Qik - Mobile video by Terry Duffelen

Qik - Mobile video by Terry Duffelen

Garden 11/06/09

A brief video of our garden. Some successes and a couple of failures too. Circle of Life and all that.

An Overnight Stay

If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed that we stayed in a rather grand hotel in Abbots Salford last night.

Today we visited nearby Evesham, which was quite pleasant, before going to Hidcote Manor Garden in the Cotswolds (even though I kept calling it Hillcote Manor at the time). We published a brief blog with podcast from the tea room at the time on our Posterous blog and now present all the pictures I took with my N96.



I also took a video of the red border which, we were told, was open for people to walk through this year after being closed for three years.

The weekend in audio

Garden update

We've been (fairly) busy in the garden. Here is a quick update of what's going on (plus a brief intervention from the good people of Southern Rail).

Sausage, Egg & Onion Pie with some lovely cupcakes

SAUSAGE, EGG & ONION PIE

Thought we would have something a bit different this Sunday, so went for this savoury pie and some salad. It was very yummy, if you want the recipe leave a message and I will send it on.

FAIRY CAKES AND CREAM CHEESE ICING

We only managed to capture two on camera, the rest having mysteriously disappeared.

Quiche & Crumble

Zoe made a lovely Quiche Lorraine this evening:



"Recipe:

There are many different variations of the quiche, tonight I just made one with a few things lurking in the fridge:

• Ready Made pastry case (These are really great and far less hassle than making your own)
• 6 Rashes of lean bacon chopped into small pieces
• 1/4 of an onion (i used red as didnt have white ones)
• small tub of double cream and dash of milk (you can use all milk if you prefer, about 200ml)
• Grated cheese
• 2 eggs
• Seasoning

Mix all ingredients together and pour into pastry case and bake until set - 30 mins or so."


She also made some tasty individual crumbles:

Quick Chilli

Taken before, during and after consumption.

Chilli con carne, cooked by Zoe to a recipe by Nigella Lawson (Recipe below):

For this reciepe you will need:

150/200g Chopped Chiritzo (Into half moon shapes)

500g Minced Beef

1/2 tsp each of Ground Cinnamon, Ground Corinader & Cumin

3 brused cardamon pods

Tomatoe Pasata (to taste, approx 400/500g)

60ml sweet chilli sauce

1/4 - 1 tsp on chilli flakes

1 tin of mixed spicy beans (optional)

• First fry the chopped chirizo in a pan until it starts giving off its red oil
• Add the mince beef and cook until brown and add the spices and stir
• Start adding the tomatoe pasata to taste and stir in the chilli sauce and chilli flakes
• Simmer for 20/30 minutes

SERVE WITH RICE AND GRATED CHEESE

Plus some left overs for lunch later in the week.

The Garden

Here are some pictures of our garden plus a short podcast by way of a tour.

Welcome

This is a blog about me (zoe) my husband Terry and our cat Abbie and all of the things that we do in our home and garden.

On this blog you can expect to find posts about cooking, baking and gardening, plus a few other things as well.

We hope that you enjoy our blog and we welcome your comments and feedback.

The Duffs