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Pea & Broad Bean Risotto Recipe

October 19, 2021 By sue Leave a Comment

Pea & Broad Bean Risotto is one of my favourite spring dishes with young tender broad beans and peas fresh from the garden paired with mint. 4 cups Vegetable Stock 1/2 cup wine (optional) 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp butter 1 small onion, finely diced 1 cup Arborio rice 3/4 cup peas (I had to use frozen as my peas didn't survive the winter storms) 3/4 cup broad beans 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped 2 tbsp crumbled feta (optional) Bring stock and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Broad Beans, Peas, Vegetables

Crustless Vegetable Quiche Recipe

October 7, 2020 By sue Leave a Comment

Serve with a salad and relish

This Crustless Vegetable Quiche recipe is a great way to use whatever vegetables you happen to have in the garden or fridge. It is quick and easy to make and very versatile, perfect for a tasty lunch served with a green salad and some chutney or relish. 1 cup grated cheese 1 onion finely chopped 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 4 eggs beaten 1 1/2 cups milk salt and pepper 2 cups chopped vegetables (such as tomato, broccoli, celery, zucchini, capsicum, carrot) Mix all the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Vegetables

Eggplant Curry Recipe

March 2, 2017 By sue Leave a Comment

Cook on low heat for 20 mins then add tomatoes and chickpeas

This eggplant curry recipe is perfect for a simple late summer or autumn meal, and you can add whatever other vegetables you have in your garden at the time. In an earlier post I talked about how I hadn't had much luck growing eggplant but then realised that they really needed lots of summer heat so were not likely to produce their crop until well into the autumn in my garden. It is such a treat when they finally do produce a harvest and I'm always looking for new ways to use them. 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Eggplant, Recipe, Vegetables

Easy Vegetable Tarts

June 10, 2016 By sue Leave a Comment

When you've got a glut of vegetables from your garden and are looking for something a bit different to do with them, these easy vegetable tarts are great. Quick, easy and versatile. A great way to use up leftovers and you don't have to stick with just vegetables - you can add leftover chicken, shaved ham, feta - whatever takes your fancy. Vary the recipe depending on the seasonal vegetables you have. Start with a sheet of flaky pastry and fold up the edges, pinching the corners together. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Recipe, Vegetables

Growing Pumpkins or Butternut Squash

May 8, 2016 By sue Leave a Comment

Butternut nestled in the marigolds

I've never grown pumpkins or butternut squash before because they take up too much precious garden space but this year I decided to plant one and see whether it could grow in amongst my other plants - with a surprising result. This worked well to start with and the plant trailed its way around, producing lots of flowers and little butternuts started forming. But it succumbed to powdery mildew very quickly and the little butternuts dropped as the leaves shrivelled up and died before I had a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Plants Tagged With: Pumpkin, Vegetables

Growing and Enjoying Edamame Beans

January 12, 2016 By sue 2 Comments

I had never even heard of edamame beans until a couple of years ago when they started appearing in the 'trendy food' scene. Now I know that they are the green immature pods and seeds of soybeans. The USDA states that edamame beans are, "a soybean that can be eaten fresh and are best known as a snack with a nutritional punch".  Edamame and other preparations of soybeans are rich in protein, dietary fiber, and micronutrients, particularly folate,manganese, phosphorus and vitamin K. The balance of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden Tagged With: Beans, Vegetables

Pasta with Mushrooms and Broad Beans

November 6, 2015 By sue 1 Comment

Last year I wrote about how my broad beans had turned into triffids and had started to take over the garden.  Earlier this year I proudly showed how I had tamed the broad beans in this winter's veggie garden and had them growing straight upwards using garden stakes and string.  Well I gloated too soon. Now I am having to use a ladder to pick my broad beans! And they have burst out of the string and are leaning all over my raspberries. But I can't really complain as they are producing lots of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Broad Beans, Mushrooms, Recipe, Vegetables

Growing Broccoli

September 25, 2015 By sue Leave a Comment

Broccoli is a Superfood.  It is one of the most widely researched members of the brassica family (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts) and is renowned for its health giving properties. Broccoli is known to have a protective effect against cancer. It also contains a wide range of phytochemicals which protect against many chronic diseases. Broccoli is also a good source of beta carotene, vitamin C, folate and fibre. Broccoli is a wonderful vegetable to grow in the winter - it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Plants Tagged With: Brassicas, Broccoli, Vegetables

The Winter Vegetable Garden

July 18, 2015 By sue 1 Comment

Although my backyard is north facing, it is on a south slope and in winter a lot of the garden is in shadow.  For years I assumed I wouldn't be able to grow any vegetables because they wouldn't get enough sun.  About 4 years ago I decided to just put some vegetable seedlings in and see what happened. Much to my surprise and delight everything grew just fine, so I have been planting them every winter since. I must admit that sometimes I question my sanity and wonder whether I should just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Plants Tagged With: Vegetables

Spiced Beetroot Relish

June 30, 2015 By sue Leave a Comment

This is a really tasty relish that you can make when beetroot are plentiful in the shops or, as I did, cook and grate beetroot in smaller batches when you have extra in the garden and freeze them to make relish later on.  The recipe uses 500g of whole beetroot; I had about 750g of peeled and grated beetroot so I made double the recipe.  The double recipe only made 5 small jars of relish. 500g beetroot* *You can use fresh peeled and grated beetroot or if you prefer roast the beetroot first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Preserving Methods, Recipes Tagged With: Beetroot, Chutney and Relish, Recipes, Vegetables

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