Red Gooseberries and Wild Strawberries

The weather in the UK is sweltering and I have been spending quite a bit of time in the allotment garden plot  in my shorts - mostly weeding, but delighting in what has been a better year for me in relation to vegetable gardening.  I am getting there slowly and enjoying the fruits and vegetables of our labour.

Here is a glimpse of some edible colours in my garden 

Heavily scented red roses - I am drying some to garnish homemade cakes.

A bowlful of red gooseberries.

Wild strawberries and traditional strawberries. Not enough to make strawberry jam, but plenty to enjoy with yogurt, cream or in a pie!

 Rocket also known as arugula growing well in pots. 

 More Lettuce from the garden

Most of my broad beans got destroyed by black fly, I only managed to harvest a small pot. The potatoes were a bonus gift from last year and made for a lovely meal for two. 

Rhubarb was the first vegetable we harvested from the garden and stalks have been shared with neighbours on our left and right side. I have also made a Rhubarb and Strawberry Pie and it was delicious.  Blog post coming soon. 

I am sharing this post with  Harvest Monday is hosted by Dave over Our Happy Acres

Eat Your Greens Round Up

July has arrived with promise of sunshine.

We have  six splendid vegan and vegetarian Eat Your Green recipes to share this month. 

The first Eat Your Greens recipe comes from The Green Gourmet Giraffe, known to her friends as Johanna.  Although we are experiencing what can only be described as unbelievable summery weather in the U.K the hottest in fact for years, the same cannot be said for Australia where it is wintry and it is because of this that Johanna shared with us a  bowl of Thai Pumpkin, Corn and Chickpea Stew. This golden stew elevated by the green from the parsley, basil and baby leek topping. 

Emily who blogs over at Cooking For Kishore shared with us Garden Veggie Pasta Salad.  The greens in this pasta salad all come from her vegetable garden, they are spinach, chard, snap peas, green onions and perfumed with basil. This is perfect to eat out in the garden.

Lovely Linsy who blogs at Home Cook Food shared with us  Vegetarian 'Chicken' Stir Fry with vegetables, and one of those vegetables happens to be crunchy asparagus. I don't make stir fry vegetable dishes that often, but when I see recipes like this, I wish I did so more often. 

French blogger Ephee from The Ephemeral Daily Meal and Other Magic Tricks shares with us a wonderfully light Japanese Asparagus and Radish Salad on some crispy salad.  I absolutely love the colours on this plate. 

Teresa from Affectioknit shares with us her Green Smoothie made with spinach, spirulina and some dried kiwi fruit, but I have to confess its the other dishes on her blog post that made me drool, such as her salsa with nooch and twice bakes sweet potatoes.  

My co-host The Veg Hog has been enjoying the glorious weather and eating out and eating light, but she managed to make this vegan  Green Beans and Wild Garlic and shared it with us for Eat Your Greens. Now doesn't that look good!?

And finally, some of you may be wondering where is my Eat Your Greens contribution?!  Well fellow bloggers you will have to forgive me we are having trouble downloading photographs onto our computer at the moment, one of the many reasons for my blogging lull, so I hope you will forgive me this time and enjoy the lovely contributions shared, please do take time to visit them.  The Veg Hog will be hosting #EatYourGreens challenge this month.  Please Follow this link on how to join in.  

Welcoming Your June Seasonal Eat Your Greens Recipes

Happy 1st June readers, apparently today is also the start of the Meteorological Summer.  

Its also my turn to host this months Eat Your Greens challenge.  To participate this month in the #EatYourGreens challenge you just make a vegan or vegetarian recipe that is made with green vegetables or fruit on your blog.  Then copy the link to the comment section below.  And if your scratching you head for some inspiration and ideas, then please do check out the Eat Your Greens Round Up hosted last month by The VegHog.

For more details Follow this link on how to participate just please remember to link back to the host page (this page) and co-host The VegHog.   

The use of the new #EatYourGreens logo is optional, but is appreciated.  The deadline is the 29th June 2018 and the Round up will be on the 1st July.