Today the winter sun is shining on the red cabbages. They are resplendent in their hues of red, blue, and purple. The sun, shining through the drab outer leaves, lights up an intricate network of red veins threading throughout. The colour of red cabbages varies according to the Ph level of the soil they are grown…
Category: Winter 2020
This is why I grow parsnips
Carrot and parsnip mash Called a ‘bowl of sunshine’ in Ireland, this is truly the only reason I grow parsnips. An inexplicable alchemy happens with the carrot and parsnip (and butter don’t forget…quite a lot of it) combo and it ends up tasting like neither, instead it just tastes like …well… a bowl of sunshine….
Winter wildgreens pasta
This is the kind of peasant food that reminds us we do not need to fill a trolley at the supermarket to eat something delicious, nourishing and sustaining. This is made from wild foraged greens, a couple of eggs and some flour, and it made us a huge lunch. I collected a variety of greens…
the winter garden: parsley
In folk-lore, parsley has a long history of magical properties. In medieval Europe, where it was believed only the wicked could grow it, parsley was associated with death and was used to decorate graves. Many types of bad luck are associated with transplanting it. In most of Europe it is believed it foretells a death…
food ripe from my garden 