Category Archives: Recipe

Recipe: Simple Rhubarb Crumble

Posted on 9 April 2021 by pelicanplants

To be honest, this is more about being pleased that the fruit and vegetable season is starting as it is a recipe. Rhubarb is the first of the fruits from our garden and (at least we find) comes twice, once … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Fish Pie (with tomatoes & Vegetables)

Posted on 12 February 2021 by pelicanplants

A simple to make, tasty fish pie recipe which links to our tomato and vegetable growing theme. As always, our recipes seem to be more Vegetables with … as we add extra vegetables compared to the original source. Adding Creme … Continue reading →

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Recipe – Tasty Carrot Soup

Posted on 14 December 2020 by pelicanplants

Whilst there are many carrot soup recipes, this simple recipe is made tastier by the fact that they are roasted first to give that edge of caramelisation adding a touch of bitterness which is complemented by the bay and rosemary. … Continue reading →

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Recipe – Simple Tasty Tomato Soup – Deal with the Glut

Posted on 6 September 2020 by pelicanplants

In August and early September there is always a glut of tomatoes and whilst there are lots of ways of dealing with it, freezing, chutney, sauce, etc. this is another recipe which is also good in September when the days … Continue reading →

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Recipe – Fantastic Simple Red Tomato Chutney

Posted on 13 August 2020 by pelicanplants

This year (as usual) we now have a glut of tomatoes. There are only so many one can chop up and freeze, or turn into tomato sauce or eat, so we’re aways looking out for other things to do with … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Warm Sausage Salad

Posted on 5 August 2020 by pelicanplants

At this time of year (July – August) we get a glut of salad items to the point where just eating them as a cold salad isn’t enough. We’ve found a number of recipes for warm salads and have found … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Carrot Cake

Posted on 28 April 2020 by pelicanplants

In previous years, I’ve grown more beetroot than we’ve been able to eat, beetroot is good pickled, but as a vegetable its less useful. This year I decided to replace the beetroot bed with carrots so my guess is I’ll … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Slow Cooker Leek & Potato Soup

Posted on 8 April 2020 by pelicanplants

This is an incredibly simple recipe and produces an acceptable soup. (Acceptable because like all soups with potato in them, it tends to be a little “gloopy”. Its barely even worth a layout: The ingredients are (as you would expect): … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Fish Tagine

Posted on 16 December 2019 by pelicanplants

This recipe isn’t really a Tagine but it has all the taste of a Moroccan dish. When we first made it we were nervous of the spice quantities and we reduced them from the recipe we started with and ended … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Tomato and Bean Soup

Posted on 29 September 2019 by pelicanplants

A relish to use the glut of beans early in the season. Continue reading →

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