Winter salad/summer salad, and not a single ingredient in common.
Out in the garden this morning in the rain, little grizzle about picking in the cold and wet, until I remembered – no visit to the supermarket after work, no trying to find parking close enough to avoid getting drenched, no queues of tired and grumpy people. Just this lovely quiet of a misty morning with trees all sparkling with raindrops and happy frogs calling.
This was an accidental discovery. I had some friends coming for lunch and I had baked ricotta with salad in my mind. But I’d forgotten that I’d used the ricotta. Oops.
I’ve developed a fetish for beetroot dip open sandwiches for lunch.
Pumpkin season. Infinite number of pumpkin recipes required. This one has used up several of our pumpkins, and will use up several more before the season ends.
It is Halloween in Australia, and peak of the pumpkin season. Roasted pumpkin seeds are a hugely healthy and totally addictive snack. And they are so easy.
We are harvesting the first macadamias of the season, and by the look of our trees it will be a good year. And the basil…