It's been raining just about all week and rained heavily last night so Jill PD and I decided not to free-range in our usual weekend space and checked out the school garden instead. It's undergone some changes this year.
They've gone crazy for bee / insect houses
and become a bit Gothic.
While Steve and Jill PD attended to The Village, I decided to have a go at making ricotta. This is something I've long wanted to do because it is not available locally, and I remember how delicious it was when Ginny and I made it at her place just outside Deniliquin using the whey from our camembert making. Best camembert and ricotta I've ever eaten. Today I had to content myself with ricotta only, using the excess of milk from the miracle of Steve and I both remembering to buy it.
It's very easy. I used this recipe .
Just-made ricotta, just-cooked silverbeet from the garden and lots of nutmeg = delicious lunch.
Trying to get a jump on Spring by starting seeds in the kitchen.
It's like Harvest Festival around here. Steve's banana muffins. Mel and Rob's pumpkin. My rhubarb and ginger chutney - bit heavy handed with the ginger.
That school garden is amazing. All concerned should be congratulated o. how good it looks. Your cooking adventures sound wonderful and the results rather mouthwatering, though I am not a big cheese fan I'm afraid. I love home-baked goods. And I see Steve is still at it (I have very fond memories of his sausage rolls). We've been soaked all week but there is sunshine predicted for the next few days - and spring is certainly just around the corner so perhaps there may be a ceremony for the unfurling-of-the red-devil soon. FF
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