I
I am extremely fortunate to be married to someone who can build an extension, fit a kitchen, and grow his own produce. Christopher has a couple of allotments and he writes about them on his own blog - maddisallotment.com. He is also extraordinarily good looking as this next picture shows to good effect
However, having an allotment means that we frequently have a lot of fruit and vegetables all at the same time, and we then have to think of things to do with them. We have two freezers, both of which are crammed full; we also have a daughter who is a vegetarian, but to be honest she does not pull her weight in the eating of vegetables, and so we have to find ingenious ways of preserving and keeping our foodstuffs.
I suppose keeping onions in the bike shed is not that ingenious, but we have also made wine, done some pickling, and made some jam
One of the joys of having someone to grow food for you is that you get different amounts of each crop year by year. This year we have had so many beans that we have made the pickling attempt. We have also had a lovely lot of tomatoes and some sweet peppers. So this is how I make salsa sauce:
First chop some onions and peppers
First chop some onions and peppers
Then cook the onions slowly in some olive oil. After a while, add the peppers and cook some more.
Meanwhile, chop some tomatoes.
Meanwhile, chop some tomatoes.
Add them to the onions and peppers and cook them slowly for ages - maybe about an hour. Squash the tomatoes with the wooden spoon every so often.
The good thing about this sauce is that it doesn't really matter how many onions, peppers or tomatoes you use - it all mixes down to a delicious dish which can be used as a base for ratatouille or bruschetta or anything you like.
It looks to me as if I will be using it with aubergines and courgettes!
It looks to me as if I will be using it with aubergines and courgettes!