A bit of making this weekend

It was Flopsy Bunny's school fete today so there were cakes to be made . . .  Poor Little Roo couldn't understand that they weren't for eating straight away - although he made up for it at the fete and made sure he got a good helping there!
   

Then I started making my borage ice cubes.  I'd seen this idea a while back and thought I must grow some borage!!  Only three flowers so far - but I'm soooo excited.  You need to half fill an ice cube tray with water and then pop the flower on top.  Freeze the cube and then top up the tray with water so that the flower is trapped in the middle, refreeze the cubes and you get gorgeous ice cubes to go with your summer pimms!!

Ah yes, there is only one to harvest at the moment, and it is rather small but perfectly formed don't you think?!

I have moments of being really organised - I think it's my Capricorn side, being born on the cusp it doesn't always show itself!!  Anyway, a while back I decided to index my receipe books by ingredients.  It was really useful when we had a vegetable box delivered as I could easily look up receipes for the various vegetables I found in my box.  So I thought I would share with you my courgette receipe index card along with the various receipe books we own!  In the hope that it might be useful to any courgette growers out there that are in need of some inspiration!

The River Cafe Cookbook: Bk. 2

Penne with ricotta and courgette

Tagliatelle with deep-fried courgette

Wood-roasted courgette

Courgette carpaccio

Courgette Frittata

Courgette, prosciutto and menta

Real Cooking - by Nigel Slater

Slow-cooked courgettes with lemon and basil

The River Cottage Year

Baby courgette salad

Courgette and goat's cheese soup with basil

The River Cottage Cookbook

Deep-fried stuffed courgette flowers

Courgette and milk soup

courgette sauce for pasta

Courgette souffle

Risotto! Risotto! 80 Recipes and All the Know-how You Need to Make Italy's Famous Rice Dish

Fried zucchini blossoms

Lamb risotto with zucchini

Risotto with zucchini and their blossoms

Soup Kitchen

Courgette soup

Plenty

Stuffed courgettes

Courgette and cobnut salad

Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook - I just love this book!!

Courgette risotto

Courgette and dill farfalle

Courgette souffle

Courgette souffle tart

Courgette and lemon salad

Greek courgette pie

Crisp courgette wedges with anchovy mayonaise

Matthew's stuffed courgette flowers

Tam's stuffed courgette flowers

Courgette chutney!!!!!!  A must if you have a massive glut and are tired of all the above!!

River Cottage Every Day

Courgette Kisir

Lemony courgettes on toast

Courgette and potato cakes with mint and feta cheese - this one might see a lot of action this year with all the potato plants I have!!

Phew that's a lot of courgette receipes!!  But a favorite in our house is Courgette Dollops!

Courgette Dollops

225g grated courgette

50g grated onion

50g self raising flour

75g grated cheddar cheese

2 eggs, beaten

dash of milk

salt and pepper

oil for frying

Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well together.  Heat a large frying pan with a little oil or butter.  Place heated table-spoons of the mixture in the pan and cook for 2 1/2 minutes until brown.  Turn over and cook the other side for a further 2 1/2 minutes.  Eat at once!!

I'm off now to check on the greenhouse to see if it's going to be a courgette dollop night tonight!!