Harvest Monday In My Kitchen

We finally have some homegrown tomatoes

Here we have yellow Galina Cherry tomatoes and chocolate cherry tomatoes - no red ones yet though, they are coming though.

I made this Tomato Orzo Pasta Salad - scroll down for the recipe. 

The yellow Burpees golden courgettes have been disappointing - i think the erratic weather may have caused poor growth, so I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt and grow them again next year.

Same with the courgettes, but i take responsibility for them this time.  As they were a trailing variety unlike those i've grown in the past.

Also I kept forgetting to harvest those were growing until they had become a monster marrow.

Some of this marrow was used in a tempura recipe.  Scroll down for the recipe. 

Fluffy Fresh Pea Pancakes made with the last of the peas.  These were delightful to eat - straight hot off the pan. I slathered some of them with cream cheese. Scroll down for the recipe

As I've said before, the runner beans, purple and neckargold French Beans, that have been quite prolific.

I've made lots of recipes with them, mostly side dishes but this was a South Asian style curry adapted from this Courgette and Runner Bean Curry that is quite popular at the moment (see my side bar). 

The plums are ready, so ready they are falling off the tree, rolling down the path and being crushed for the wasps to enjoy. 

I also picked a load off the plum tree - enough to make plum and apple cinnamon jam and cinnamon plum jam. 

I am sharing this blog post with Harvest Monday where vegetable growers from around the world share homegrown fruit and vegetables with Dave from Happy Acres.  

I am sharing this Cherry Tomato Orzo Pasta Salad with Soup, Salad and Sammies hosted by Kahakai Kitchen. 

Orzo Cherry Tomato Salad

Serves 4

For the dressing

1 tablespoon white or red wine vinegar

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1/2 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

For the salad

200 orzo pasta, cooked

500g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered

1 red onion, finally sliced

1 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley or 1 teaspoon dried

1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped

Method

Whisk the dressing ingredients in a large bow, then stir in the remaining ingredients until well combined.  

Allow to sit for a few hours before serving. 

The recipe for the Vegetable Tempura (onion, courgettes, green beans, marrow slices) comes from Sarah Beattie's cookbook Meat Free Any Day. Please do check out Sarah Beatties Facebook Page for the recipe. 

Fresh Pea Pancake recipe was adapted from this Three Berries Pancake recipe. I removed the sugar and replaced the berries with uncooked peas. 

I  am also sharing this post with Sherry's Pickings who host the In My Kitchen series as much of what is in my kitchen has been coming from the garden (or kitchen cupboards) since the Pandemic.