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 in olive oil. if you have, add two-three slices of fresh curcuma. add hot water and let boil until lentils are done. salt to taste. […]
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Easy Lentil Soup
Pasta, Chicken, Mangold-Pesto
Chicken breast or chicken roast leftovers Mangold-Pesto Garlic Oregano Chili Pasta 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 chicken, garnish with slices of fresh chili.
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 minced lamb meat (maybe Yosef can write down the recipe at some point). we also used it for mulch, which […]
Potato Soup with Mushrooms and Croutons
Enough for one grown-up’s lunch or two grown-ups’ starter: Five potatoes, pealed slice of celery root, pealed 4-6 whole peppercorns slice of bread, diced 7-8 Mushrooms, cut in thick slices green onion, cut into rings butter (or whatever, I really prefer butter with mushrooms and potatoes) Boil the potatoes, peppercorns and celery in salted water […]
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 Wasser bedecken. Salz, Lorbeerblatt und Oregano zufügen. Eine Handvoll Suppennudeln einführen – die Suppe ist fertig, wenn die Nudeln gar […]
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, every inch of earth in our garden covered itself with it’s wild sister, wild purslane. Smaller and greener leaves with […]
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 to harvest zucchini after zucchini after zucchini. We gave away some, we pickled some, we filled some with meet, we […]