Mayday Mayday Mayday!

May Day is an ancient spring festival celebrated in the northern hemisphere with dancing around the maypole, singing and eating cake. For most of us it is a bank holiday, for which we are thankful!

Mayday Mayday Mayday is a verbal distress signal given in life-threatening emergencies and mainly used by pilots and seamen, 'though in some countries by police and firefighters. Most of us will never need to use it, for which we are thankful!

Today I cooked a meat lasagne-type meal (ode to Mezza Bezza) for the family and created a similar meal for myself which was very tasty:-

- Butternut squash cut into cubes and roasted in the oven with walnuts and chopped sage leaves

- Once cooked add tinned tomatoes, cumin, coriander and mango chutney

- Spread a tortilla wrap with mascarpone plus grated cheese on top & place in an ovenproof dish

- Spoon butternut squash mixture on top

- Do another layer of tortilla, mascarpone and cheese followed by butternut squash mixture

- Finish with a tortilla spread with mascarpone and cheese

- Place in oven 180 for approx 20 mins 

Voila! A delicious vegetarian meal made in half the time of a conventional lasagne.

Made on May Day and, 'though crisp at the edges, without having to put in a Mayday call to the fire services ... For which we are thankful!