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Hi folks...
This is my first year of growing food properly and I'm determined to make it a BIG step towards seasonal eating (if possible I'd like to do the whole year on seasonal food, but we'll see about that).
The thing is, I've never even attempted to do such a thing before. All the recipes I have gathered together are geared towards "fresh" food, but "seasonal", not so much. Not at all actually.
Can any of you suggest a good recipe book for seasonal cooking?
Oh, I'll be canning (or otherwise preserving) any surpluses I manage to build up as the harvests come in so I don't object to out-of-season things in that respect... I'd assume a decent seasonal cookbook would account for such things, but thought it might be worth a mention.
Also - I'm planning on doing some cooking down on the allotment this summer and autumn. I don't mind bringing oil, seasoning and maybe things like bread, pasta or rice down with me - but otherwise it'd be nice to get everything off the plants and into the pan in a matter of moments.
Obviously the only ingredients available will be things all in season together, be they "baby" versions or fully mature, which I imagine would restrict the options to some degree.
Any good recipes, or indeed recipe books geared towards that kind of cooking would also be appreciated.
If I can get some recipes/books together in the next week or so, I'll be able to use them to help me plan what things to grow just for eating on the plot, if needed. I'd be happy to grow one or two of something I otherwise wouldn't have grown, just to have a go at a particularly appealing dish when it ripens.
Just typing this post is getting me excited about the season ahead. It's driving me MAD that I'm sat in my office with glorious blue skies overhead and can't go to the plot and get on with my jobs!
This is my first year of growing food properly and I'm determined to make it a BIG step towards seasonal eating (if possible I'd like to do the whole year on seasonal food, but we'll see about that).
The thing is, I've never even attempted to do such a thing before. All the recipes I have gathered together are geared towards "fresh" food, but "seasonal", not so much. Not at all actually.
Can any of you suggest a good recipe book for seasonal cooking?
Oh, I'll be canning (or otherwise preserving) any surpluses I manage to build up as the harvests come in so I don't object to out-of-season things in that respect... I'd assume a decent seasonal cookbook would account for such things, but thought it might be worth a mention.
Also - I'm planning on doing some cooking down on the allotment this summer and autumn. I don't mind bringing oil, seasoning and maybe things like bread, pasta or rice down with me - but otherwise it'd be nice to get everything off the plants and into the pan in a matter of moments.
Obviously the only ingredients available will be things all in season together, be they "baby" versions or fully mature, which I imagine would restrict the options to some degree.
Any good recipes, or indeed recipe books geared towards that kind of cooking would also be appreciated.
If I can get some recipes/books together in the next week or so, I'll be able to use them to help me plan what things to grow just for eating on the plot, if needed. I'd be happy to grow one or two of something I otherwise wouldn't have grown, just to have a go at a particularly appealing dish when it ripens.
Just typing this post is getting me excited about the season ahead. It's driving me MAD that I'm sat in my office with glorious blue skies overhead and can't go to the plot and get on with my jobs!
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