first two days off. Maddy went back to school for those first two days and then went on a school camp. She comes home today and I can't wait to see her! We have all missed her so much! I started back at school this week too but luckily I haven't had many classes so I have had time to look after after my patient.

Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe

I did find time to make some pumpkin soup for our #SundaySupper and, after a long, hot summer it was so comforting to sit down to a warming bowl of nurturing goodness!


Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe, Pumpkin Soup image

I made up the recipe as I went along and everyone in the family loved the final dish! I thought I might share the recipe with you at today's Say G'day Saturday Party!

Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe, pumpkin image

This roast pumpkin soup recipe uses a variety of pumpkins, some potatoes and some carrots. The carrots enhance the gorgeous orange colour and adds a delicious sweetness to the soup without taking over the pumpkin flavour.

Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe

The other thing that adds a sweet and rich dimension to my soup is that I roast the vegetables first. The soup is taken to whole new level of yumminess with the addition of the sticky and caramelized pumpkin!

Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe, Natasha in Oz

Our family loved this soup so much I think it will have to become a regular addition to our Winter Sunday Suppers!



Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Ingredients 
(serves 8)

2kg pumpkin, deseeded, peeled, coarsely chopped
3 fresh rosemary stalks
80ml (1/3 cup) extra virgin olive oil
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 red onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp grated ginger
2L (8 cups) chicken (or vegetable) stock
Extra virgin olive oil (optional),
Cream and ground nutmeg to serve

Method
Preheat oven to 220°C. Combine the pumpkin, rosemary and half the oil in a large roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until tender. Do keep an eye on the pumpkin so it doesn't burn.

Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring until the onion softens. Remove the rosemary then add the pumpkin mixture and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until it reduces slightly. Remove from heat.

I used a hand blender and whizzed everything until it was smooth. Taste and season with extra salt and pepper if needed.

Ladle soup among serving bowls, add a small sprinkle of nutmeg and drizzle with cream to serve.

Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe


Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party, Roast Pumpkin Soup Recipe, Pumpkin soup image, Natasha in Oz

What is your favourite Sunday Supper Recipe? Do you have a twist on a traditional favourite? If so I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions! Perhaps you have blogged about your favourite comfort food? If so I would love it if you could link up your post to this week's Say G'Day Party!

The Say G'day Saturday Linky Party is a weekly link up where you can share any posts that you are proud of! 
You can share your favourite post of the week, 
a post about your favourite Instagram pictures, 
Pinterest round up posts, 
recipes, tutorials, craft or decorating ideas!

If would like to join in with my Say G'day Saturday party, just link up the url of the post you would like us to visit to the linky tool below.



Please also link back to me by adding a text link or adding one of these bespoke buttons to your posts!

Natasha In Oz


If you would like to Tweet about this weekly Linky Party please add this to your tweets #SayGdayParty

Let's see if we can make a difference by taking the time to Say G'day to as many bloggy friends as possible!




Thanks for joining in! Don't forget to come back later so you can meet some new bloggers from around the world!

Thank you so much for visiting me today in my little corner of the world Down Under! Please be sure to come back on Tuesday to hear my favourite song for the week at this week's #TuesdayTune Linky Party!


Best wishes for a wonderful weekend!
Natasha In Oz 
Please join me each weekend for the Say G'day Saturday Linky Party!
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Time for Tea, Twitter & a Tim Tam!

All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes. 
George Orwell, "A Nice Cup of Tea"










I've been having fun at PicMonkey this week! Have you been using PicMonkey to edit your pictures? If you haven't used it yet I highly recommend it! It's user friendly and there are so many fun editing filters and tools. You can't make Collages yet but they are coming soon...I can't wait!

I've also been having lots of fun on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter this week and I've finally joined Facebook! I really have been a bit of a social media junkie this week! 
Anyway, I'd love it if you could come and visit and say G'day at one or all of my online homes!

Well, I'd better stop blogging and drinking tea because I need to start making dinner. Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting and many thanks also to the lovely people who I am linking to today:

Live and Love Out Loud, Time Travel Thursday, IPhoneography, InstaFriday, Favorite Photo Friday, Week in photos; Pink Saturday; The view from Right Here;  Rose Chintz Tea Time TuesdayMartha's Favorite TeaCup TuesdayTea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations; Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and TeacupsTabletop TuesdayA Return to Loveliness
Bernideen's Tea Time Blog

Please come back and say G'day on Friday and join me for this week's Say G'day Saturday Party, a weekly link up where you can share anything special to you. You can link up recipes, tutorials, DIY and decorating ideas, craft projects, Pinterest round up posts, Instagram pictures, your own linky parties...anything at all! Just click the button to join in!

