Sunday, 6 October 2019

Autumn food and gardening

There is a definite feel of autumn now.  Subtle changes such as darker mornings, cooler evenings and foliage starting to fall or change colour.  I have been enjoying comfort food this week and soups and rice pudding have featured.
Above is a delicious soup Chris made - roast squash, peppers and garlic, sweet potato and potato.  Really warming and gorgeous.  We have also had leek and potato soup which was also delicious.  Leek risotto has featured as has Yorkshire Sponge Parkin cake with the ginger and spice flavours.  I made my first rice pudding yesterday which tasted really good, but I need to work out how to get the rice and milk mixture incorporated better.
My autumn gardening has included planting my allium Globemaster bulbs which I bought from RHS Chatsworth and finally getting round to planting a replacement Winter Flowering Jasmine which has been in a pot for a year or so and which I hope will grow well now it has been released into the garden. I have also planted some foxgloves 'Foxy Hybrids' and 'Apricot' which I grew from seed so I am looking forward to seeing them grow too.
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  1. Elephant's Child6 October 2019 at 20:10

    You grew foxgloves from seed? Wow. How I would love to do that, and I look forward to your garden glory in the fullness of time.
    Autumnal/winter comfort food is delicious isn't it?

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    1. Ellie Foster6 October 2019 at 21:57

      Thanks, EC. The foxgloves were sown earlier in the summer and then pricked out into small pots. They germinated easily and took no special effort on my part. I think they are biennial varieties, so it may take two years for them to flower, but I love foxgloves, so it will be worth the wait!
      I do love comfort, especially home made soups (and puddings and cakes!)
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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    2. Ellie Foster6 October 2019 at 21:57

      That should have said 'comfort food', although I do love comfort too!

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  2. crafty cat corner7 October 2019 at 20:44

    Wow, talking about that food make me hungary. I remember my Mum used to make rice puddings in an enamel dish and it went all crusty around the edges, I used to love to scrape the edges, what a treat. lol
    Briony
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    1. Ellie Foster8 October 2019 at 10:08

      Thanks, Briony. I have many happy memories of rice pudding too - it seemed to be a bit of a staple pudding in our house! I think I need to stir it half way through cooking to incorporate the rice and milk mixture, so more experimenting to come...
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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  3. Bag End Gardener9 October 2019 at 08:45

    Sorry I have been AWOL. Your soup looks absolutely gorgeous and would have ben very welcome here :-)

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    1. Ellie Foster9 October 2019 at 10:12

      Thanks, Jayne. Home made soup is such a comforting food - perfect for the autumn and winter.
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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  4. Sandy11 October 2019 at 14:47

    Yes, sadly it's soup weather. I like soup and your squash soup sounds yummy. Perhaps you can share the recipe. I don't really do any gardening this time of year. But, am in need of doing the clean up, which isn't fun. The wee last bits of greenery need to be cut off and all the dead ugly brown collected and pitched. Then the yard will look boring and dull until spring. I'll be counting days before you know it, lol.
    Sandy's Space

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    1. Ellie Foster13 October 2019 at 12:09

      Thanks, Sandy. I will edit the post and add in a sort of recipe - Chris just sort of added ingredients in without quantities (when I cook, I have to measure and follow a recipe).
      Best wishes
      Ellie

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