How lovely that Spring is here, which means there is a lot more going on outside the kitchen.� The chooks are past their winter slow down, and laying up a storm, and lots of planting is going on. Outside...
How lovely that Spring is here, which means there is a lot more going on outside the kitchen.� The chooks are past their winter slow down, and laying up a storm, and lots of planting is going on.
Outside my kitchen is a collection of fruit trees.� A couple of months ago I pre-ordered some rootstock from Yalca Fruit Trees � a dwarf pear, dwarf apple, dwarf peach and dwarf plum, which we plan to put in the courtyard once the renovation is done, as well as a fig and two mulberry trees. Two months later and they are thriving! I can�t wait till we pick our first fruit.
I�ve also planted several tomatoes and zucchini which are coming along nicely.� Everything has to be carefully netted at our temporary home as it�s a possum festival at night.� The chooks also adore tomatoes.
I still have to plant a few more things, having bought an interesting collection of seeds from The Seed Collection.
Back inside, recently I took a look at Jamie�s new book, Jamie Cooks Italy.� I don�t buy too many cookbooks these days, partly because at the moment I have nowhere to store them, but also because our local library has a rather amazing cookbook section.� There are some nice recipes in this one.� I tried his vegetables al forno (before and after shot), which is really a cross between a zucchini parmigiana and an eggplant parmigiana.� It was very tasty. There are a few other recipes I have bookmarked.
The (not so) Small People had a birthday and it was baking time for a family afternoon tea.� I made an apple cake, a blueberry crumb cake, some M&M cookies and a lemon ricotta cake.� It won�t be long till they are taller than me, but they will always be my Small People.
Have a lovely Spring! Have a peek at other kitchens on Sherry�s Pickings, our lovely IMK link up host.
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