JulieCfromLeics

Favourite allotment food recipes

JulieCfromLeics wrote (see)

Add recipes here to create a useful RECIPE BANK of dishes using mainly typical allotment food.

JulieCfromLeics wrote (see)

Add recipes here to create a useful RECIPE BANK of dishes using mainly typical allotment food.

More recipes welcome!

Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn dishes.

Container growing, gardens or allotments 

As long as some of the ingredients are "grow your own" vegetables or fruit.

What dishes would you usually put together or plan on putting together if all goes well ?

 

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Favourite allotment food recipes

Sounds good!

I would eat this as a vegetarian meal. I really like goat's cheese.

Favourite allotment food recipes

Here's a ratatouille recipe!

Chunky Oven-Baked Ratatouille

Preparation time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 30 minutes.

 Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 large red onion, cut into chunks
• 1 large courgette, cut into chunky pieces
• 1 large aubergine, cut into chunky pieces
• 2 red peppers and 2 golden peppers, seeded and cut into chunks
• 450g (1lb) small tomatoes or large cherry tomatoes
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and black pepper
• several sprigs of fresh basil

Put all the vegetables and the garlic into a roasting tray or large shallow casserole and sprinkle with the oil and some salt and pepper. Mix with your hands so that all the vegetables get coated.

Bake, uncovered, a preheated oven, 180oC, 350oF, Gas Mark 4, for 30–40 minutes, until the vegetables are browned at the edges, tender and smelling gorgeous.

Season with more salt and pepper if necessary, tear the basil over the top and serve.

Taken from Rose Elliot’s Low-GI Vegetarian Cookbook, published by BBC Books

Favourite allotment food recipes

Busy-Lizzie wrote (see)

I'm going to try growing mange-tout peas this year because they are lovely in stir fries.

Rosa carriola wrote (see)

We're having a go at sugar snap peas for same reason

Good idea!

Must try both mange-tout and sugar snap peas in stir fries.

Usually just do peas as a side dish.

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Vegetable rice stir fry – allotment veg

I really like stir fries. They are a useful quick to cook dish! This one is a late Summer/ early Autumn dish.

Ingredients can easily be adapted. This recipe uses: rice, onions, courgette, carrot, soy sauce, black bean sauce. The vegetables can easily be varied and noodles can be used instead of rice.

First prepare vegetables while cooking rice according to instructions.

Next use a wok or pan to carefully fry off onions in a little sunflower oil (or similar).

Shortly after add carrot followed later by courgette and a dash of soy sauce to the pan. Stir gently on a low heat.

 Extra soy sauce or black bean sauce can then be added.

 Finally add the rice and stir in well.

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"Bombay potato style" parsnip curry

I'm finding that parsnip works well as a potato substitute in a bombay potato style curry. Once prepared (peeled and diced)  just par boil the parsnips for a little while first before adding the pieces to the ongoing curry sauce at the appropriate point (like you usually would with potato).Avoid using the hard core of the parsnip though.

This is also a good dish to include home grown onions from storage (lightly fried), and spinach too. I've got some Winter spinach growing in a container in the garden which can be used this time of year.

I cheat with the curry sauce though as it usually comes from a jar!!! 

Really it's a case of following and adapting an existing bombay potato recipe (or similar) to use different ingredients which are available this time of year.

Favourite allotment food recipes

JulieCfromLeics wrote (see)

Add recipes here to create a useful RECIPE BANK of dishes using mainly typical allotment food.

More recipes welcome!

Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn dishes.

Container growing, gardens or allotments 

As long as some of the ingredients are "grow your own" vegetables or fruit.

What dishes would you usually put together or plan on putting together if all goes well ?

Favourite allotment food recipes

There are always lots of ways to make soup! This is how I would generally go about this one. You may have your own variations.

Leek, pumpkin and potato soup

Chop the leeks, onions and potatoes. Prepare pumpkin and grate the fleshy part for using in the soup. Finely chopped garlic can be used as an optional extra. Lightly fry onion and garlic (optional) or go to next stage.

Carefully heat up a sensible amount of water in a saucepan with vegetable stock added until lightly bubbling.

Add leeks, onions and grated pumpkin followed shortly after by chopped potato. Add appropriate seasoning (salt, pepper, etc)

Cook at a gentle level until ready.

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artjak wrote (see)

If I'm doing roast squash and other autumn veg, I often add smoked paprika, or even chorizo for the last 10 minutes.

My favourite roast vegetable is definitely parsnip.

Favourite allotment food recipes

Shopping for seeds

Leeks WHICH ONES?

King Edward potatoes

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