Just because its called Sunday roast……

Oops, sorry, missed a day, but that doesn’t mean I wasnt cooking! Didn’t get any picks of last nights Sunday roast either but I can assure you it was delicious! Yeah, I know it wasn’t Sunday yesterday, but just because its called a Sunday Roast doesn’t mean it’s not worthy of any other day in the week. As ever with a roast there were leftovers, I think its always worth cooking too much, then the next days meal is already half way done! I hate to see leftover food wasted, especially when an animal was sacrificed to feed our hunger. There were tatties and some lovely pork to use up, and what better way to use them up than to fry them all together into a hash.

But of course I wasnt happy with just that, although a fried egg on it would have been awesome, i’d already tucked into a few poached eggs for brekky so thought that might be a bit too much. Instead I opted for the healthier option, a salad. The salad was more of those lovely bright green broad beans, some freshly picked fennel and mustard streak lettuce, and some apples from the fruit bowl. Now to dress the salad, a simple dressing of cider vinegar, lemon zest, honey from the hives and mint from the garden, another awesome spring lunch, done….

Leftovers aren’t just for dogs!!!

So yesterdays nasty weather has past us by and we are left with some lovely sunshine, that means it out to tend the vege patch! Its been a bit neglected recently due to other tasks, so first was some recreational weed wacking, then some up-rooting of plants that had gone to seed (past their best before…) and then, down on my hands and knees to weed around the onions that are shooting up. It was a dawnting task, but a quick break for an ice cold ginger beer, helped me on me way! We had been invited out to dinner at a neighbours for the evening, so todays foodie post is a lunchtime quickie! Whilst getting muddy in the garden all I think about is what can I use this for, or this, or this even. Today was the turn of the red kale, along with some of those broad beans which we are going to have to start giving away soon, or not if I have anything to say about it!

I blanched the kale and broad beans, then added them to the left over gnocchi from last night that I fried in some freshly picked sage and some of those garlic shoots, and of course a good chunk of butter, any left over butter was poured over the dish to finish it off, and most importantly not to waste the butter.

Even the Boy (the dog) was trying to get in on the action, leftovers aren’t just for dogs!!!

For those of you who haven’t been following Stephs blog, this is Minty (her twin is called sauce). We adopted her about a month ago as her mum had abandoned her and she was on deaths door. With a bit of looking after, and a lot of milk, she is thriving and will eventually join the rest of the sheep, although i’m pretty sure she thinks shes a human! I must admit, if this was my farm and lamb, this one would probably not be ear marked for roasted saddle and lamb shanks but would most certainly be used to increase the herd in the future. Sauce on the other hand……..

Big thanks again to my awesome wife for the photos, without those this blog would just be a bunch of writing….

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