A glorious day at From Spade to Plate

I made lavash today and thought of the 3rd feb when we first made this

We were welcomed by the sun today, the first bee was already buzzing so a little walk to the allotment was a treat.

As we were going to have to use the oven to bake our Lazy dough bread rolls so rather than having an empty oven to warm up, we made some Lavash. We used sesame and poppy seeds as well as some smoked paprika and put it directly into the flour. Then just before going into the oven we sprinkled sunflower and pumpkin seeds over the crackers.

 






When I saw this tasty Cheddar Soup,  and having some broccoli  and carrots in the allotment, thought we might slightly alter it to make a sauce rather than a soup. We just left out 2/3 of the stock, so it was thicker and  stayed in the bread rolls better.

Whilst June was keeping an eye on the oven (filled with crackers, vol au vents and bread rolls) the rest of us went off to forage for our salad.  We harvested some yacon, carrots, oca's in addition to edible flowers like daisies, corn flowers, calendula and rosemary (not too many as they are important for the bees to visit at this time of the year)

Mini Mushroom and Carrot pies,

Made these mini pies today and had great memories when we made it with from spade to plate in february.




As it was Esther's birthday today, we made a 2 ingredient chocolate cake, we only used chocolate and eggs, we topped it up with satsumas. Easy and delicious


For our main meal we made mushroom and carrot pies
Alice made the filling whilst Sabine cut out the short crust and puff pastry circles
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We made some hassleback potatoes 
 


 some rocket and pineapple salad.

half term: shoba noodles with Fake lo Mein and broccoli soup

Today was a small group as a couple of regular members were ill and on holiday as it was half term
So making egg noodles was perfect entertainment with a small group.

We then made this delicious fake Lo Mein that was out of this world. We sprinkled a few sesame seeds on top when we served the dish, but this is optional.


Although the morning started sunny (but chilly) by the time we went into the allotment to pick the broccoli for the broccoli and coconut milk soup it was dull and dreary.  Great to be back into the house which was warm and cozy.

All in all a very tasty meal with lots of sharing of information.

A bit of impromtu cooking

Today I went to the allotment to pick vegetables for the morning session. Due to the amount of rain lately I have found that some of the carrots had split. So change of recipe and Carrot and Ginger soup 
it will be.  As the soup contained butter beans, we did not want to throw away the bean liquid (Aqua Faba) so decided to make a lemon mousse with it.  So that was the dessert sorted.
  

Last week I made a lovely recipe Chive waffles with maple and Soy mushrooms. As it was only for the two of us, I put the other 8 waffles in the freezer for another time.



Well, the other time was now. The waffles this time were awful, taste was good but they just got stuck in the waffle iron, so we cheated  and warmed up the previously made waffles in the toaster and followed the rest of the recipe. The mushroom in maple and soy sauce were delicious, I think that they would also be lovely on a bed of mash potatoes, rice, polenta etc.

We made some rocket, pear and parmesan salad to go with it. Karina mentioned that in the past she used to crumble goats cheese instead of parmesan. Something to try in the future.
  Although Hao came a few weeks ago, he picked the rocket then too and I found a picture of him, preparing it.


The table was laid for 9 people today,  a filing lunch with some delicious Elderberry and ginger cordial.

Wonder woman, June, managed to open the corddial bottle where others failed!!