Bograč

Vegan Potato Zucchini Pancakes

Honeyed Gooseberry + Marjoram Blossom Lemonade

i missed my two stooges

People online: It's tragic how no one uses or even knows cardamom or marjoram as spices~ My Nordic/Finnish ass: huh? (always has both on my pantry bc necessary)

Wild marjoram

Chilli and Manuka Honey Lamb Chops

These mouth-watering Chilli and Manuka Honey Lamb Chops make a beautiful and delicious lunch on a warm and sunny Sunday! Have a good one!

Ingredients (serves 2):

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/4 teaspoon dried sage

1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram

1/4 teaspoon ground hot chilli

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

1 heaped teaspoon pure raw Manuka Honey

1 1/2 tablespoon canola oil

2 beautiful (180-gram/6.35-ounce) lamb shoulder chops

In a large, shallow plate, combine dried thyme, dried sage, dried marjoram, ground chilli, salt and black pepper. Give a good stir, to mix.

Add Manuka Honey and canola oil, whisking well, until well-blended.

Add lamb chops to the plate, and thoroughly coat them and rub them in the marinade.

Place in the refrigerator, and allow to marinate, at least one hour (but the longer, the better!)

Heat canola oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add marinated lamb chops, and cook them, about 5 minutes on each side, turning them and glazing them with leftover marinade often, until well-grilled.

Serve Chilli and Manuka Honey Lamb Chops hot, with Lime and Manuka Honey Mint Sauce and Lemon and Mint Creamed Cucumbers, and a full-bodied red like a Waiheke Island Pinot Noir.

[Flour, paprika, dried marjoram, dried thyme, tarragon, mustard. Lönnrot hung up. Cayenne, baking powder, and salt. So it's salty. It's hot.]

I used my Marjoram to make tea. 🍵

10th September 2023: Martin Down

Flora and fauna photos taken today in this set: 1. Hawthorn. 2. Devil's-bit scabious, I was captivated by swathes of this one of my favourite flowers. I'd only seen them in the New Forest before the ones I saw at Old Winchester Hill two weeks ago and it was great to see some here as it's the main caterpillar food plant of Marsh Fritillary one of the star butterflies of this site. We don't often come at this time of year so had never seen these flowers here before, it was great to see good numbers of them therefore. 3. A bright looking mossy rose gall. 4. A marvelous Meadow Brown, we got some smashing views of this enduring butterfly and remarked during the walk about how the species goes on from the start of summer until the end outlasting many others, they're a welcome constant over the summer. 5. Chaffinch that I heard calling well too. 6. Buttercups. 7. Some quite late lady's bedstraw which I made the most of. 8. Common toadflax another of my favourites. 9. Bee on bramble flower with blackberries and hawthorns nearby. 10. Black-eyed Susan in the emerging sun this evening when home.

Perfect for Wildflower Hour on Twitter's seed head theme tonight I liked zooming in on many flower seed heads on the walk including wild carrot, yarrow, hogweed, knapweed, creeping thistle, ragwort, marjoram and old man's beard. It did feel a bit like summer winding down when out and it was overcast here with the brown fields around, a place we normally visit when brimming with insects at the height of spring into summer (there were still a fair few about today of course), and a lot of the flowers had gone over (again, there were many still about though) but it was good to appreciate that they can still be beautiful after they flower. I saw the flowers of some of these too and centaury, eyebright, wild basil, dark mullein, pineappleweed, field/small scabious, hemp agrimony, pretty honeysuckle, ivy including some covered in bees which was nice to see, speedwell, self-heal and some poppies in the famous adjoining poppy field were other highlights. Rose hips, sloes, elder and privet berries were other fruit highlights. Small Copper again, Common Blue, Speckled Wood, Small White, Small Heath and a splendid fresh looking Peacock were other good butterflies to see. Veneer moth, Southern Hawker, horse fly, hornet, possible wasp, Long hoverfly, possibly the rare Large Marsh Grasshopper and spiders were other highlights. It was brilliant to see two Redstarts, what an autumn I'm having for seeing them at different places. Kestrel in the air, Magpie, vocal Woodpigeons, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Stonechat, Swallow, Skylark, Linnets, loads of colourful Goldfinches which was great to see and Great Tit were other standout birds. It was good to see bee in the garden on the Black-eyed Susan, Goldfinches out the front and Collared Doves out the back and fly before bed last night at home, with an epic Buzzard view on the way back from Martin Down.

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Gnocchi with Slow Roasted Tomatoes (Vegan)

I did a lot of planting today; I’m starting medicinal herbs for an event we’re vending at for Grow it Forward!

May 13, 2023

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