The last of our Apollo tomatoes, grown indoors!
Over the past three years, we’ve completely changed the way we eat.
We used to be avid restaurant goers, dining at flashy hatted restaurants and exploring the local food scene. These days, we don’t eat out much at all.
It’s not because we can’t afford to, but rather that the food we’re now eating at home is so joyously fresh, so sublime in its simplicity, that a restaurant meal just doesn’t appeal like it used to. Since we’ve started growing our own vegetables, choosing our meat carefully and enjoying eggs from our chooks, every meal feels like a feast.
I often remind our sons how truly blessed we are – where else could we eat organically grown cucumbers ten minutes after they’ve been harvested, or ripe tomatoes grown to perfection without derris dust?
This week we were thrilled to finally bring in our first ever zucchinis, after last year’s failed attempts…
We’ve planted an assortment of dwarf bean seeds (Jade, Beanette, Royal Burgundy, Majestic, Plazza and Windsor Long Pod) and now harvest a bowlful every night for dinner. Each is subtly different in taste and appearance…
We continue to experiment and learn – the big lesson this season has been that sadly, potatoes in hessian sacks don’t work (at least not in our backyard). We were only able to grow a small quantity of tiny new potatoes – the photo below is of the entire crop from one of the sacks. Mind you, they were absolutely delicious, gently boiled and then tossed in a little butter, salt and chopped sorrel from the garden…
The beans and zucchini were stir-fried quickly with garlic, olive oil and butter – it’s always fun to watch the purple beans turn green as they cook…
Here was our meal – a thinly sliced Cape Grim scotch fillet steak, griddled rare, accompanied by our homegrown veg. A simple, everyday, feast.
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