Get a grip woman!

Suffolk_lass

Karmacat wrote: »

Trip next weekend, yay! And a trip to the bar too

But one of the chickens will have died?

Yes, gone to the black bin. Unfortunately they are confined to barracks as a fox ate several. No eggs as two are too young and one is broody (and the fourth died). All fed and watered for today.

And a bonus courgette from their greenhouse means I must make courgette cake now, and I mean after the cricket - I need to get outside before any more wickets fall - I am a jinx

beanielou

Courgette cake sounds good to me

Suffolk_lass

Ended up in the garden until 7.(nn?)pm, called in by DH to watch the super-over in the cricket (I was banned from watching as every time I left the room in the NZ innings we took a wicket and then every time I sat to watch the Eng innings we lost one :rotfl:). Anyway I had to watch the last over. So close - almost more about the spectacle than the outcome. I then "had" to stay up until nearly midnight to watch the highlights.

This morning I have fed the chickens and liberated two more courgettes - so the postponed courgette cake has to happen this morning. Just a few admin things to do first.

Suffolk_lass

Well, I finally made the courgette cake(s) - it made two loaves and I have sent DH in with the smaller one for work. Apart from the lime and cream cheese topping, it is not too sweet and very light and moist. Next time (and there will be one) I will add a pinch of salt - I always think vegetables should have it added to bring out their flavour - just in the water rather than over them on the plate when cooking them, or in the mix if baking.

We had an unusually busy evening, taking the van to the garage for a mechanical review and overhaul and then took the opportunity to use the liberated drive to park both cars there and checked all the tyre pressures (I had new ones all round in April and I think it is normal for new tyres to need air after a while) - all mine and both DH's front tyres needed air :eek:.

Anyway, then we had a bit of a leg-stretch, just a mile and a half to and from the far end of the Village to take a neighbour's dog for a walk (and stop DH just sitting for the whole evening!) - the dog loved it and it was good for all of us. We live in a beautiful place and this early evening walk gave us a chance to appreciate it, with views over the fields to the neighbouring vales.

Supper was a simple salad and the other grill-steaks (think posh burgers) that I picked up from the YS counter in the SM at the weekend. - Our grocery spend is £113 so far in July with three big shops in and more for our weekend away.

I shall need to do something with courgettes today, if only to use the one I picked at my neighbours - off to check out courgette fritter recipes...

Karmacat

That sounds absolutely lovely, SL. Do you ever dry fry thin courgette slices? It's a Chilean thing to me. And I'm hearing about whole baking trays of roasted veg (I saw the cookery book in an NT shop, then got the e version out of the library, but not had a chance to look at it yet).



Enjoy your day today

rtandon27

:hello:

SL - our current favourite way to use up the glut of courgettes is the T0m k3rridg3 recipe. Ingredients listed here - so easy to make - I usually have two pans going so that they are all ready at the same time! - RT

Karmacat

I've bookmarked that with a note to say who recommended it

Suffolk_lass

Thanks rtandon27 that looks a good one. I am going to try this one today as we had courgette soup last night (! - again !) - I am very partial to chilli and we have everything in except the lemons:

Courgette and Feta fritters (Jamie Oliver)

Ingredients
3 courgettes
1 lemon
1 fresh red chilli
1 bunch of fresh mint
1 free-range egg
25 g plain flour
20 g Parmesan cheese
1 pinch of dried oregano
100 g feta cheese
olive oil
sweet chilli sauce , optional

Method

1. Coarsely grate the courgettes, finely grate the lemon zest and Parmesan, then deseed and finely chop the chilli. Pick and finely slice the mint leaves.
2. Beat the egg, then mix with the courgette, flour, lemon zest, Parmesan, chilli, mint, oregano and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Scrunch it all up really well with your hands, then crumble in the feta and mix again.
3. Heat a good drizzle of oil in a frying pan and fry tablespoons of the mixture for a couple of minutes each side until golden – these fritters make a lovely lunch with a leafy salad, some sweet chilli sauce and lemon wedges for squeezing over.

Starmummy

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Thanks rtandon27 that looks a good one. I am going to try this one today as we had courgette soup last night (! - again !) - I am very partial to chilli and we have everything in except the lemons:

Courgette and Feta fritters (Jamie Oliver)

Ingredients
3 courgettes
1 lemon
1 fresh red chilli
1 bunch of fresh mint
1 free-range egg
25 g plain flour
20 g Parmesan cheese
1 pinch of dried oregano
100 g feta cheese
olive oil
sweet chilli sauce , optional

Method

1. Coarsely grate the courgettes, finely grate the lemon zest and Parmesan, then deseed and finely chop the chilli. Pick and finely slice the mint leaves.
2. Beat the egg, then mix with the courgette, flour, lemon zest, Parmesan, chilli, mint, oregano and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Scrunch it all up really well with your hands, then crumble in the feta and mix again.
3. Heat a good drizzle of oil in a frying pan and fry tablespoons of the mixture for a couple of minutes each side until golden – these fritters make a lovely lunch with a leafy salad, some sweet chilli sauce and lemon wedges for squeezing over.

They sound absolutely gorgeous!

Suffolk_lass

Well I made the fritters but in my opinion they needed a bit more flour to bind them and a bit of lemon juice and yogurt to add to the mix. I cooked them on a griddle, brushed with olive oil and they were quite hard to remove and flip over (because they were not bound together too well and they stuck a bit). Maybe I need to be more hands in to get them to bind and mix. We quite liked the texture and the flavour was yummy. I might try that mix on a pastry case with a bit more cheese on top - like a courgette quiche as it was very tasty.

I must shop today, stuff for the weekend. The cat-sitter is coming round at 11.00 for keys and instruction. I must get out and water and pick before that.

I have been asked (by Food Tech teachers!) to pass on the courgette and lime loaf recipe I made - I had already made changes to the M&S recipe someone shared on here so they are getting the SL variations!

I do love courgette but the glut has barely started and I have 6 in the kitchen. I shall dry griddle slices as KC suggests (probably just cut them in half as I am picking them small) for supper tonight with homegrown peas and carrots