Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Balcony Garden: Harvest Monday #7

Every now and then I uncharacteristically get into the mood for cooking.  I normally start off all gung-ho and by the end am exhausted and grumpy as the task at hand seems bigger than I first imagined - especially if I'm coming something for the first meal of the deal.  Of course I always choose to switch on the oven on a day that's stinking hot. Am I the only one that happens to?


On this particular stinking hot day I wanted to make an adaption of some delicious bacon + egg pies I found on TFP's blog. I've had SO much baby spinach and chives growing I thought I could mix things up by making a Salmon, Baby Spinach, Chive + Feta Pie. I cannot believe my experiment a) actually worked and b) tasted good...really good.


I think radishes must be the EASIEST and most delicious vegetable to grow. Coupled with the fact that they don't get eaten by caterpillars as they grow underground makes them perfect in my eyes - though the leaves do get nibbled so keep an eye out nevertheless.  It's hard for me to not just pick the radishes, wash them and eat them like lollies. I've been strong though and saved a few for actual meals.


To accompany my awesome pies I made a side salad using my beautiful radishes, more of  my never ending baby spinach and some rocket that's been going great guns on the balcony. You can also eat the radish leaves (something that I only just found out) - I didn't use too many in this salad as they are a bit bitter...


And there we have it - a delicious and relatively simple (though somewhat time consuming to me) weekend brunch. Right...I'm hungry!


You can view more Harvest Monday posts on Daphne's Dandelions blog.

16 comments:

  1. Great idea finding that recipe to use up all of your lovely homegrown herbs! That lunch looks great, especially those vibrantly coloured crunchy radishes :D

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    1. I could eat the radishes like lollies - I'm amazed that any of them made it indoors to go into a salad.

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  2. The rocket looks awesome! Perfect salad with the radishes too. Good job girl! You're basically a pro gardener now ;)

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    1. Well, I wouldn't say pro - more like struggling amateur. There are plenty of failures too!

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  3. The garden and produce look amazing!!

    Hope you've had a lovely Christmas.

    SSG xxx

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    1. Thanks SSG! My Chrissy was good - hope you had a nice one too.

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  4. This looks awesome :) What a perfect brunch!

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    1. It was pretty tasty! Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  5. Isn't it awesome picking your home grown produce and cooking with it! Nice post piglet.

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  6. nice work! ive jsut started growing my own chives and corriander, planting my spinach next week!

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    1. I've just planted some more spinach - so far, so good.

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  7. Mel your garden is looking better week by week! you must be saving quite a bit on herb shopping! but maybe not so much on the gardening costs! lol

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    1. I do save a bit - but like you've said all the potting mix etc does add up!

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  8. You can saute the leaves, too, they get milder. I like them better that way.

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    1. Ah yes, I've heard that Gaby. Thanks for the reminder.

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