Chocolate Courgette Cake (with fabulous dairy free chocolate frosting)

I made this on a whim the other week, and then we packed up and went camping for a couple of weeks and I thought I wouldn’t get to blog it… But then I saw yet another facebook plea for some mid August courgette inspiration and I thought I should share the recipe. I found this recipe on…

Green Bean and Courgette Chutney

I have a huge excess of green beans and courgettes right now – and obviously so did the people at Riverford Organic veg box scheme – as this is where I have stolen the basis for this recipe.  I’ve made green bean chutney before (a family favourite from my Great Auntie June – I must…

Greek Green Beans

This is such a simple and beautiful dish, inspired by the simple beautiful food of Greece.  I have visited quite a few of the Greek islands during my years before children and have enjoyed similar dishes to this, slow cooked, tender, tangy and rich. This is an excellent way to make good use of a…

Super Seasonal Courgette Fritters

My courgette plants are HUGE!  Right now I can just about crawl beneath the massive leaves to pick off a few courgettes every day.  It’s like entering the Amazon rainforest.  I have four courgette plants, and for those of you who know how prolific the fruit of a courgette plant can be, you’ll know that…

Chilli Weather

The weather’s taken a turn.  It’s very lucky we decided to take our camping trip last week and not this week.  Due to a bit of miscommunication and some very odd technological failings my poor greenhouse went a little bit neglected while we were away. One of the crops which has blossomed was my cherry tomatoes,…

Courgette Glutney

  Courgettes are in abundance in the garden right now. I pick them one day, and a whole new crop is there 2 days later. It’s much the same with runner beans at the moment, my two fail safe crops. But the trouble is I’m running out of interesting things to do with courgettes and…

Seville Sunshine.

Marmalade.  Bitter, orange, tangy, sweet, citrus, sticky sunshine on toast. I love making preserves.  There’s a huge sense of satisfaction in taking a troublesome glut of fruit or veg, and making something wonderful out of it.  Preserves make up a huge percentage of my gifts to people, and I don’t think we’ve bought a jam,…