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Beetroot Smoothie
Yesterday's harvest included some small beet roots, as the beets needed thinning. I was planning to cook a summer borschtsch but realized I'm still lacking some ingredients. I retreated to my regular solution for left-over …
Spinach with Buckwheat Popcorn
We harvested the last of our spinach. Most of the leaves went to the freezer, but some into the pan. Fried with onions and sliced green chilis. Add some coconut milk and heat up once …
Frittata with Salad
Saturday morning I like a late but hearty breakfast on weekends. Shakshuka is one option, frittata is another. With still lot's of greens and roots from the garden, here it's accompanied by a salad (greens, …
Burrito – Mix and Match
Burrito is one of our family favourites. Yes, it takes some preparation and some ingredients that you probably don't have on stock. we always keep some tortillas in the freezer and have canned beans and …
Easy Lentil Soup
…with buttered and toasted bread let two cups of lentils soak for at least half an hour in water. chop an onion. fry both the onion and the (drained) lentils for a couple of minutes …
Majaderah and Hot Tomato Salad
two perfect sides for a fish or a full meal by its own means (just add yogurt) med-sea fish baked in the oven with two side dishes Big onion (sliced)cup of lentils (best soaked in …
Pasta, Chicken, Mangold-Pesto
Chicken breast or chicken roast leftoversMangold-PestoGarlicOreganoChiliPasta Boil the pasta. Cut the chicken into comfortable bites. Fry the chicken in olive oil with garlic, salt, pepper and lot's of oregano. Serve the pasta with pesto and …
Mangold/ Chard
one of the most successful and prettiest plants in our allotment is the rainbow chard. It keeps on growing and we seriously cannot keep up with it. We made filled chard leaves with rice and …
Kumpir with Sauerkraut
The Happy Gardening Life Reward Recipe for a happy gardening and fermenting reward. You need: Big potatoesSauerkrautYoghurtCheddar cheeseButterSalad with nuts and figs wrap the potatoes in foil and bake them at least 60 minutes in …
Potato Soup with Mushrooms and Croutons
Enough for one grown-up's lunch or two grown-ups' starter:Five potatoes, pealedslice of celery root, pealed4-6 whole peppercornsslice of bread, diced7-8 Mushrooms, cut in thick slicesgreen onion, cut into ringsbutter (or whatever, I really prefer butter …
A little more sophisticated garden veggie soup
5 small potatoes1 small kohlrabileek (about 3 cm)1/4 head of cabbage1 clove of garlic3 carrotscornfresh coriandergingersoy saucelemon grasscoconut milk Cut all the veggies (carrots into slices, potatoes and kohlrabi into 2x2cm dices, leek into rings, …
Einfache Gartengemüsesuppe
Der Garten gibt gerade alles her, was man braucht um eine schnelle und kinderfreundliche Gemüsesuppe zu kochen. Kartoffeln, Karotten, Zucchini, Lauch, Sellerie klein schneiden, gemeinsam in Olivenöl anbraten und nach ein paar Minuten mit kochendem …
Holunder/ Elderberry
It's still a little early to pluck elderberries, but we had some time on our hands. In general you should wait until all the berries are black. Do not eat raw, they are poisonous when …
Pickling green tomatoes
A great way to use green tomatoes is pickles. As always, make sure to use sterile glasses, clean surfaces and tools. We used garlic, curry leaves, mustard seeds and chilis in the mix. Cut tomatoes …
Portulak / Purslane
When we started our garden in April, we planted summer purslane. That was a really stupid move as we were soon to find out. It grew nicely with thick yellowish leaves. At the same time, …
Tender cabbage recipe
Yosef will be responsible for the recipe itself. It takes quite a while in the oven but is a tasty and different take on this plant. As for white cabbage itself, we grew some and …
Pickled Watermelon
We plucked our one and only watermelon way too early. It was too sad to throw it away, so: pickle it. I picked a recipe for winter pumpkin and used it in the watermelon. You …
Ice, Ice, Baby
Hot? Cool: Earl Grey Cinnamon Ice Tea. Something we brought back from a visit to Sri Lanka (proud home to both amazing tea and the sweetest of cinnamons). Take a big glass or can (1,5l). …
Zucchini by the ton, what to do?
Just read a tweet of someone who announced; if you are a beginner at gardening, you should know that one zucchini plant will supply enough crop for a mid-sized city. So true. We were lucky …
Shakshuka
it's tomato time, baby. every time we go to our garden, we take home a bag full of tomatoes. don't get me wrong, that's amazing! we also have three zucchini plants which keep producing crop …