Leeks need harvesting

 Today we were blessed with a lovely sunny day, after a wet and window week. 

Miho arrived and Kota was still asleep, so we decided to go straight to the allotment to get the ingredients for our vegetarian sausages, (*) mashed potatoes, caramelised apple and leek and potato soup.

(*) we used chickpeas rather than butter beans.

Then we went home and prepped the vegetables, picked herbs from the garden and made the leek and potato soup.

 

A pre Christmas meal, with sausages

As I had 2 recipes for vegetarian and vegan sausages, I thought we'd do a trial to see which one would end in the next cookery book.

Although they both tasted nice, the vegan version stuck together better and was voted for another mention.

Hiroe cut up some more onions to make an onion gravy to go with the sausages.

The carrots we had was with a honey glaze and the mashed potatoes we had use the riser, it works beautifully, just light and fluffy, especially after adding in some butter and mayonnaise.

As I needed a dish to put in the oven to keep it warm and the silver surrounding needed a good clean, we used a cut potato to polish the silver with. A little tip for every one.

We had  a very festive and tasty lunch.