The fairy gets her gloves on

Zoop!! Can you guess what it is???

Nettle soup:D

Pint of nettles, pint of spinach, an onion, a leek, 2 carrots, some parsley, a potato and a pint of milk!! I had 2 bowls for my dinner as it was so good, and when DS came home from school he finished what was left!! And it cost all of 25p for the pint of milk!! Woohoo!!

Stinging nettle patch!!!

Mind your fingers...and I forgot i had a prsnip kicking around too so in that went for a bit of sweetness!!

A strange concoction of what we grow and it was absolutely delicious!!

Lovely mix of veg:)

And here's herman aka sourdough starter! He's liking the warm weather!! Bubbles :) So I thought I'd do some sourdough rolls in the morning :) Here's the 'sponge'.

Oooh more bubbles! Just bfore bedtime I'll add the rest of the flour and give it ten minutes kneading:) Then it gets left in the kitchen overnight for a slow rise. In the morning I'll knock it back and shape it when I get up, and by teabreak I'll be able to bake:D Fresh rolls for lunch tomorrow! Yum!

BBSx

Pre- pro- I just don't know

Prebiotic...probiotic...we all like a bit of gut health don't we. No? No! I'd never really thought about it much..and then I had a little read on the web about them. Yes, I know its the same picture as yesterday!

So we like leeks, and theres alot of them in my life thats for sure! And then theres this..

Easiyo yogurt and the ideal world cheap version of the flask you use.

Water, powder..shake shake shake..

Ooooh bubbles!! Leave in its little flask overnight..

vanilla yogurt..a whole kilo of it! Woohoo...my intestines thank me every day!!!
And these...no...not prebiotic...not probiotic...

Prawn crackers!!! From the chinese grocery..all dried and ready to cook at home...cool!

I love the chinese grocery!!!
 

This tray of delight didn't come from the chinese grocery!! It was OH's birthday 'cake' on monday!! He does like flapjack, or as he calls it 'flipflop' :)
And lastly would you look at this lovely bag of rainbow chard I put in my little stall...

Its so pretty...and someone, somewhere is buying 1 bag a week from me...thankyou!! All of 50p's worth :)
BBS x sorry for randomness!
PS. look at my lovely jerusalem artichoke bonfire:D

The tops have to be burnt off:) bio char I think. I wonder how my 'baked' potatoes fared in their foil?!

The fairy has sprung a leek

Last night in the bath I was reading my lovely WW2 cookbook by Marguerite Patten looking for inspiration for 'Live below the line'. And there were some interesting recipes involving leeks. Well, as we have leeks left I wandered off and filled my basket.

Too many leeks, so I decided to dehydrate some...but the smell after I'd chopped them up ready was overpowering, so they were sent outside for being such stinky leeks!

Poor things got lonely in the shed, so when they were less stinky I brought them back in the house!

Anyhoo..

First I thought I'd try Oat pastry..

12 oz plain flour,

2 tsp baking powder,

4 oz oats

3oz fat (lard in my case!)

Interesting consistency when rubbing in...kinda gritty! Yum..

Fillling next, with too many L's it would seem.

As these are supposed to be bacon turnovers I decided they would have to be ham turnovers as that what was in the freezer near the top.

So, 8oz mashed potato (no butter)

2 large leeks chopped finely,

2 tbsp chopped parsley

and 4oz ham (that should have been bacon)

and pepper..

Roll out the pastry, fairly thick, keeping in mind its supposed to make 4...

Pretty!!! Then turnover the top and seal with water!
25 mins in a hot, 210 degree oven and...

They didn't exactly brown alot..but...they were cooked just fine...and...



They were very nice...especially with a little googlygag relish!
And leeks are very good for you, prebiotic don't you know :) So these turnovers were healthy, low fat as not much in the pastry, more veg than anything else! And OH ate them and LIKED them!
BBS x