#roasted pumpkin

Roasted pumpkin

This flavourful Chestnut and Roasted Pumpkin Wheat Berry makes the most of leftovers and seasonal produce, to make a quick and tasty Autumnal lunch. Happy Wednesday!

Ingredients (serves 3):

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 fluffy sprig Garden Rosemary

1 small onion

2 cups vacuum-packed chestnuts

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 cup leftover cooked wheat berry

4 fluffy sprigs Garden Parsley 

about 1 1/2 cup leftover Roasted Sage Pumpkin

1/4 cup water

a pinch of fleur de sel and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet, over medium-high heat.

Remove Rosemary leaves from the sprig, and chop them finely. Add chopped Rosemary to the skillet and fry, 1 minute.

Peel and finely chop onion, and stir into the skillet. Cook, about 3 minutes until softened.

Add chestnuts, coating in oil and herbs. Cook, a couple of minutes.

Deglaze with apple cider vinegar. Cook, another minute.

Stir in wheat berry.

Finely chop Garden Parsley. Cube Roasted Sage Pumpkin.

Add chopped Parsley and Roasted Sage Pumpkin cubes to the skillet. Pour in the water, and season, to taste, with fleur de sel and black pepper. Give a good stir until well-combined. Cover with the lid, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, a dozen minutes more.

orange dinner... homemade pumpkin gnocchi with a sage butter cream sauce, sage roasted pumpkin, and thai tea

Designer’s Reflection: Pumpkin Witch

Obtained: Halloween 2021 (pink gems)

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Blue/Cool

Awakened Suit: Midnight Witch

Story - transcripts from Designer’s Reflection

Chapter 1 - Starting from Pumpkins

Chapter 2 - Where is Inspiration

Chapter 3 - Birth of a Magical Girl

Chapter 4 - Designer Momo

Story - summarized

While decorating for Halloween, Momo and Nikki receive a package from Loen. Inside is a pumpkin mask, just the right size for Momo. He tries it on - it’s too snug.

Nikki helps tug it off of him. He glares at the “culprit,” but then gets a cute idea and makes it a bag. He has been watching Nikki designing lots of things lately. She compliments him on a wonderful first design.

Momo gets an idea: besides being famous for his love of barbecue, he wants to be famous for designing. He goes to the art store for supplies... he has no idea what to do. Nikki tells him that inspiration will come eventually.

She surprises him by making roasted pumpkin with barbecue that night. In return, Momo decides to make his very first design a Halloween costume for Nikki.

It’s a lot harder than Momo thought it would be. He talks to Loen, goes to the library, reads books, but still can’t find any good ideas for a cute witch costume for Nikki. His last resort is a video game about a witch.... which is a lot scarier than he thought.

Thankfully, Nikki gives him a few ideas to get started. Momo tries out one piece, makes a few changes, then moves on to the next. Soon, he has a cute pumpkin-and-cat witch dress for Nikki.

On Halloween, he gives it to her as a gift. He gets a mysterious black cloak, and the two of them have fun taking pictures. Momo becomes a famous designer as he dreamed.

Connections

-Ever since Chapter 1-6, Momo and Loen have had an... unusual friendship. Loen pokes fun at Momo, and he retorts in kind.

-In Love Nikki, Momo would give styling advice for battles. He still fancies himself a styling genius, but he finally gets to design in this game.

-In the Index, Momo says that he gave the Exploring the Witch’s Castle game to Marina. Since she’s better at video games, she made it through just fine, and Momo didn’t find the game scary anymore.

Fun Facts

-This isn’t just the first Momo suit we get in the game, but it’s also the first suit Momo ever designed.