Growing, harvesting & processing.....

Yesterday in the cool of the morning I went out scouting in the garden to see what was available to add to dinner......and came up with this selection:)

Fresh, no chemicals, and grown with my own hands, nothing beats the food from our gardens!

I made tomato, chilli and bacon pasta and used the pommegranate and the yellow cherry guavas as a sauce over ice-cream.

Obviously there were too many chillies, we like the flavour with little heat, so out came the dehydrator and in they went.  One jar of them whole dried, the remainder I whizzed in the blender and have now stored as chilli flakes:)

I love that later on in the year, when these foods are out of season we can still eat them without any of the food miles you get when you buy from the super markets!

Speaking of the ice-cream, somebody asked me for the recipe....cannot for the life of me remember whom, but here it is. You have not lived until you have tried it!

Homemade Ice-Cream:
2 cups evaporated milk
2 cups of cream
1/2 cup fine sugar
1/4  tsp of vanilla essence
Whisk well until sugar is disolved. Place in freezer and whisk every 30 mins to prevent crystals forming.
Try not to eat all at once!

OR..........
If you are feeling realllllllly bad, here is my:

Cake Batter Ice-Cream:
1 cup milk
2 cups of whipping cream
1/2 cup fine sugar
1 and 1/4 cups of sifted vanilla cake  mix
one small pinch of salt

Whisk well ( a blender is best for this mixture) and place in freezer, whisking every 30 minutes to prevent crystals forming.

Both of them are delicious, but very rich - one scoop with your favourite fruit is enough.

Hope your week ahead is a good one:)