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Roasted winter root vegetables with herb oil – ready to serve.   My first ‘Tunnel to Table’ recipe is a great favourite with all my family and with visitors too. We eat it a lot here because it’s so easy, delicious, ‘more-ish’ and goes with just about everything. Some of you may cook variations of this… Continue reading Roasted Winter Root Vegetables with Garlic, in Rosemary Oil – From Tunnel to Table!

or – ‘Potatoes a Hundred Ways’ – because you can go hundreds of ways from here!    Potatoes Dauphinoise with bacon just out of the oven after one hour Potatoes Boulangere just out of the oven – crisp and still bubbling If you think potatoes are boring – think again! They’re versatile, cheap, filling, nutritious… Continue reading Potatoes Dauphinoise or Boulangere with variations

Broccoli, tomato and parsley frittata Watercress, mushroom and bacon frittata This month I’ve made Fritattas – a kind of Italian omelette which you can put virtually anything into. Almost more like a quiche without the pastry – they’re not as fast as a French omelette, as they’re cooked very slowly over a low heat. In all… Continue reading Frittata with anything else you like! – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for March

                        (using ruby chard and celery from the polytunnel and stored carrots) Delicious, colourful & nutritious – accompanied by lightly cooked chard leaves This month’s recipe is another flexible dish which you can put virtually any veg into – so you can experiment with whatever you… Continue reading Vegetable Pasta Bake – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ Recipe for April

The finished risotto topped with blanched baby veg and a little bit of added chopped parsley – an enticing picture This month I’m going all Italian as summer’s hopefully on the way – and cooking risotto. It uses a lot of the baby vegetables that are ready in the tunnel now and also one or two… Continue reading Risotto Primavera – or Rainbow Risotto – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for May

(That’s the posh title I’ve given it! Somehow it sounds a bit more summery in Italian! And as it’s my creation – I’ve christened it!)   Spaghetti e Courgetti al Pesto Genovese   In this month’s Tunnel to Table recipe we’re using courgettes, basil and cherry tomatoes fresh from the polytunnel. We’re visiting Italy again… Continue reading Spaghetti e Courgetti al pesto Genovese – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for June

Roast Ratatouille hot from the oven Roast ratatouille with grilled chicken breast, buttered French beans & Mayan Gold potatoes (Or as many ways as you can think of. Every time I make it I can think of another one! It’s another of what I call my ‘convertible’ recipes that’s endlessly versatile!) If you’ve ever made… Continue reading Roast Ratatouille 4 ways – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for July

          (using tomatoes, garlic and herbs from the tunnel – and onions from the garden) Totally Terrific Tomato sauce on steamed ‘courgetti’ (spiralised courgettes steamed for 4 mins) Another use for my Totally Terrific Tomato Sauce – in the delicious layers of aubergine Parmigiana   This sauce is named after the… Continue reading Totally Terrific Tomato Sauce – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for August

The gratin – golden brown, fragrant and sizzling from the oven         (using spinach, chard, tomatoes, red onions, garlic and marjoram or oregano – all from the tunnel)  This is a really very easy – but oozingly delicious dish using ingredients that most people will still have if they garden at all –… Continue reading Spinach, Tomato, Onion and Mozzarella Gratin – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for September