Rocket is rich in a whole range of phytochemicals, including some that are protective against prostate, breast and ovarian cancers. It’s also rich in folic acid, vitamins A, B, C and K, and a range of minerals including calcium. But all that is largely irrelevant in the amounts you’d normally eat. I mean, who puts more than one or two leaves in a sandwich? Except if you make pesto.
The first of the season’s broccoli. Not quite the first – I’ve cut a couple of heads early, before they were really ready – but the first full size head. This is Calibri variety, and it will keep bearing side shoots for a couple of months.
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.