Yellow tomato sauce (* means it was sourced from the Nursery garden) Pasta (usually homemade from duck eggs and 00 pasta flour – but here, dried, courtesy of Aldi) Onion Garlic* Tomato puree Yellow tomatoes* String beans* Fresh loofah* Grated Italian hard cheese A few broccoli spears Pesto* Nasturtium pesto Handful of each: Nasturtium* Fresh basil (not entirely necessary – but…
In 2020, STAA launched a pilot project designed to tackle food waste and address food poverty in the local area, this has developed into STAA’s Community Harvest Project. It is an initiative to sow, grow and distribute fresh fruit and veg to where it is most needed in the communities surrounding St Ann’s Allotments. As well as…
Ingredients For the tabbouleh ½ cup spring onion tops, finely sliced ½ cup nasturtium leaves, chopped ½ cup climbing spinach, chopped ½ cup parsley, chopped ½ cup mint, chopped ½ cup coriander, chopped (optional) 200g tomatoes, finely chopped 200g sweet July-harvested gooseberries 100g cooked kasha (cracked buckwheat) For the dressing ¼ cup olive oil Juice and zest of 2 limes 1 tsp sugar Several fresh basil leaves 2…
Ingredients 1 red onion, chopped 4cm fresh ginger, grated 2 green chillies, chopped 6 large garlic cloves, crushed 2 tbsp vegetable oil (or other mild flavoured oil) 2 tbsp mustard oil (or other flavoursome oil) 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp coriander 2 tsp fennel seeds 2 tsp curry powder Salt and pepper 275g chard, finely chopped…
I’ve always thought that the private ownership of land was inimical. As Leon Rosselson’s song ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ has it: You poor take courage You rich take care This earth was made a common treasury For everyone to share That’s why I’ve always been keen to see the allotments as widely as accessible as possible, which is one of the threads…