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What to do with all these… Courgettes?

Posted on August 18, 2015 by batmanhasanallotment

This is the first post in what might become a series. Every allotment owner is familiar with the courgette glut. A single plant can easily produce 5 courgettes in a week under the right conditions. However, because conditions aren’t always … Continue reading →

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Preserving Summer.

Posted on August 8, 2015 by batmanhasanallotment

I’m very lucky to have a good friend who enjoys canning and preserving just as much as I do, and we usually have a few days a year where we share the work and the spoils. After harvesting a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotment, Cooking | Tagged beetroot, chili, flowers, garlic, GYO, herbs, lotsofpictures, onions, preserving, recipe, redcurrants, tomato | 1 Comment

Spring Food: Herb Omelette

Posted on April 14, 2015 by batmanhasanallotment

With all these lovely new shoots everywhere, it is hard to believe that among gardeners, the months of April and May are also known as “the hungry gap”. This is a stark disconnect with everyday supermarket shopping. We see the … Continue reading →

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Comfort Food.

Posted on October 30, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

On a chilly October evening, nothing is more comforting than soup. We just happen to have lots of little mystery acorn squashes in storage, and so I made my grandmother’s favourite squash soup recipe. She used to have a bright … Continue reading →

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Harvest Feast

Posted on August 14, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

My lovely friend is leaving the country, and as a goodbye dinner, I made a selection of mezze from our allotment harvest. We had rosemary roast potatoes (no recipe needed), pitta bread (store bought) and butternut squash falafel. Soak 1 … Continue reading →

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First Harvest of 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

We’re in the lucky position to have some plants, including redcurrants, late rhubarb, raspberries and strawberries readily settled on our plot, that were left behind by our predecessors. Generally, everyone at our allotment site is incredibly kind and generous, and by … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotment, Cooking, Gardening | Tagged baking, dessert, recipe, rhubarb | 2 Comments

Marmalade Cake

Posted on February 22, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

As we now have lots of marmalade in the house, I couldn’t resist to make a lovely marmalade cake at the first opportunity. I had a day off last week and we have guests this weekend so the moment has come! … Continue reading →

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Marmalade

Posted on February 15, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

After my blog feed virtually exploded with posts about the seasonal marmalade makings I couldn’t resist very long, and I set out to find the last Seville oranges of the 2014 season. Supermarkets hardly ever stock these tart, bitter fruits, … Continue reading →

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Winter Pesto

Posted on February 8, 2014 by batmanhasanallotment

The blog has the rather hopeful subtitle “Urban Gardening and Seasonal Cooking”. While we’ve started well on the gardening, we haven’t really grown much yet, which makes the cooking part of the blog mostly obsolete. However, I wanted to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotment, Cooking | Tagged dinner, february, garlic, GYO, recipe, salad | 2 Comments