Nigella Lawson - Feast

For years now I have been following the blog "Mouthfuls of Heaven"
Last year I got thinking about Nigella's book Feast and thinking I would love to try and cook something from each of the "special events" in the book.
I have decided this is the year.  I don't know how many actual recipes I will cook, but it will begin with New Years!

Feast is not just about big-deal special occasions: it’s about the way we use food to celebrate life.

‘Pleasures and Principles of Good Food’ to celebrations from feast days to familiar rites of passage.

Essentially about families and food, about public holidays and private passions, about how to celebrate the small everyday pleasures as well as the big occasions, it includes everything from Christmas, Thanksgiving , Hanukah and Eid, to Passover and Easter; from Valentine’s Day to that first breakfast in bed and Sunday lunch fit for the In-Laws; from a seasonal pumpkin feast to the ultimate Chocolate Cake Hall of Fame; from weddings to funerals, from Georgian and Venetian feasts to children’s favourites; from Carbfeast to a final post New Year fast…

So I am looking forward to a year of cooking for my family and friends, both special occasion and simple meals which celebrate our relationships and time together.

You Capture - Lines

I finally got organised to get back into my blog and the first thing I did was to visit ishouldbefoldinglaundry and find out the next You Capture theme. Guess What?   It was lines.

I was taking my daily photo of Saana (see future post for further info) when I noticed the curtins behind her made beautiful lines hanging down. I began to wonder if I could capture that for this week.

Then I wander out onto the deck to see if I could get I photo of the deck poles all lined up. After taking the photo I realised the deck was full of lines. Looking at this photo afterward I wished I had cleared the deck of all the junk, but I didn't have time to do it again.








While outside I started thinking, that lines didn't have to mean straight lines so I took some photos of the curved iron work on the arch.  After taking the photos of the iron work, I had great fun playing around the the colours and other stuff of these photos

Thank you for Beth from You should be folding laundry for this challenge.

Click HERE to see more photos of Lines

13 for thursday - Garden

  I decided today to take a walk and take some photos of what is growing in the garden at the moment.

1.   Lots and lots of tomato plants.

2 Green Zebras. I chose these because they are meant to be low acid which will be good for Saana.

2 Tigerellas. I chose these because the look so pretty and I suspect they are also lower in acid.

1 Amish ox-heart. I had two of these but I gave one to mum.  I kind of wish I had brought another one.

Lots of bush tomatoes in the back bed.

4 Tumbling cherry tomatoes in hanging pots and one in the ground.   I transfered the one in the ground because it wasn't doing well and I needed the pot for the next tomatos.   I think I brought 3 red and 2 yellow, but I'm not sure.

2 Siberian cherry tomatoes. These are meant to be good for hanging pots and the cold climate.  I'm looking forward to seeing how they go.

2. Lots of corn

2 different types of sweet corn 

2 punnets of baby corn These are a lovely red colour on the stems

Under the seedlings I put the seeds of

3 different types of beans

cucumber
Balinese sweetcorn
Yellow Empress sunflowers

3.  Fruit

               My New Passionfruit                Strawberries                                               Rhubarb

4.  Herbs 
basil,  coriander,  dill, chervil,   2 types of thyme,  lemon balm, lemon grass, sage, rosemary, marjoram,  oregano, chinese salad leaves, curry plant, garlic and normal chives,  mint

5.  Carrots and beetroot.  

  I also planted parsnips but they didn't come up. 

6.  Capsicums and Chilies
Normal capsicums
Banana capsicums
Jalapenos
Cayenne pepper
Haberno
Some of these are from punnets and some are from larger seedings which we put into paper bags and wrapped in paper for a few weeks before planting out.

7. Beans
normal blue lake climbing beans
dwarf beans - butter
Purple King - climbing beans These look so pretty already, you can see them at the back

8. Eggplants
A normal eggplant ( I think, I lost the tag)
Listada di Gandia This is a diggers eggplant, it is stripy.






9.  Lots of lettuce

10. Silverbeet

11. Alliums
Leeks
spring onions
red onions
garlic

12. Self Sown

Peas 

cucumber or squash

13. Grapevine

WG's first go in a ball pit.

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