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My version of a Spanish Tortilla with carb-lowered potatoes and my carb-lowered Potato Ratatouille The two delicious and useful recipes here both use pre-cooked and chilled potatoes, which are subsequently cooked again. This very easy cooking process is known as ‘Retrogradation’ – and can reduce the carbohydrate content of recipes by as much as 50%.  I… Continue reading My version of a Spanish Tortilla, using carb-lowered Potatoes – and Carb-lowered Potato Ratatouille. Two ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipes for midsummer – using a process known as ‘Retrogradation’.

  1. From this – cubed courgettes, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella 2. To this. Raw cubed ingredients pressed down and drizzled with the Pesto sauce 3. And finally to this. If only you could smell this – piping hot and bubbling with deliciousness. Just out of the oven!   I’ve been trying to think up… Continue reading Courgette, Tomato, Mozzarella and Pesto Gratin – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for Autumn

 Garnished with pomegranate seeds and served with seasonal green side salad or Brussels sprouts  Potato, kale, Two Cheese and Walnut Bake – garnished with pomegranate seeds and surrounded by salad leaves Seasonal vegetables used from the polytunnel are kale, potatoes, red onions and garlic for the main dish, with a side salad of seasonal leaves including… Continue reading Potato, Kale, Two Cheese and Walnut Bake – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ Vegetarian recipe for Christmas.

      The seasonal vegetables I used from the garden and polytunnel were: Little Gem lettuce and garlic in the dressing – with eggs from our organic hens.  For the salsa I used a mixed selection of tomatoes, and basil – with some nice juicy fresh garlic cloves for rubbing onto the toasted Bruschetta   Both of… Continue reading ‘Incredibly Easy, Best Ever Caesar Salad Dressing’ and ‘Simple Tomato Salsa with Bruschetta’. My two ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipes for Summer 2019

Warm Salad of Polytunnel Leaves – in a dressing of hazelnut oil, Highbank Orchard Syrup and cider vinegar, served with bacon lardons, apple wedges and toasted hazelnuts. From Tunnel to Table recipes for Autumn Easy to make, full of nutritious antioxidants and healthy phytonutrients to keep winter colds at bay. As usual all the ingredients… Continue reading Roast Red Onion, Red Pepper and Sweet Potato Soup.

Homegrown celery soup with homemade spelt bread, using outside and frozen stems from Green Utah Useful for using up frozen, or tough and stringy outside stems to prevent food waste.   If frozen, rinse  celery stems quickly in cold water to clean, then chop and blitz immediately before it thaws. Amounts are approximate, and not necessary to… Continue reading Easy Celery Soup