"Well what do ya know???
All the best people have their B'day's on the 3rd March
Happy B'day for tomorrow"
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Claire Marshall left a comment for Charlotte Norfolk"Thanks Charlotte, been to your blog too. Fab photos. Very jelous of your veg plot!"
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Claire Marshall posted a blog postApril sowing
The weather has been so amazing recently I’ve gone crazy in the garden. I’ve been planting left, right and centre in a green-fingered frenzy. I have, without a doubt, taken on too much this year. Not only have I taken on more work this year, particularly freelance writing, I have started running and dance classes. On top of that I’m trying to get out in the garden as much as possible. At the end of March I planted my first rows of carrots, beetroot, pak choi, radish, perpetual spinach and…See More
Claire Marshall left a comment for Darren Blick"Yes and also Ronan Keating's birthday is today and his songs are so boring and terrible. But on a brighter note we share our birthday with the great inventor Alexander Graham Bell - who inveted the telephone!"
Darren Blick left a comment for Claire Marshall"Well my ex wife's birthday was the 3rd March also but she was a miserable cow LOL"
Claire Marshall left a comment for Claire Marshall"Thanks for the birthday messages. I am enjoying my day thanks, any day that begins with a lay-in then a cup of tea in bed is a good day.
Claire"
Claire Marshall left a comment for Darren Blick"Happy Birthday to you too! Hope you have a great day.
Only brillient, fun people have ab birthday on 3rd March! That must be us then
Claire"
Simon baldwin left a comment for Claire Marshall"Happy birthday Claire!
Hope you get loads of kitchen and garden related presents!"
Darren Blick left a comment for Claire Marshall"Happy Birthday
Wow would you believe that we share the same day
We must be special"
Heather KG left a comment for Claire Marshall"Hi Claire.
Yea it is exciting. My garden is in two halves dissected by a path. The half by the house is ornamentals and has been sorted first. It's taken me ages to get around to the top half as the neighbouring gardens are overgrown to 15ft…"
Claire Marshall left a comment for Heather KG"Hi Heather, know that feeling well. If you go on to my blog www.food4two.wordpress.com and click on the In the garden page you can see where I started just over a year ago, just grass nothing else. Now its six small raised beds, patio and (half) a…"
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Purple sprouting broccoli in oyster sauce with egg-fried rice
I'm sure some of you will have some PSB in the garden soon, this is my favourite way to cook it - totally moorish.
Wash enough sprouting broccoli for two people. For this amount you will need one inch of fresh ginger and two garlic cloves finely grated, add to a wok with some flavourless oil and allow to sizzle. Add the broccoli to the pan. Then mix two tablespoons of oyster sauce with four tablespoons of hot water and a tiny squeeze of honey. Stir and add to the wok – instantly clamp a lid on (use a saucepan if your wok doesn’t have a lid) and leave to steam for 5 minutes, add more water if it goes dry.
For the egg fried rice you’ll need enough cooked, cold rice for two people (Thai jasmine rice is best, 200g dried weight is more than enough). Heat a frying pan with 4tbsp of flavourless oil. Whisk two eggs and add to the pan. Stir round with chop sticks until scrambled and remove to a plate then chop up into pieces. Throw your rice into the hot pan. Add two sliced spring onions, shake in some soy sauce and a little bit of toasted sesame oil (this makes all the difference). Keep stirring and add the egg. Cook for 1-2 minutes more and serve with the broccoli on the top.
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April sowing
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 21:21 0 Comments 0 Likes
The weather has been so amazing recently I’ve gone crazy in the garden. I’ve been planting left, right and centre in a green-fingered frenzy. I have, without a doubt, taken on too much this year. Not only have I taken on more work this year, particularly freelance writing, I have started running and dance classes. On top of that I’m trying to get out in the garden as much as possible.
At the end of March I planted my first rows of carrots, beetroot, pak choi, radish, perpetual…
Comment Wall (20 comments)
- At 8:58 on January 6, 2011, Darren Blick said…
The food on your site looks amazing and making me hungry
The transformation of your garden and work put in is also fantastic and very inspiring with you being so young
- At 21:50 on January 6, 2011, Darren Blick said…
Ordered rows lol, would you believe it if I said they were exactly the same spacing apart
That's how anally retentive I can be but again there were a lot of very straight edges and identical spaces on your veg plot :)
- At 20:59 on January 7, 2011, Darren Blick said…
So what do you think of the new shopping centre in Bristol?
I like it but it is to open above and bloody cold as I didn't take a coat because I thought it was all under cover
Good shops though, plenty designers shops :)
- At 22:49 on January 9, 2011, Darren Blick said…
- Is that the place upstairs in the main bit? There was once place we ate at on the right hand side as you face up out of the mall, the service was dreadful, that was an italian
- At 21:10 on January 10, 2011,
Damo said… Thanks very much Claire, the PSB's more luck than anything else, I haven't really bothered with them since I planted them out.
- At 21:32 on January 10, 2011, Claire Marshall said…
I'll keep my fingers crossed that I at least get a little bit of broccoli then
- At 22:02 on January 10, 2011, Darren Blick said…
Ah ok, I'll look next time I'm there
TBH the Mrs didn't like it that much and refers Bath and Reading
I liked it though
I use to work in Portishead so wasn't far away
- At 23:09 on January 11, 2011,
Caroline Tobin said… Hi Claire
Thanks for being my 1st friend request! :-))
I love the photos of your patch - your raised beds are cute! What is the tree in the right hand side of the picture (behind you) - it looks like an apple or cherry?
- At 19:11 on January 15, 2011, Caroline Tobin said…
Claire, Inheriting a productive tree was a great stroke of luck. :-)) Yes, I have a greenhouse but only because the previous owners left it behind. My garden is more established but it is getting to the stage where I am starting to have to take things out (like a shrubby form of Winter Flowering Honeysuckle) and I still want to keep the plant .... so have to find somewhere to put it! Hmmmmm!
What are your plans for this year?
- At 19:28 on January 15, 2011,
Debbie said… - Yum yum and a very timely recipe as my PSB is just coming into its own. It's very much worth cherishing, and I'm looking forward to tasting the first harvest.
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