This evening's meal

We've just had a lovely piece of beef from our excellent butcher with roast spuds (Arran Pilot), carrots and parsnip thinnings from the garden and runner beans from the freezer (using up the last of last season's)  .

It's a win-win. I feel virtuous, hubby thinks that I'm a domestic and gardening goddess and my son (aged 2) eats veggies without complaint if I tell him that he helped mummy to grow them.

Respect to those of you who've manage to sort out home-grown pud too!

When my daughter wants to get in my good books she tell me what a good veg grower  I am and my carrots are the best in the world.  It's cupboard love.

all I have eaten recently is stuff I've grown or beer I have made or eggs from the hens... bliss. Even got the 1st toms to scoff tonight with a salad from le plot.

I love meals made with home grown ingredients.

Last night we had homemade game pie with allotment potatoes, courgettes and runners followed by crumble (allotment rhubarb and foraged blackcurrents).  MMMMMmmmm.

Too many runners though so I followed John H's recipe for pickling french beans instead using some of my runners.