Pottering in the kitchen and finding uses for plums

Pottering in the kitchen and finding uses for plums

I’ve been pottering this afternoon. Supposed to be doing a project outside but its been rain, rain and more rain today. So I decided to have a go at the mi-cuit plums. As I was Googling about them, to try and find out how you know they are ‘done’, I found more and...
Plums, plums and more plums

Plums, plums and more plums

Another huge basket of plums today. This is the basket AFTER I gave my neighbour a big bag full of them. The trees that are cropping right now are called Opal. They are supposed to crop at the end of July/beg of Aug, but everything is 4-6 weeks late this year. This is...
Vegetable Stir Fry, 51p a serving

Vegetable Stir Fry, 51p a serving

This was supper last night. Haven’t had stir fry for a while, and saw some bean sprouts in Sainsbury’s, so that’s what we had. If you like stir fries and have them fairly often, it is really worth getting a little bottle of sesame oil. You may even have some already....
Plum Jam, 18p a jar if you have foraged fruit

The first of the plum harvest

These are the first of the plums that I harvested today. We planted some Minarette trees out the front. A dozen trees in a tiny space, of assorted fruit, not much more than 2 feet apart. This is the first plum harvest, and I am really excited about it. The plum trees...
Croutons

Croutons

Croutons are incredibly useful little things. They can shoosh up many a dish.   Try using the end of a loaf, or something that’s gone a bit stale to eat as bread to make some. You could freeze them, or the un-croutoned bread (my preference), so you can have some...
Cauliflower Leaves Pesto

Cauliflower Leaves Pesto

What do you do with your cauliflower leaves? I think they have a lot of flavour, like broccoli stalks, and tend to choose those first when we have something and veg. I usually cook them like the florets, DP has those, because he prefers them, and I have the leaves,...
An abundance of Courgettes

An abundance of Courgettes

An abundance of Courgettes This is the courgette harvest today :o, I only  have 2 plants, but they are like firecrackers at the moment, throwing off courgettes that would turn to marrows as soon as I turn my back. Managed to catch them all at the small and tender...