Poofy Cheeks

See you then!

Best wishes,
Natasha In Oz 

#TuesdayTune ~ Pete Murray

Welcome friends to this week's TuesdayTune post! I'm so glad you stopped by to hear my favourite song of the week.

Today I'm sharing a song from Pete Murray, a great Aussie singer-songwriter.

Pete Murray

Pete Murray is from Brisbane and attended St. Joseph's Nudgee College, a school right near my home. At Nudgee College, he showed a great deal of talent in sport especially rugby union, athletics and swimming. He even played rugby at the same club that Big Al plays at!

Pete Murray.
Image via SMH

These days He lives in Byron Bay and his latest album, Blue Sky Blue, has been described as a breakup album following the breakdown of his marriage. However, it has also been described as a happy album as "It's not a case of, "I hate your guts." It's a very civil split. Everything you do in life you are learning about yourself, and this album is another reflection of that." (Source SMH)

Image via mix106.fm

I really love his voice and I'm also impressed by his desire to help others by using music as a form of therapy.




The video for today's Tuesday Tune was shot in Brazil and is a documentary style video allowing the viewer to see many different meanings of the word ‘Free’. I hope you enjoy listening to Pete Murray singing Free.



Have you posted any music on your blog recently? If so then I would be so thrilled if you could join in with my weekly Tuesday Tune party!

If you would like to share a song this week please link up the url of your post to the linky tool below. Please feel free to grab a Tuesday Tune button to add to your post too.









Thanks for joining in!

If you have a craft, instagram, recipe, pinterest, DIY, gardening or tutorial post that you would like to link up to my weekly Say G'Day Linky Party please click the button! I would be so thrilled if you could join in and Say G'day!

Poofy Cheeks

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me in my little corner of the world today. I so appreciate your bloggy friendship! 

Best wishes for a wonderful week,
Natasha In Oz 

Beach Therapy or Thalassotherapy at Mooloolaba Beach in Australia and the Say G'Day Linky Party

Welcome dear friends to this week's Say G'day Saturday Linky party! I'm so thrilled that you have visited today!

This week I have had the beach on my mind...I have just returned from the most relaxing holiday at my favourite seaside destination, Mooloolaba! This place is truly our second home!

Say G'Day Linky Party, Beach Therapy, Natasha in Oz, Mooloolaba, beach image


Getting ready for a beach holiday!

Hello sweet friends! Welcome to Natasha in Oz!

Today I am sharing some pictures of our home away from home in Mooloolaba. Mooloolaba is one of my favourite places in the world and I am counting down the days 'til my next visit!

This is the view from our apartment...it is even more breathtaking in real life!


#TuesdayTune ~ "The Gael"

Hello friends and welcome to today's #TuesdayTune linky party!  I'm so glad you stopped by to visit and hear my favourite song for the week!



In honor of National Tartan Day, a celebration of Scottish heritage, I am sharing a Scottish song and joining in with the Tartan Parade link up with Sarah at Hyacinths for the Soul



Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. The United States Senate recognized April 6 as Tartan Day in 1998. 


Sean Connery with members of the United States Air Force Reserve's Pipe and Drum Band in Washington, DC on Tartan Day, 2004.
Picture via wikipedia.org

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In Australia, wearing tartan on July 1 has been encouraged since 1989, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan

Tartan Day 2011 in Brisbane, Australia.


Today's #TuesdayTune is "The Gael", the theme from The Last of the Mohicans by The Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. This piece is from their "Highland Cathedral" DVD.  The music is composed by Dougie Maclean.

I hope you enjoy this version of "The Gael"!



Have you posted any music on your blog recently? If so then I would be so thrilled if you could join in with my weekly Tuesday Tune party!

If you would like to share a song this week please link up the url of your post to the linky tool below. Please feel free to grab a Tuesday Tune button to add to your post too.







Thanks for joining in!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me in my little corner of the world today. I so appreciate your bloggy friendship! 

