The subject of what we eat, and where our food comes from has been on my mind a lot recently. I try to eat a healthy diet, and I greatly prefer not to buy prepackaged or preprocessed food, but the reality is, I hate shopping, I’m not very organized, and especially on Fridays and Saturdays…
Category: food and drink
Sometimes accidents work out for the best – in this case, the unexpected self seeding of some tomato plants in my greenhouse. Left to myself, I wouldn’t have bothered growing any tomatoes, now I’m pretty sure I’ll have some next year too. Not only do they make good gifts, but they can also be turned…
Another exciting moment in the world of gardening – I’ve just harvested my first ever potatoes!
Tonight I ate the first fruits, or in fact salad, of my labours. It turns out that a vegetable garden is very handy indeed when your fridge is empty and you can’t be bothered to go shopping. Despite losing a number of rucola/rocket plants to the cats’ overenthusiastic digging, enough remains for a few meals…
Our last photo opportunity, sunrise on Friday morning, was yet again rained off. After a leisurely breakfast, I said goodbye to companions as they headed off for the airport, and I took the train back to Kosice. I spent the afternoon pottering around, visiting the bookshop (again!) to stock up for the return trip, and…
Jen’s trip flew by, but despite the short amount of time we had, we managed cover a fair bit of ground. As well as a visit to Maastricht (a little blighted by the Belgian beer of the night before), we also visisted Dekxels restaurant in The Hague to celebrate a friend’s 30th birthday. The food…
So, I picked up Jen from the airport yesterday and brought her back to Delft. During our 20 minute change at Den Haag H.S., she decided to investigate the Dutch snack counter, and discovered that most Dutch of snacks – the kroket. I think it’s safe to say that she’s hooked… as soon as we…
Melt 250g of butter and a 200g bar of dark chocolate. Whilst this is melting, break up a 400g packet of digestive biscuits until you have a mixture of fine crumbs and some larger chunks (I usually put them in a plastic bag and beat them with a rolling pin). Once the chocolate mixture is…