Love Food

It’s a grim and rainy day and I’m still not quite recovered from ‘the bug’ that seems to have been going round recently. I lost my appetite completely until last night, when I craved green veg so I made an enormous bowl of rice with garlic, broccoli and cavolo nero, all from my lovely allotment, nourishment from the best source to my mind.

I’ve been cooking a bit recently though. Two weeks ago Damian and Brian presented me with a large pile of vine leaves harvested from their garden grapevine so I made dolmades for the first time in my life.

I adapted the recipe from the fabulous Moro East cookbook, a birthday present from my friend Jenny Selden a couple of years ago, perfect for me as all recipes are allotment-based. Substituting grated courgette (what else?!?!!) for meat I also added a wide selection of herbs.

They worked well, looked great and tasted delicious!


With the cooking apples on the communal tree at the allotment ready to use, a favourite pudding I’ve made a few times recently is rhubarb, apple and raspberry crumble.

Yummy!

There’s a lot to look forward to in autumn and winter too. Butternut squash are forming all over the bank.

They have BEAUTIFUL yellow flowers!

There will be plenty of chilli peppers available, if we can just get a wee bit more sunshine to ripen them from green to red.

And, despite the dreaded blight wiping out most of the tomato plants, the unsung heroes are Red Pear, a heritage variety which has so far been completely blight-resistant, providing small, sweet and tasty fruits.


Love Food
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