This rustic mulberry pie was (mostly) made by Mia, aged 4 (and three quarters – don’t dare miss the three quarters). There are layers and layers of story in it, and I don’t know which way to go, so I’ll wait to hear yours and stick with the recipe
You all know about kale chips don’t you? Kale in a form that kids will eat? That the pickiest eaters ask for as a snack? In cafes they usually deep fry it, and I find it a bit greasy like that. I like it better roasted till crisp with just a little oil and salt.
There was a time when I didn’t get the attraction of broad beans, and now I’m looking forward to a couple of months of deliciousness. Not enough yet to be a meal all on their own so they are going into soup. They’ll be in the slow cooker all this sunny, solar powered day, with leeks, carrots, celery, some mature tromboncino that I’ve just harvested for seed (which will dissolve…
There are a million versions of Green Goddess dressing on the internet. So this is my garden-based version. It will keep for a few days in the fridge, but it’s so easy to make, it’s best made fresh when you want it. We had half of this batch drizzled over roast carrots, celeriac, parsnips, beets, sweet potato, red onions, and cauliflower, and the rest dollopped on poached eggs on sourdough…
When you find a crop or variety that likes your garden conditions, it makes food gardening look soooo easy. This is Green Sprouting Broccoli. I figure the yield is in the range of 50kg per plant, and our favourite way to eat it is as broccolini chips
Bountiful carrots and radishes out of the garden at the moment, which is very nice because it’s coming up to rice paper roll season, and if you have some lightly pickled carrots and radishes, an avocado and rice paper roll wrappers, you have all the ingredients for a real work or school lunch box treat. The recipe is dead simple – some julienned carrots and radishes (and you can add…
The silver beet looked so gorgeous this morning, and the patch needed thinning. And the basket just filled and filled. Spankakopika it has to be.