Further experimentation on the “what can we have for lunch” brought forth a simple and delicious dish: pasta, drizzled with good olive oil, lashings of grated parmesan, and generous quantities of torn basil leaves from the forest^H^H huge pot on the kitchen window sill. Supper was a courgette bake – saute onions and garlic, some…
Month: July 2009
veg box 29 July 09
Our first from Abel and Cole – broad beans, spinach, potatoes, onions, courgettes, cherry tomatoes, mango, apples, tangerines, curly cabbage. Plenty of meals there – first thoughts are that the spinach will go into some dhal, and probably a lasagne. Pasta bake with the courgettes, or maybe a moussaka. Indian cabbage, and/or cabbage with mozzarella,…
bramble and nectarine flan
First brambles of the season on Flickr Pete picked the first of the brambles on Saturday – we didn’t get much from them the year before, as the landlord hacked the plants right back, but they’ve returned to glory this year. I must clear some freezer space, because they are truly delicious. There weren’t all…
stilton, walnut and red pepper quiche
More party food, concocted from bits and bobs. One pack of frozen shortcrust pastry removed from freezer – I know, I know, but I’m hopeless at pastry. Just am. Got Pete to roll it out and line the flan tin because he’s better at it than me. There’s half the block left, and some nectarines…
chicken wings with lemon, black pepper and bay leaves
We are summoned to a supper party tonight where we must bring a dish. We’ve not been very well all week, and so no shopping has been done, thus a rummage in the store cupboards and freezers was required. There were two packs of chicken wings (10 wings in all) in there, so here’s what…
apricot and blueberry upside down cake
apricot and blueberry upside down cake, originally uploaded by ramtops. We had some apricots going wrinkly, and some blueberries that needed using up. I halved the apricots and removed the stones, then put them and the blueberries in a shallow pan with a little water, some honey, and a good pinch of ginger. Simmered them…
apricot and blueberry upside down cake
apricot and blueberry upside down cake, originally uploaded by ramtops. We had some apricots going wrinkly, and some blueberries that needed using up. I halved the apricots and removed the stones, then put them and the blueberries in a shallow pan with a little water, some honey, and a good pinch of ginger. Simmered them…
impulse soup
The weather was unseasonal and rainy, and forecast to be like that for the week. Neither P nor I are feeling particularly well, either, and so we decreed Soup. There wasn’t much in – we’ve cancelled the box from Box Bush Farm, as we weren’t happy with the service. The last box we had contained…
gooseberry sponge pudding
A friend of mine regularly sells produce from her garden to support the LibDems, and this week she was offering gooseberries. I bought 10lbs (for a fiver!) – 6lbs have gone to make wine, 2 bags full in the freezer, and the rest I put into a pudding last night. The goosegogs went into a…
moroccan style rack of lamb
Ages ago – a couple of years – we bought half a salt marsh lamb for Lots of Money. The meat was beautiful and it was worth every penny, and for some reason the rack remained in the freezer. We hauled it out on Saturday, with a view to roasting it for Sunday dinner, but…