A Guernsey Gardener in 2025

24 March 2025 (Monday)

24/3/2025

We got back just before midnight last night - after a rather successful evening at the Great Green Barn with An Exquisite Harmony. Vanessa was very happy, despite us not quite covering the costs ticketwise, though an event later in the week will balance the swings and roundabouts of promotion and producing events!

A bit of a foggy start, though that cleared quickly with the sun breaking through early afternoon - so following a long morning at my desk, plus popping to the site as the air quality monitoring equipment was being upgraded, I was at the plot in the afternoon in my two T-shirts!!

We were both dozing off and on on the sofa through the evening, and I watched an Endeavour - for about the seventh time!

Weather: Again, slightly foggy. Feeling a little cooler first thing. By mid-afternoon it was 12° and felt warm, though felt chilly-ish again late afternoon in the house!

Breakfast: Porridge with banana and sultanas
Lunch: Softened red lentils with leftover Braised Cabbage & Carrots (squished) mixed in to make a thick soup, cottage cheese, crackers, radish and cucumber
Supper: Wholewheat spaghetti with broad beans, olive oil, Lidl green pesto, garlic and grated cheddar - side of radish and cucumber.

3 Comments

rec

26/3/2025 07:50:18

At one point I was to ask it anyway, so I better do it now. What is this"softened lentils" element you so often use? I can imagine, what it is, but exactly? Do you batch cook them and freeze in portions or do you prepare from scratch every time?

Paul Savident

1/4/2025 09:46:21

Apologies - I did not see this comment!!

All I do is wash a few handfuls of red lentils in a sieve, pop them in a pan, add water and then bring to a boil. Once softened I them usually add some miso or bouillon powder (a stock cube will do, obviously!) and then add a tin of soup, rinse the soup can with a table spoon of water and add that to the pan, and thoroughly heat through.

It's a way of buying a tin of soup and having enough to serve both Richard and myself, instead of using two tins... as I'm a cheapskate!!

1/4/2025 09:47:38

In this post I squished up the leftovers of the braised cabbage and carrots and added it to the lentils, so it was a soup, which I will now clarify above! 😁