11 August 2018

Eating the Garden


It’s been a perfect, blue sky, summer’s day here.  Paul and I went to market early; there are always long queues in the boulangerie with tourists at this time of year.  We got bread and pastries, filled our plastic bottles with rosé and red at the wine stall, and bought a large, juicy Charentais melon from another stall.


Back home we had coffee and pastries on the terrace before a wander around the garden with my trug.  When I saw how well the basil was growing, after a shaky start in the spring, I decided to pick a big bunch and make some pesto.  Not such an easy task after breaking my whizzer but I managed to chop everything fine before finishing it off with a hand blender. 

making pesto
The garden sort of dictates to me what I prepare for meals.  Yesterday I noticed a lot of plums were down after our storm so I made a plum and raspberry crumble.  Today’s lunch was almost like tapas – lots of different, small dishes.  We had slices of quiche (leftover from yesterday), chickpea salad with pesto, fried peppers, tomatoes and lots of fresh, crusty bread.  Dessert was melon and raspberries.  All accompanied by a glass of cold rosé or two.

I like the label on this tin of chick peas

Tomorrow Paul is going to harvest a load of tomatoes for more soup and I intend to dig up some beetroots to make my annual chocolate and beetroot cake.

Does my life revolve around food?  Well, yes, just a bit!


17 comments:

  1. To me it seemed a perfect life.

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  2. It may revolve around food but the food sounds delicious.

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    1. Food always seems to taste better when you can eat outside.

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    1. Can't beat food fresh from the garden.

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  4. I buy that same brand of chick peas; for the same reason!

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  5. I am puzzled as to what your world revolves around.

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  6. Your food sounds delicious.

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  7. There is joy to be found in simple foods and especially in homegrown fruit and vegetables. Did you throw the chick pea water away? Whip it with a mixer and it turns into aquafaba.

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    1. I had to look it up, I thought you were teasing!

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  8. Your food sounds gorgeous and I'd buy the chickpeas just for the label as it looks so exotic!

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  9. I'm still contemplating a wine stall where you get your plastic bottles filled up. Sounds perfect! -Jenn

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