Eating seasonally with our Garden Warriors

Spring has encouraged an abundance of fresh produce in our Warrior Garden, so we thought we would share some recipe ideas ...in the hope that we will see you at our "open garden" afternoon this Friday, ready to purchase some of our bundles of tasty freshness!

We have rocket growing amidst our spinach, this mildly spicy little green is great mixed into your salad for an extra kick, or we highly recommend adding a few handfuls to our Parsley Pesto recipe (see our September Pesto Blog), we may even have some to sample as part of our open afternoon ...

 Our Rainbow Beet positively glows with colour, substitute it for spinach in a feta filo pie or lightly steam it, then arrange in artful wee dollops on a platter, & place under the grill briefly, sprinkled with grated Parmesan & roughly chopped pine nuts...delicious!

Mini feta filos make great lunch box additions and give a bit of "wow" factor presented as finger food at diner parties...and soo easy to whip up! Layer up 3 sheets of filo with olive oil, fold all 3 in half to produce 6 layers, brush quickly around your mini muffin pans with the same oil brush, cut the filo into 8 squares, push into aforementioned muffin pans. Quickly whisk together 2 eggs and half a block of feta crumbled, stir in lightly steamed & shredded beet or spinach. Place spoonfuls into filo lined mini muffin pans...cook at 180 C for 15 minutes!

I can smell them cooking...I think our Warriors need to try this next Wednesday when we have a WHOLE afternoon in the garden!

 Our Warriors will have bundles of "Herbal Salad Enhancers" on sale this Friday. Chop a handful of parsley and chives into your scrambled eggs, frittata or omelet this weekend for a flavour sensation.

Sprinkle your fresh salad or coleslaw with another handful... & don't hold back on the coriander if you're a Thai curry fan or nasi goreng nut!

With a few herbs in the garden and an egg, you'll always have a meal idea!

 Our Warriors have Calendula in bloom around the garden and violas underway, these hot splashes of colour not only keep our bees happy but look great sprinkled over salads & coleslaw ...they are also great for getting the Barbecue conversation flowing!

This beautiful rainbow mix of radish is quick and easy to grow, look out for them at our "garden open afternoon" this Friday as they will definitely be featuring in our "Herbal Salad Enhancer" packs!

You will need to get in quick as the Warriors have been gnawing on these the last few weeks...so feel free to pop them in lunch boxes & sprinkle liberally through salads & coleslaw (see our Warrior Coleslaw recipe in Septembers blogs)!

I think we URGENTLY need to get some more radish seeds in the ground to keep our Garden Warriors "Fired up"!

 

It looks like we are really going to have to hatch a plan for an out door Warrior Garden Kitchen this summer!

 

See you on Friday after school with your small change, the Warriors would love to show you around!