I would also like to wish everyone everyone of Scottish descent a wonderful Tartan Day on April 6th!

Best wishes,
Natasha In Oz 

Say G'day Saturday Linky Party ~ Instagram Photos

Hello friends! Welcome to NatashainOz.com and welcome to this week's Say G'Day Saturday Party!

Poofy Cheeks

I am so excited because today is the first official day of the school holidays! After a busy term for the kids and  for me I think we all deserve two weeks of relaxation and fun! We will be heading to the beach for a few days over Easter and I can't wait!

I am also excited because the school where I was working last term asked me to stay on for the rest of the year. I really am so blessed to have found a part-time job around the corner from home! I know it's going to be busy but I think it will be worth it!

So, for this week's post I will be sharing a few of the pictures that I have published via Instagram for this months Photo A Day Project hosted by Fat Mum Slim. I must confess, I haven't posted every single day so I am missing a few but here are some of my favourite pictures from March.

“Plum #marchphotoaday #fruit”

“#smile gorgeous kids! #marchphotoaday”


“On my nightstand....book, DS, clarins hand cream, lip balm & most importantly, pics of my sweet fam! #marchphotoaday” 


“Looking at the gloomy day from my #kitchensink #marchphotoaday”


There is an #animal of some kind in one of these trees that is very #loud #marchphotoaday

Here's a few pictures that I shared just because!

I made impossible pie....yum!

Lazy lunch on the deck


Here comes our boat for a river cruise

Cruising along the #brisbaneriver 


The list for April has been posted so if you would like to join in just click here to link up your site to the list. 

Here is the challenge list for April if you would like to join in. 


You can link up via your blogs, your Facebook pages, your twitter pages or you can even upload your photos to a Pinterest board. All you have to do is use the hashtag #photoadayApril with your pictures/posts so that others can search for them.


If you would like to follow me on Instgram I would be honoured! Please click here and I will follow you right back!     

Now onto this week's Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party!

Would you like to share your favourite posts with bloggy friends from all around the world?

If so then I would love it if you could link up with me on the weekends for the




Have you been crafting, baking, planning, making, singing or gardening this week? Have you posted any great tutorials or Instagram pictures? Perhaps you have posted a great Pinterest round up post that you would love to share.

I would love it if you could share your favourite post with me at my weekly Linky Party!
If would like to join in with my Say G'day Saturday party, just link up the url of the post you would like us to visit to the linky tool below.

Please also link back to me by adding a text link or adding one of these new bespoke buttons to your posts!

If you would like to Tweet about this weekly Linky Party please add this to your tweets #SayGdayParty




Natasha In Oz





Thanks for joining in! Don't forget to come back later so you can meet some new bloggers from around the world!


Let's see if we can make a difference by 
taking the time to Say G'day to someone today!


Thanks also to the following bloggers for having me today!

IPhoneographyInstaFridaya good life; Favorite Photo Friday; Inspiration Friday; Tickled Pink;Show and Tell Friday; Fridays Unfolded; Strut your Stuff Saturday; I'm Lovin' it; Flaunt it Friday; Everything but the Kitchen Sink Party; Feature Friday; Free for All Friday; Weekend wander; Show & Tell Saturday;  Weekend Wrap Up; Serenity Saturday; Once upon a Weekend; Saturday show Off; Saturday Seven; Sunday Blog Love; Sunday Linky Party; The View from Right Here;  Sundae Scoop; More the Merrier Monday; Mop it up Mondays; Creative Bloggers party; Making The World Cuter Mondays; Anything Goes; Show me What You Got; Motivate Me Monday; Market Yourself Monday; Cowgirl Up Linky Party; Take it on Tuesday; One Project at a Time; Creative Share; Uncommonly Yours; Wow Me Wednesday; Show & Tell; Simply Link Party; Adventures In Dinner; 5 Days 5 Ways; Rock 'n Share; Best in Blog Linky; Seasonal Sundays; Tuesdays Around the World;  Wow Me; Show and Share; Whatever Goes Wednesday; Time Travel Thursday

Thank you so much for visiting me today in my little corner of the world Down Under! I hope your weekend is wonderful.

Please be sure to come back tomorrow to hear my favourite song for the week at this week's #TuesdayTune 
Party!

Best wishes for a great weekend,
Natasha In Oz 

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