Harvest Monday - soupy

We've had another bank holiday weekend, yippee. It's always a bit confusing though, and today doesn't really feel like Monday. I got in a few trips to the plot over the weekend and planted out some of my squashes and courgettes etc. I used up the horsemanure I was saving for my tomatoes because i'm going to be getting a load more on Wednesday, so decided to leave potting-on my toms til next weekend (the squashes really needed planting out so took priority).

The toms really need planting out too though, several have started producing flowers. But I've read before that it's good to let them get to that point before potting into their final places as it encourages more fruit (because they're running out of nutrients and think they will die soon so produce fruit sooner than if they were Molly-coddled).

Toms waiting for attention

With the harvests this week I've made a couple of soups, this one was cauliflower and leek, with my own added greens

There's fair bit of over wintered rocket still growing in the back garden. I think if I keep picking it, it'll just carry on cropping

Rocket, goats cheese and home made coleslaw, plus home grown gherkins

Rocket and egg sarnies

The tub of Swiss chard in the front yard is producing some really big leaves. Although North facing, It gets the sun first thing in the morning

These went into a kind of bolognese, with kidney beans and a tub of my own tomato, chilli and basil sauce from the freezer

I went out for dinner for a friend's 60th birthday on Saturday. Jan stayed in as she wasn't feeling too good still, and had veggie pie and greens (Purple sprouting broccoli leaves and shoots)

I've been clearing out the PSB plants to make way for the squashes etc so harvested a whole load more of the best leaves

And the last few shoots

And some chard and sage

Which went into the second soup of the week, onion, garlic, ground ginger and cumin with red lentils and all the greens. It was good!

And then tonight i made a big pan of veggie curry. Usually I make enough for two meals but tonight I thought I'd make a bigger batch for three meals, adding in lots of chard from the allotment which had started to bolt, and a can each of chickpeas and butter beans.

Yummy yummy! We'll have it again for lunch tomorrow and then maybe lunch the next day too or maybe the evening. We don't have enough mini naan breads for all those meals so I might do some rice one day. Theres's a lot needing to be done in the garden and the plot so any time that can be saved on cooking is very much appreciated.

Linking in with Harvest Monday at Daphne's dandelions

 

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