How fed up are we with this winter? The snowdrops are fabulous and now at last I can see crocus peeping through the lawn. The daffodils are timidly showing their leaves and only now are the buds of the hellebores showing any sign of colour.
Compared to last year I am weeks behind and have only just started chitting potatoes. Sowed a few salad leaf seeds in the greenhouse as well as some leeks but otherwise the rest of the seeds are still in packets!!
We've removed more lawn and made a new patch for vegetables so this can be the potato bed. Still picking the odd kale leaf and the parsnips from last year will be dug up this week, they've been wonderful and so useful in stews and soups. This week I made a whole pan of spicy vegetable stew with black lentils, I used the last of last years onions and some of my own parsnips and chillies, which I had frozen whole last year. I made some simple dumplings with it the first day but today made spiced rice to serve with it, there is still enough for tomorrow's dinner so a marvelously economical dish.
More recipes will be added next week I hope but any comments you have or questions about vegetarian meals let me know.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
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