Harvest Monday – 14th Nov 2011

This week has been a good harvesting week.  Lots of photos and lots of broad beans:

Sometimes there were broad beans with green garlic thrown in:

When that happened I cooked them together with the mint shown below – just delicious and recipe to come on Thursday.  The remaining broad beans went into pasta or a chicken dish.

The other thing I harvested a lot of (and managed to photograph at least once) was lettuce:

 Lettuce was used in sandwiches and salads and in particular in the cucumber salad I posted last week.  These radishes went into that as well.

My newest rainbow chard planting has started producing, I used this to make chicken saag.

I gave these strawberries to the kids this week, but not before taking a quick snap.  I have to say the flavour was disappointing – there were a few more that I ate, and I plan to try again in a new spot with a new variety next year.

Last but certainly not least I harvested another beautiful red cabbage.  Half went into a coleslaw I served with this evenings fish cakes and the rest I will use tomorrow – not sure how yet…..

For more harvest excitement head over to Daphne’s Dandelions and see food from around the world.